"Reenter" Quotes from Famous Books
... eloquence, alas, forever! It was quickly reported through the assembly that the speaker had ruptured one of the larger blood-vessels in the lungs. The accident was too dangerous for delay, and George —— was borne almost insensible from the scene of his struggles and his triumphs, to reenter, as it proved, no more. He lived but three days longer,—long enough, however, to learn that he had sacrificed his life in vain, the jury having, after a lengthened consideration, affirmed the former verdict against ... — Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, No. 48, October, 1861 • Various |