Astonishment. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

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