Murmur
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Mr. Weller was overheard by his son to
murmur
something relative to making a vessel's nose bleed; but Mr. Stiggins heard him not.
Mr. Perker was taking a pinch of snuff with various grotesque contractions of countenance, eulogistic of the persuasive powers appertaining unto young ladies, when the
murmur
of inquiry and answer was heard in the outer office, and Lowten tapped at the door.
Here Mr. Pickwick paused, and a low
murmur
ran round the table.
The old housekeeper dying at the end of that time, Mr. Pickwick promoted Mary to the situation, on condition of her marrying Mr. Weller at once, which she did without a
murmur.
She was presently in full charge, and in that long, bare ward where she strengthened so many sufferers for the last parting, where she lived with death and dealt with it, where she went about softly, soothing unspeakable pain, learning the note of human anguish, hearing no sound but the
murmur
of suffering or relief, she sounded one night the depths of her own nature, and received from an inward monitor the confirmation of her mission.
Mrs. Mutrie gave frequent utterance to little exclamations of wonder and applause, which began by being the appropriate feminine response to great expressions of nature, and ended in an awed
murmur.
"I should
murmur!
It grew, died down again, and at last remained fixed in a continuous
murmur
for which the ear strained uneasily such a
murmur
as heralds the advance of a loud racing tide in a, nightmare, when the dreamer cannot flee nor declare his terror in any voice but a whisper.
There was a
murmur
among the women, as if of assent and doubt.
When the two Musketeers had entered; when the door was closed behind them; when the buzzing
murmur
of the antechamber, to which the summons which had been made had doubtless furnished fresh food, had recommenced; when M. de Treville had three or four times paced in silence, and with a frowning brow, the whole length of his cabinet, passing each time before Porthos and Aramis, who were as upright and silent as if on parade--he stopped all at once full in front of them, and covering them from head to foot with an angry look, "Do you know what the king said to me," cried he, "and that no longer ago than yesterday evening--do you know, gentlemen?"
At these words, the
murmur
without became an explosion; nothing was to be heard but oaths and blasphemies.
And without waiting for the answer of the newcomer to this proof of affection, M. de Treville seized his right hand and pressed it with all his might, without perceiving that Athos, whatever might be his self-command, allowed a slight
murmur
of pain to escape him, and if possible, grew paler than he was before.
While thinking and walking, Athos passed and repassed before the pipe of the stove, broken in halves, the other extremity passing into the chamber above; and every time he passed and repassed he heard a
murmur
of words, which at length fixed his attention.
She allowed, therefore, half an hour to pass away; and as at that moment all was silence in the old castle, as nothing was heard but the eternal
murmur
of the waves--that immense breaking of the ocean--with her pure, harmonious, and powerful voice, she began the first couplet of the psalm then in great favor with the Puritans:"Thou leavest thy servants, Lord, To see if they be strong; But soon thou dost afford Thy hand to lead them on."
The noise of their retreating footsteps and the
murmur
of their voices soon died away.
There was a great
murmur
of voices which continued to draw near, amid which she seemed to hear her own name pronounced.
He was listening anxiously for the
murmur
of distant springs.
From time to time, a steeper path appeared; our naiad then began to tumble before us with a hoarser murmur, and we went down with her to a greater depth.
A few light vapours, leaping from rock to rock, denoted the place of hot springs; and streams flowed softly down to the common basin, gliding down the gentle slopes with a softer
murmur.
From a dull
murmur
it swelled into a deep roar, and then sank back into a melancholy, throbbing
murmur
once again.
And a new sound mingled with it, a deep, muttered rumble, musical and yet menacing, rising and falling like the low, constant
murmur
of the sea.
But, as I afterwards learned, their conversation was to be about myself and my own prospects, so I was despatched to my room, whence far into the night I could hear the deep growl of my father and the rich tones of my uncle, with an occasional gentle
murmur
from my mother, as they talked in the room beneath.
As our tandem came alongside of the four-in-hand, with the two bonny bay mares gleaming like shot-silk in the sunshine, a
murmur
of admiration rose from the crowd.
Glancing in, I saw a line of little green baize tables with small groups of men sitting round, while at one side was a longer one, from which there came a continuous
murmur
of voices.
There was another
murmur
of professional agreement.
They were not unlike each other, either in face or figure, though the Bristol man was a few years the older, and a
murmur
of critical admiration was heard as the two tall, lithe figures, and keen, clean-cut faces were contrasted.
Lord Cochrane seemed to be expressing the views of all, for a
murmur
of assent, with a mutter of hearty, deep-sea curses, ran round the circle.
Amid the grey swirl of the tobacco-smoke I could catch a glimpse of a blue coat and gold epaulettes, with a crowd gathering thickly round them, while a hoarse
murmur
rose from the group which thickened into a deep-chested cheer.
A deep angry
murmur
was rising from the crowd.
Not a single
murmur
escaped from their lips.
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