Mitchel's prophecy of the fortune that a continental war might bring to Ireland seemed about to be fulfilled, unless the arm of Ireland should prove nerveless and impotent.
"The Evolution of Sinn Fein"
Robert Mitchell Henry
"Oh, yes, yes," she said eagerly, through her tears; "and he is so sorry, and he sent you these,"-she took the roses from her belt, her lover's roses, and thrust them into Melissa's nerveless grasp,-"and I-oh, I shall love you always!"
"Stories of the Foot-hills"
Margaret Collier Graham
She allowed her daughter to climb over her without moving, and when Parker appeared she wiped one long yellow hand on her apron, and gave it to him in a nerveless grasp.
"Stories of the Foot-hills"
Margaret Collier Graham