Both Uses of
agony
in
Treasure Island
- Another had been shot at a loophole in the very act of firing into the house and now lay in agony, the pistol still smoking in his hand.†
Chpt 21 *
- Before you could wink, Long John had fired two barrels of a pistol into the struggling Merry, and as the man rolled up his eyes at him in the last agony, "George," said he, "I reckon I settled you."†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain