Both Uses of
tremulous
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- he repeated, with such tremulous feeling, the various lines which imaged a broken heart, or a mind destroyed by wretchedness, and looked so entirely as if he meant to be understood, that she ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry, and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely;†
Chpt 11 *tremulous = quivering (shaky)
- and unfortunately" (speaking low and tremulously) "there are so many who forget to think seriously till it is almost too late."†
Chpt 17tremulously = with quivering (shakiness)
Definition:
quivering (unsteady or shaky) -- usually from weakness or fear -- especially of the voice