The ladies happened to be in earnest conversation, and were taking no notice of the dogs, when their attention was attracted by a second plunge, and Bob was seen, apparently seized with cramp, floundering in the middle of the river, Crib swimming eagerly towards him.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
I kept still, but I felt sick with the peculiar cramp in my neck.
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
It may be urged that when Flaxman warned the boy's mother against teaching as being sure to cramp her son's genius, he alluded to the Burgess method.
"John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1"
William Powell Frith