1 My own agitation and anguish was extreme during the whole trial.
2 I motioned him to take up the letter, while I walked up and down the room in the extremest agitation.
3 Even I, depressed in mind, and my spirits continually agitated by gloomy feelings, even I was pleased.
4 I now made arrangements for my journey, but one feeling haunted me which filled me with fear and agitation.
5 More than once the agitation into which these reflections threw me made my friends dread a dangerous relapse.
6 The name of my unfortunate and murdered friend was an agitation too great to be endured in my weak state; I shed tears.
7 But the overflowing misery I now felt, and the excess of agitation that I endured rendered me incapable of any exertion.
8 I had been awake the whole of the preceding night, my nerves were agitated, and my eyes inflamed by watching and misery.
9 This idea was probably suggested by the extreme agitation I had exhibited when the mode of the murder had been described.
10 As Mr. Kirwin said this, notwithstanding the agitation I endured on this retrospect of my sufferings, I also felt considerable surprise at the knowledge he seemed to possess concerning me.
11 I trembled with excess of agitation as I said this; there was a frenzy in my manner, and something, I doubt not, of that haughty fierceness which the martyrs of old are said to have possessed.
12 Elizabeth saw even this last resource, her excellent dispositions and irreproachable conduct, about to fail the accused, when, although violently agitated, she desired permission to address the court.
13 Everything was silent except the leaves of the trees, which were gently agitated by the wind; the night was nearly dark, and the scene would have been solemn and affecting even to an uninterested observer.
14 It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
15 The first part of this deposition did not in the least interest me, but when the mark of the fingers was mentioned I remembered the murder of my brother and felt myself extremely agitated; my limbs trembled, and a mist came over my eyes, which obliged me to lean on a chair for support.
16 Sometimes he commanded his countenance and tones and related the most horrible incidents with a tranquil voice, suppressing every mark of agitation; then, like a volcano bursting forth, his face would suddenly change to an expression of the wildest rage as he shrieked out imprecations on his persecutor.
17 I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life.
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