| Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s 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 pass’d by, And dropt her needle! fishwives stayed their cry! Ben Jonson.—Time Vindicated. | 2 |
| The steer forgot to graze. Tennyson.—The Gardener’s Daughter. | 3 |
| A tale which holdeth children from their play, and old men from the chimney corner. Sidney.—Apology for Poetry. (Arber’s reprint, 40.) | 4 |
| He caught the attention of both old and young—labour stood still as he passed—the bucket hung suspended in the middle of the well—the spinning-wheel forgot its round—even 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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