Both Uses of
tempest
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- It must have been this, I suppose, that stirred in my soul that tempest of impatience with which I listened to the civilities of my unhappy victim; I declare, at least, before God, no man morally sane could have been guilty of that crime upon so pitiful a provocation; and that I struck in no more reasonable spirit than that in which a sick child may break a plaything.†
p. 97..7
- And when at last, thinking the driver had begun to grow suspicious, he discharged the cab and ventured on foot, attired in his misfitting clothes, an object marked out for observation, into the midst of the nocturnal passengers, these two base passions raged within him like a tempest.†
p. 103..9 *
Definition:
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(tempest) a violent commotion or disturbance -- especially a violent storm or emotional outburst