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There something of the energy that creates that endless panorama is comprehended; all the deep throbbings of the mighty river's pulses are felt; all the magnificence is seen.

From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll

It came over the fondest throbbings of my soul like the echo of a funeral bell, for ever pealing its sepulchral boom through the music of bridal joy.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

And its booming notes descended to subsonic throbbings that gripped and wrung the nerves to anguish.

From The Record of Currupira by Abernathy, Robert

No, not forgotten; else the faithful beating Of heart to genial heart, that beat again, Were turned to throbbings; and each pulse repeating But the sad echoings of pain to pain.

From Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor

The sound, reaching the ears of the trappers, carried their eyes out toward the plain; where they beheld a sight that caused one and all of them wild throbbings of the heart.

From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne