1 Every one seemed in high glee; laughter and conversation were general and animated.
2 Again Sam vanished; and mystery, animation, expectation rose to full flow once more.
3 We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking.
4 She had been all animation with the game, and irritated pride did not lower the expression of her haughty lineaments.
5 In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension.
6 Besides, there is that peculiar voice of hers, so animating and piquant, as well as soft: it cheers my withered heart; it puts life into it.
7 The want of his animating influence appeared to be peculiarly felt one day that he had been summoned to Millcote on business, and was not likely to return till late.
8 True, reader; and I knew and felt this: and though I am a defective being, with many faults and few redeeming points, yet I never tired of Helen Burns; nor ever ceased to cherish for her a sentiment of attachment, as strong, tender, and respectful as any that ever animated my heart.
9 What it was, whether beast or human being, one could not, at first sight, tell: it grovelled, seemingly, on all fours; it snatched and growled like some strange wild animal: but it was covered with clothing, and a quantity of dark, grizzled hair, wild as a mane, hid its head and face.