heart stands still
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Then John's heart stands still with a sudden fear, as he imagines that some terrible thing has occurred.
From Miss Caprice by Rathborne, George, St.
Another instant, and, as though in pursuit, a second figure, erect, soldierly, with quick and bounding step strides across the glittering moon-streak, and Mrs. Rayner's heart stands still.
From The Deserter by King, Charles
He does not complain, but he spends a great deal of the day in bed; and he is so white, so worn, that my heart stands still to look at him.
From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith
He wants nothing, he troubles about nothing; his heart stands still, only his eye lives.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
But, for those who are driven out into foreign lands, the life of the heart stands still, and the past is all to them; to the exiled the present and the future are unimportant.
From Queen Hortense A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
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