All 3 Uses of
agony
in
Northanger Abbey
- In the first place, I was so afraid it would rain this morning, just as I wanted to set off; it looked very showery, and that would have thrown me into agonies!†
Chpt 6 *
- As soon as they were joined by the Thorpes, Catherine's agony began; she fidgeted about if John Thorpe came towards her, hid herself as much as possible from his view, and when he spoke to her pretended not to hear him.†
Chpt 10
- A cold sweat stood on her forehead, the manuscript fell from her hand, and groping her way to the bed, she jumped hastily in, and sought some suspension of agony by creeping far underneath the clothes.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain