I had seen acting before, but never anything like this: never anything which astonished Hope and hushed Desire; which outstripped Impulse and paled Conception; which, instead of merely irritating imagination with the thought of what might be done, at the same time fevering the nerves because it was not done, disclosed power like a deep, swollen winter river, thundering in cataract, and bearing the soul, like a leaf, on the steep and steelly sweep of its descent.
I shouted to her, as she had outstripped me a long way; she either did not hear or did not regard, for she still sprang on, and I was compelled to follow.
" This news filled me with fresh fears; I outstripped Kenneth, and ran most of the way back.
The apparition had outstripped me: it stood looking through the gate.
The Tilneys, they, by whom, above all, she desired to be favourably thought of, outstripped even her wishes in the flattering measures by which their intimacy was to be continued.
2 million but outstripped estimates to fetch £2,187,500 (2.
Chinese wages also outstripped Argentina, Colombia and Thailand during the same time, as the country integrated more closely into the global economy after its 2001 admission into the World Trade Organisation.
5km from the maritime border with the US, with bids that far outstripped the minimum required.
Already, its most recent quarterly sales outstripped Facebook's second-quarter advertising revenues of $6.
For example, a pilot study that took place in rural China last year, demonstrated that the impact of vision on children's educational outcomes, significantly outstripped the enormous influence of both parental education and family wealth.
" The fall in the popularity of banking has also outstripped that of the overall financial sector, which includes insurance and fund management, whose appeal has fallen by 23 per cent.
He fairly outstripped himself in willingness and civility; he was all smiles to everyone.
I went out with the Hottentots, who were lion-hunting in the Kaffir land, where the plains are covered with grass the color of a green olive; and here I ran races with the ostrich, but I soon outstripped him in swiftness.
