(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "By this time, my dearest sister, you have received my hurried letter; Iwish this may be more intelligible, but though not confined for time, myhead is so bewildered that I cannot answer for being coherent.
( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) After a very few seconds of bewilderment and confusion, in which nothingbut the plunging of horses, and breaking of glass could be made out, Mr.Pickwick felt himself violently pulled out from among the ruins of thechaise; and as soon as he had gained his feet, extricated his head fromthe skirts of his greatcoat, which materially impeded the usefulness ofhis spectacles, the full disaster of the case met his view.
What sort of shoes?' hastily inquired Wardle, who, together with Mr.Pickwick, had been lost in bewilderment at the singular catalogue ofvisitors.
If I had not beenmad--for though we madmen are sharp-witted enough, we get bewilderedsometimes--I should have known that the girl would rather have beenplaced, stiff and cold in a dull leaden coffin, than borne an enviedbride to my rich, glittering house.
No, no; I mean the others,' said the bewildered Winkle.
It was at this moment that the absurdity of hisrecent bewilderment struck upon his mind.
In the ballroom, the long card-room, the octagonal card-room,the staircases, and the passages, the hum of many voices, and the soundof many feet, were perfectly bewildering.
Shut it up, sir, can't you?It's the most extraordinary lantern I ever met with, in all my life!'exclaimed Mr. Pickwick, greatly bewildered by the effects he had sounintentionally produced.