The attempt had failed because, when endeavoring to cut his wrists, this murderer of seven women had fainted at the sight of blood.

On his return to Naples, Nelson was greeted with a triumphal procession led by King Ferdinand IV and Sir William Hamilton and was introduced for only the third time to Sir William's wife Emma, Lady Hamilton, who fainted violently at the meeting, and apparently took several weeks to recover from her injuries.

Patton " hit the wall " from the finish line of the four kilometer cross-country footrace, then fainted after crossing the line at a walk ; he finished third out of 15 contestants.

His niece, the duchesse d ' Angoulême, fainted at the sight of the Tuileries.

The Duchess of Angoulême fainted upon arriving at the palace, as it brought back terrible memories of her family's incarceration there, and of the storming of the palace and the massacre of the Swiss Guards on 10 August 1792.

Sergeant Meryll says that Elsie, the girl who fainted at the execution, and who has been placed in Meryll's charge, has recovered, but that her illness gave Dame Carruthers an excuse to take up quarters in his house while she nursed the girl.

In Franklin's garden, a patient was led to each of five trees, one of which had been " mesmerized "; he hugged each in turn to receive the " vital fluid ", but fainted at the foot of a ' wrong ' one.

Clemenceau said ...‘ I am totally opposed to you – we both recognise a great danger and you are ... reducing your army and weakening your navy .’ ‘ Ah ’ said Bannerman ‘ but that is for economy !’... then said that he thought the English ought to have some kind of military service, at which Bannerman nearly fainted ...‘ It comes to this ’ said Clemenceau ‘ in the event of your supporting us against Germany are you ready to abide by the plans agreed upon between our War Offices and to land 110, 000 men on the coast while Italy marches with us in the ranks ?’ Then came the crowning touch of the interview.

Mary's army was commanded by Argyll, who was to show little in the way of real military skill, seemingly hoping simply to push Moray aside by sheer force of numbers: it is even suggested in the sources that he fainted at one point, though this is almost certainly a rumour spread by his enemies.

According to newspaper records, many women fainted at his lectures when he aired opinions both on sexual relations and the wearing of corsets.

When President Bush fainted at a state dinner in Tokyo, a caller claiming to be the president's physician called and claimed that Bush had died.

His wife fainted at the news.

Princess Maksutova is said to have fainted at the sight.

Several women fainted at the ceremony and several men had their hats crushed in the rush to view the coffin.

A round shot cut off his right leg, but he remained at his station until he fainted from blood loss.

Another, named Amon, testified at the trial of Kappler which was held in Italy in 1948 ; saying that once he entered the cave and saw the piles of dead bodies, he fainted and was replaced by a comrade who pushed him aside and shot another victim.

While filming Carry On Spying she thought he had fainted from fright at a dramatic scene on a conveyor belt — in fact he had passed out because he was drunk.

Negri caused a media sensation at his New York funeral in August 24, 1926, at which she " fainted " several times, and, according to actor Ben Lyon, arranged for a large floral arrangement, which spelled out " P-O-L-A ", to be placed on Valentino's coffin.

At a party thrown in honor of the Cortlandts at the Tyler Estate, Nina fainted as a result of appendicitis.

The Czechoslovakian president, Emil Hacha, became so scared at Hitler's outburst that he fainted.

She apparently fainted at the sight of the blood, and the constable then actually went out to get some brandy to revive her, but she had left before he got back.

It explains why people arriving later fainted or felt unwell in each case ( a servant at the vicarage has also become sick ).

He notes it is not certain she ever commanded any unit, and that her role was more honorary than real ; he also notes that she is known to have fainted on the battlefield, distracting her comrades, and in at least one instance ( at the battle Šiauliai ), she was purposefully held behind front lines, as her comrades tried to ensure she would not endanger herself.

Although Marie Antoinette did not see the head of her friend as it was paraded outside her prison window, she fainted upon learning about the gruesome end that had befallen her faithful companion.

Ray idolizes famed guitarist Django Reinhardt, and is said to have fainted in his presence and to have fled a nightclub performance with severe stage fright upon hearing a false rumor that Reinhardt was in the audience.

Ray's fate was decided by a jury composed entirely of older women, one of whom ran to Ray to console him when he fainted upon hearing the " not guilty " verdict.

He never goes on a vacation because of his father, who owns the store they work in ; both appear to enjoy making money and upon Manolito suggesting closing shop and go on a vacation for a few days, his dad appeared to have fainted from shock.

It is a popular conception by the public that his tuberculosis was first discovered when he fainted during the Ikedaya Affair, mostly due to the depiction appearing in a famous work chronicling the Shinsengumi as well as a number of period dramas based upon it.

When Tommy returned as the White Ranger, Kimberly fainted upon seeing him and two resumed their relationship, going on dates together.

The witness also indicated that the alleged victim fainted upon learning of Parker's kidnapping from the jail, and stated that he deserved a trial.

Though Aldo fainted immediately upon completing his song, he was good enough that he became a regular on his father's program.

Willis was very sick in these final years: he suffered from violent epileptic seizures and, early in November 1866, fainted in the streets, prompting Harriet Jacobs to return to help his wife.

When Ursus, who has fainted in Dea's last moments, comes to his senses, Gwynplaine has vanished, and Homo is staring mournfully over the ship's rail, howling into the sea from which Gwynplaine will not return.

An athlete ahead of him fainted 50 metres from the finish, and Liimatainen stopped and tried to find his way off the track, thinking he had reached the finish line.

He watched the execution of Charles I from the roof of the Countess of Peterborough's London house but fainted before the axe fell.

However, after his wife fainted in the preparation hearing, she had sought and obtained absence of leave from the Court 16 times citing health concerns before President Chen Shui-bian's term was complete.

A French sergeant was stabbed through the chest while engaged in single combat ; within minutes, he fainted from loss of blood.

During this period he could really do no wrong-loaded with riches and honours, he was so famous and so formidable as a performer that his rival and friend, the castrato Gioacchino Conti (" Gizziello ") is said to have fainted away from sheer despondency on hearing him sing.

However, after his wife fainted in the preparation hearing, she had sought and obtained absence of leave from the Court 16 times citing health concerns before the end of Chen's term.

After a bakers dozen of women fainted when I spoke to them and countless babies went into paraclisms of crying, I disappeared from my usual haunts and went to work for a group which I later discovered were known as the crime syndicate.

One athlete began to run in tight circles after reaching the stadium and later knocked himself unconscious, while another fainted 50 metres from the finish.

Actor Nitish was also accounted to having fainted on getting poisoned from a betel leaf.

He was inconsolable in his loss and " was led from the room almost in a state of insensibility by his sister Mrs. Carr, who, with great difficulty, got him into his library where he fainted, and remained so long insensible that they feared he would never revive.

Using the skewers to support the weight of their bodies, the warriors would be suspended from the roof of the lodge and would hang there until they fainted.

Just before the visitors left, he fainted from lack of air and fell into the room, to the utter astonishment of the Germans.

He remained in command until the next morning, when he fainted from loss of blood from two wounds he had sustained during the action.

Porky finds Sylvester fainted ( after Sylvester got hit by a bowling ball which was landing on Porky himself ) and leaves him on the basket, but without notice, Sylvester has been lowered down into the mice's lair while in the basket and a while later comes up and Porky tells him to take off what Porky thought was make up, but the disguise was actually just Sylvester turning white from the aforementioned experience.

Kate fainted and fell to the floor, and, until aroused from this state of syncope, was unaware of the murder of her parents.

He promptly fainted from shock and missed out again.

In her own account written from prison, Askew said she fainted from pain, and was lowered and revived.