Tongues

Examples

• Proofs like these are not to be set aside by the idle tongues of cavilers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The Magyar is a language belonging to the Finno-Ugrian division of the Ural-Altaic tongues. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yes, but scandal with it--a hideous mustering of tongues. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Their tongues are never still. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Have the cloven tongues come down again? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If John doesn't know anything about this nonsense, don't tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You know I understand all the inferior animal tongues. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• And thus ambassadors would be qualified to treat with foreign princes, or ministers of state, to whose tongues they were utter strangers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• His father was a merchant, engaged in business in Pisa, a man well versed in the Latin and Greek tongues, and well known for his knowledge of mathematics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Its work is to plane the surfaces of boards, and to cut the edges into tongues and groves, such as are required for flooring. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• You will doubtless find that it will require salt; but you will readily infer that hams, tongues, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Curiosity and wonder possessed all hearts, but respect restrained all tongues till the holy rite was over. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The poles unite, the zones agree, The tongues of striving cease; As on the Sea of Galilee, The Christ is whispering, Peace! Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Why have we tongues, then? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If I go alone to the cottage, the people's tongues will be tied at the first question I put to them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongues when they have girls to manage. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It seems to me that all the races and colors and tongues of the earth must be represented among the fourteen thousand souls that dwell in Jerusalem. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But this movement affected nations, kingdoms, tongues, and peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was no gift but the confusion of tongues which has gabbled me deaf as a post. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In cases of such perplexity as this generally some incidents appear that speak more unerringly than do the tongues of the witnesses, and to some of these I purpose to now refer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The tongues were checked, pulled up as with bit and bridle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The falcon in the black coat proceeded,-- What do I talk about the gift of tongues? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• One can watch the dancing little flames of Koenig, and see a voice expressed in tongues of fire; but the record can only be photographic. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This fact will be alone sufficient to silence the tongues of malignant calumniators. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The difference between any of these Chinese tongues and the more western languages is profound. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They do the same, and as their tongues are the sharpest, you fellows get the worst of it, for you are as silly as they, every bit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They're all alike, you know: they hold their tongues for years, and you think you're safe, but when their opportunity comes they remember everything. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• For the authorities to which the Church appealed were literatures composed in foreign tongues. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• This they lick with their tongues, which makes their mouths sore, and they not only shun this locality, but appear to tell all the neighboring rats about it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

Edited by Jason