hush-speak

Updated: June 12, 2025

Meantime he had been expressly informed that he was to say nothing to the Advocate in secret, and that his master was not to speak to him in a low tone nor whisper in his ear. When the Advocate came out into the ante-chamber and looking over his shoulder saw the two soldiers he at once lowered his voice. "Hush-speak low," he whispered; "this is too cruel."

John Lothrop Motley - Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War, 1618-19

Meantime he had been expressly informed that he was to say nothing to the Advocate in secret, and that his master was not to speak to him in a low tone nor whisper in his ear. When the Advocate came out into the ante-chamber and looking over his shoulder saw the two soldiers he at once lowered his voice. "Hush-speak low," he whispered; "this is too cruel."

John Lothrop Motley - Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1614-23)

Meantime he had been expressly informed that he was to say nothing to the Advocate in secret, and that his master was not to speak to him in a low tone nor whisper in his ear. When the Advocate came out into the ante-chamber and looking over his shoulder saw the two soldiers he at once lowered his voice. "Hush-speak low," he whispered; "this is too cruel."

John Lothrop Motley - Life and Death of John of Barneveld — Complete (1609-1623)

Meantime he had been expressly informed that he was to say nothing to the Advocate in secret, and that his master was not to speak to him in a low tone nor whisper in his ear. When the Advocate came out into the ante-chamber and looking over his shoulder saw the two soldiers he at once lowered his voice. "Hush-speak low," he whispered; "this is too cruel."

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete