"Amok" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... are said to be more predisposed toward "running amok" than any other Malayan people. Having been warned of this unpleasant idiosyncrasy, I took the precaution, when among them, of carrying in the right-hand pocket of my jacket a service automatic, loaded and ready for instant action. ...
— Where the Strange Trails Go Down • E. Alexander Powell
... of Nena Sahib; the noiseless murders of Thuggee's nimble cord; the drunken diablerie of the Doorga Pooja; the monstrous human sacrifices of the Khonds and Bheels; the dreadful rites of the Janni before the gory altar of the Earth goddess; the indiscriminate slashing and stabbing of the Amok; the shuddering dodges of the plague-chased Cavrite; the grim and lonely duels of the French lion-killer under the melancholy stars; the carrion-like exposures of the Parsee dead; the nightmarish legends of the Evil ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 26, December, 1859 • Various
... other names in the East. Its chief characteristic is that it has a profound effect on the passions. Thus, under its influence, natives of the East become greatly exhilarated, then debased, and finally violent, rushing forth on the streets with the cry, 'Amok, amok,' - ' Kill, kill ' - as we say, 'running amuck.' An overdose of this drug often causes insanity, while in small quantities our doctors use it as a medicine. Any one who has read the brilliant Theophile Gautier's 'Club des Hachichens' or Bayard Taylor's ...
— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve
... side, as if in mortal dread of something; and presently we saw a half-naked Malay with a long dagger in his hand, striking right and left at everybody he met, killing some and wounding others. As he ran on, crying out in his frenzy, "Amok—amok—amok! kill—kill—kill!" we saw some of the police dashing towards him with long poles, at the end of which was a fork of wood with iron spikes inside it. He dodged by several of them, killing one on his way, till at last a guard ...
— Old Jack • W.H.G. Kingston
... Chief of Staff, Displaced, Robinson, Lieutenant, brings down Zeppelin, Roosevelt, Mr., invents new invective, Roumania joins Allies, Royal Family, British, fine example of, Royal Flying Corps, Great losses of, Running amok, Rupprecht, Crown Prince, entertains journalists, Russia Army retreats, Bolshevist coup d'etat. Bolshevist regime stained with massacres, Collapses, Dark hour of, Debacle in, End of Tsardom Ex-Tsar and family shot, ...
— Mr. Punch's History of the Great War • Punch
... gaspingly, the sunken eyes were heavy with pain, "you'll think me a mean brute. I am, dear fellow, I am; a coward, too, from the same point of view. But—ill or well, I've got to say it. You've been running amok to-day, and it's been altogether too lively to be just pleasant. You've got to pull up. I ...
— The Knave of Diamonds • Ethel May Dell
... seen her so effervescent, so sublimely inconsequent, or so naively bewitching as she was throughout the meal. Rupert, reckless and debonnaire, encouraged her wild mood. As his youngest brother expressed it, he and Chris 'generally ran amok' when they got together. And Hilda, the sedate, rather pensive daughter of the house, was far ...
— The Rocks of Valpre • Ethel May Dell |
