Visible tokens were there of all that she had suffered of late-suffered, in knowing the father she so passionately loved in prison, sick nigh unto death without the power of going to him and Allaying his pain even for a moment, in witnessing the final wreck and failure of those bright dreams of liberty, for which he had so enthusiastically staked his life, and which were not without a powerful hold on his daughter's soul.
"Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel"
E. Werner
The painful thoughts which this train of reasoning produced, caused the cavalier to start to his feet, and rapidly pace the room-in hope of Allaying his agitation.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Several times during the month which Bertha had already passed at Castle Osternau Herr von Wangen had been tormented by the suspicion that there was a greater degree of intimacy existing between the Lieutenant and the beautiful guest than either cared to have observed; he had surprised one or two meaning glances exchanged by them, but Bertha had always succeeded in Allaying these suspicions by the easy indifference with which she received the Lieutenant's homage.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss