United States or Guadeloupe ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Suddenly, above the hubbub, was heard the voice of the King, in accents of menace and wrath, singularly distinct and clear; it was followed by a moment's silence a moment's silence followed by the clatter of arms, a yell, and a howl, and the indescribable shock of men. And suddenly again was heard a voice that seemed that of the King, but no longer distinct and clear! was it laugh? was it groan?
She may have recalled his unvarying tenderness, his unceasing admiration; she may have recollected those impassioned accents that thrilled her heart, those glances of rapturous affection that fixed her eye with fascination.
Curtis stood leaning against the mast, with the boatswain by his side; their eyes seemed never for a moment to cease to watch the brig, but their countenances clearly expressed the varying emotions that passed through their minds. Not a word was uttered, nor was the silence broken, until the carpenter exclaimed, in accents of despair, "She's putting about!"
'The old lady DIED, I have heard, said Nanty, affecting a moderation which was belied by accents that faltered with passion. 'She might live or die, for what I care, answered Peter the Cruel; 'what business have folk to do to live that canna live as law will, and satisfy their just and lawful creditors?
She went to her, took her hand; it feebly pressed her's. "My child," said the languid mother: the words reached her heart; she had seldom heard them pronounced with accents denoting affection; "My child, I have not always treated you with kindness God forgive me! do you?" Mary's tears strayed in a disregarded stream; on her bosom the big drops fell, but did not relieve the fluttering tenant.
Nor had he banished them, when, two days later, the telephone brought him her clear accents, a little tremulous now. "Peter Paul is gone." "Since when?" "Since ten this morning. The house is in an uproar." "I'll be up in half an hour at the latest." "Do come quickly. I'm I'm a little frightened." "Then you must have something to do," said Average Jones decisively.
Celaeno alone, prophetess of ill, alights on a towering cliff, and thus breaks forth in deep accents: "War is it for your slaughtered oxen and steers cut down, O children of Laomedon, war is it you would declare, and drive the guiltless Harpies from their ancestral kingdom?
"I will go along with you." he said; and as we went, he spoke, in low accents, to the following effect: "I know not what you have done, Clifford; and there is no need that I should know. Keep your secret. I do not think the worse of you that you have been maddened to crime. Let the same desperation nerve you now to sufficient composure. Beware of what you say, lest these people suspect you."
From the moment she had promised herself to her first love's friend old memories began to rise up and reproach her. Strange thoughts stirred in the depths of her soul, and in the silent watches of the night she seemed to hear Everard's accents, charged with grief and upbraiding. Her uneasiness increased as her wedding-day drew near.
"We'll be out of Dixie," said John, looking far away. "Now, Mr. March," responded Barbara, with a smile of sweetest resentment, "you're ag-grav-a-ting my nos-tal-gia!" To the younger commercial traveler her accents sounded like the wavelets on a beach! "Why, I declare, Miss Garnet, I don't want to do that. If you'll help me cure mine I'll do all you'll let me do to cure yours."
Word Of The Day