"Unnerve" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... weak man a match for the strong. I felt that if I were worsted, disabled, stricken down, Lilian might be lost in losing her sole protector; and on the other hand, Margrave had been taken at the disadvantage of that surprise which will half unnerve the fiercest of the wild beasts; while as we grappled, reeling and rocking to and fro in our struggle, I soon observed that his attention was distracted,—that his eye was turned towards an object which he had dropped ...
— A Strange Story, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... ask me; I entreat you not to see my daughter. You have shown that you are not selfish,—conquer yourself still. What if such an interview, however guarded you might be, were but to agitate, unnerve my child, unsettle her peace, ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... days were spent in our service— Whose manhood we claimed as our right by the law, As paupers must die, since their cost would unnerve us; Sic semper e pluribus ...
— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 • Various |
