Both Uses of
tremulous
in
The Portrait of a Lady
- There was a covered piazza behind it, furnished with a swing which was a source of tremulous interest; and beyond this was a long garden, sloping down to the stable and containing peach-trees of barely credible familiarity.†
Chpt 3 *tremulous = quivering (shaky)
- At the same time a wave of envy passed over her soul, as she compared the tremulous longing, the definite ideal of the child with her own dry despair.†
Chpt 50
Definition:
quivering (unsteady or shaky) -- usually from weakness or fear -- especially of the voice