Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocotts Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?. | | Astonishment |
| The whole company were in astonishment: whist stood still; quadrille laid down the cards; and brag was in suspense. Murphy.The Way to Keep Him, Act II. | 1 |
The sempster sat still as I passd by, And dropt her needle! fishwives stayed their cry! Ben Jonson.Time Vindicated. | 2 |
The steer forgot to graze. Tennyson.The Gardeners Daughter. | 3 |
A tale which holdeth children from their play, and old men from the chimney corner. Sidney.Apology for Poetry. (Arbers reprint, 40.) | 4 |
He caught the attention of both old and younglabour stood still as he passedthe bucket hung suspended in the middle of the wellthe spinning-wheel forgot its roundeven chuck-farthing and shufflecap themselves stood gaping till he had got out of sight. Sterne.Tristram Shandy, Chap. X.; Wm. Combe, Doctor Syntax, Chap. V. | 5 | |
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