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Meanings of violent convulsions in English

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Usage of violent convulsions in English
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She had been in violent convulsions successively; it was all but over.
In the Heart of Africa
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The emperor was in agony, writhing, and a prey to violent convulsions.
Napoleon and Blücher: An Historical Novel
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Barre then said mass, during which the superior went into violent convulsions.
Urbain Grandier / Celebrated Crimes
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Hours were passed in violent convulsions, in which I momentarily feared her death.
A Strange Story — Volume 06
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The most violent convulsions may result from too complete magnetization of the brain.
Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism / H...
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The education of Prose was more difficult, and went through more violent convulsions.
On the Art of Writing / Lectures delivered in the University of ...
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There's something in it that kills with violent convulsions.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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We reached a village one evening; she had been in violent convulsions successively-itwas all but over.
The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, And Explorations of...
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Scarcely had he done so when it came to the ground, and lay struggling in violent convulsions.
In New Granada; Or, Heroes and Patriots
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The majority of both nations believed that the treaty would produce violent convulsions, or at best prove ineffectual.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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They had violent convulsions, in which their jaws snapped with the force of a spring-trap set for vermin.
Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
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Jacques, burnt up with brandy, and overcome by his interview with Cephyse, had again fallen into violent convulsions.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 09
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Her long self-restraint, her curbing back of emotion, made the sudden shock more terrible; she fell into violent convulsions.
Fairy Fingers / A Novel
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The sight of this slow decomposition is sad, since it promises death more certainly than the most violent convulsions.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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She was in violent convulsions.
Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
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He had rapid, violent convulsions for a minute, his legs and spine extending, his arms flung above his head.
The Guardian
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