Both Uses of
ebb
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- In such risings of fire and risings of sea—the firm earth shaken by the rushes of an angry ocean which had now no ebb, but was always on the flow, higher and higher, to the terror and wonder of the beholders on the shore—three years of tempest were consumed.†
Chpt 2.24 *ebb = decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- As I turned my eyes to the elder brother, I saw him looking down at this handsome boy whose life was ebbing out, as if he were a wounded bird, or hare, or rabbit; not at all as if he were a fellow-creature.†
Chpt 3.10ebbing = declining -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide