Oh, the horrible suspense to be endured till it could be got alongside, for it was impossible to see who was in her!"Have you got them safe?" asked the captain, unable longer to restrain his anxiety.…Cited from The Young Rajah, by W.H.G. Kingston
"Where did it come from?" asked the druggist, unable longer to restrain his curiosity.Cited from The War Terror, by Arthur B. Reeve
He admired them all, but was most pleased with the youngest.Unable longer to restrain his admiration, he rushed out and endeavored to seize her.But the sisters, with the quickness of birds, the moment they descried the form of a man, leaped back into the basket and were drawn up into the sky.…Cited from The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, by Henry R. Schoolcraft
They then helped themselves pretty freely to the flesh, which, cutting into thin slices, they held at the end of sticks before the fire.Before it was half done through, however, they began eagerly gnawing away at it, unable longer to restrain their appetite.The smell made us hungry; so cutting off some thin slices, we roasted them in the same manner, but far more thoroughly than the strangers had done.…Cited from Twice Lost, by W.H.G. Kingston
"What do you propose?" asked Antonio, unable longer to restrain himself.Cited from Port O' Gold, by Louis John Stellman
"And I promise, on one condition, darling -- that you tell me in confidence what I, as your future husband, have a just right to know -- the nature of this secret of yours.""Ah, no!" she cried, unable longer to restrain her tears, and burying her pale, beautiful face upon his arm.…Cited from The House of Whispers, by William Le Queux
"Do they, by God?" he roared, unable longer to restrain himself, and leaping to his feet.Cited from Bardelys the Magnificent, by Rafael Sabatini
And, finally, she distinguished the sound of wheels rolling away from the house.Unable longer to restrain herself, she rapped and beat upon her own door, crying aloud for deliverance.Presently the bolt was withdrawn, the door jerked open and Dorcas Knight, with a face of horror, stood before her.…Cited from Capitola The Madcap, by Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Percival, with his passion once more arrested, strode after her furiously.He was intolerant of every moment that passed before be claimed her for his own, and unable longer to restrain his mad desire to fold her in his arms.In the midst of these fervent anticipations he was unpleasantly aware of the increased motion of the ship.…Cited from The Honorable Percival, by Alice Hegan Rice
"He'd oughter be comin' pretty soon, hadn't he?"Captain Phineas ventured at last, unable longer to restrain his impatience.…Cited from Flood Tide, by Sara Ware Bassett
Patty was unable longer to restrain her impatience.Cited from Patty's Suitors, by Carolyn Wells
Unable longer to restrain myself, I clasped her to me, held her for one brief instant strained to my breast, kissed her twice upon lips which had no opportunity for refusal.Cited from My Lady of the North, by Randall Parrish
Unable longer to restrain his laughter, the Italian broke forth into one of those hearty peals which terminate only when the risible faculties are completely exhausted.Signor Stradivari, the happy parent of the collection just ushered into the room, regarded his visitor with astonishment, in which he was joined by the specimens of various dates.…Cited from The Violin, by George Hart
"By heaven, Nickleby, you're a wizard!" cried Ferguson at last, unable longer to restrain his enthusiasm.Cited from Every Man for Himself, by Hopkins Moorhouse
It was fully seven feet in height, with powerful, stout legs, while its wings were so small that they could not be distinguished from its lightish brown and grey plumage.It got up to within twenty yards, when Oliver and Ralph, unable longer to restrain their eagerness, leapt to their feet, and sent a couple of shafts into its body.The emu, seeing them, turned tail, and off it went at a rapid rate.…Cited from Adventures in Australia, by W.H.G. Kingston
She bent over and lifted up his face to hers, and kissed his lips, and then, unable longer to restrain her emotion, she turned and hastened up the stairway, and was lost to sight.For many minutes Ralph stood still, in gratified amazement.…Cited from Burnham Breaker, by Homer Greene
"I am fear soch t'ing is not permit'.""Nonsense!" exclaimed Mrs. Cortlandt, unable longer to restrain herself.…Cited from The Ne'er-Do-Well, by Rex Beach
On rare occasions a travelling show visited this Transylvanian town, and his parents with difficulty restrained him from following the circus away.At last, in 1873, one show, more complete and more brilliant than any one before seen there, came in on the newly opened railway, and he, now a man, went away with it, unable longer to restrain his passion for the profession.Always accustomed to horses, and already a skilful acrobat, he was immediately accepted by the manager as an apprentice, and after a season in Roumania and a disastrous trip through Southern Austria, they came into Northern Italy, where I met him.…Cited from Stories by American Authors, Volume 5, by Various
As the doctor finished his thrilling narrative, unable longer to restrain myself, I burst into tears, at the thought of one so young, so lovely, and so devoted to a noble cause, having been thus cruelly put to death.My heart bled, too, for young Colonel Acosta.…Cited from The Young Llanero, by W.H.G. Kingston
Through the wild chorus she fancied she heard a human voice faintly calling for help.Unable longer to restrain her excited feelings, she snatched up a long pair of cooper's compasses -- the first weapon that offered itself -- and sallied out into the woods, accompanied by the men, armed with rifles.They ran swiftly, the diapason of the howls guiding them in the proper course, and in a few moments they came to a large tree, round which a pack of hungry monsters had collected, and were baying in full chorus, jumping up and snapping their jaws at a man who was seated among the branches.…Cited from Woman on the American Frontier, William W. Fowler