athrill

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All athrill with excitement, Mrs. Gammit hurried through her morning’s chores, and allowed herself no 240 breakfast except half a dozen violent cups of tea “with sweetenin’.”

From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

“Lad,” says my uncle, his glass aloft, his eyes resting upon me in pride, his voice athrill with passionate conviction, “here’s t’ you!

From The Cruise of the Shining Light by Duncan, Norman

The Bannocks and Shoshones of Fort Hall 83 were nerved to a high tension and quickly athrill to any new movement.

From Trail Tales by Gillilan, James David

At noon Friday he had halted at the Rawhide to rest his horse and take a bite of luncheon, but all his young soul was athrill with eagerness; every faculty was alert.

From Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains by King, Charles

Quietly, intimately, he smiled at the sound, good old world, athrill with the wonder and beauty of life.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph