But again it scattered some of them in its terrible convulsion.

What a terrible convulsion of nature was that which followed in the landlady's face!

And when the terrible convulsion was over, and the

Around us the whole scene had one main striking feature, which was that of terrible convulsion.

Some terrible convulsion must have shaken the huge mass to its centre, to have made such a rift.

Choke up that aperture, and what a terrible convulsion would ensue, as the accumulated steam burst its prison walls!

As we drew out to sea in the small steamship, Mont Pelee was in the throes of a terrible convulsion.

When English and German ideas passed thus over our heads there ensued disgust and mournful silence, followed by a terrible convulsion.

If they were to be destroyed, it would necessarily be in a few seconds from the first thrill of the terrible convulsion.

When English and German ideas had passed thus over our heads there ensued disgust and mournful silence, followed by a terrible convulsion.

Though now so soft, so lovely, and so tranquil, the Lago d'Agnano owes its existence to some terrible convulsion of the elements.

Then down he went frothing in such a terrible convulsion that Beany bolted into the Colonel's car, frightened out of his wits.

That Atlantis perished in a terrible convulsion of nature, in which the whole island sunk into the ocean, with nearly all its inhabitants.

He fell for five-and-thirty feet, and then, after a sudden jerk, and a terrible convulsion of the limbs, swung lifeless against the wall.

It looked as if death had come suddenly to him during some terrible convulsion, but after a moment Nathaniel saw that he was breathing.

I saw the old man throw up his arms, a terrible convulsion passed over his grim face, and he fell back in his chair.