Accents

Examples

• What though those limbs moved not, and those lips could no more frame modulated accents of wisdom and love! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• What dulness may not red lips and sweet accents render pleasant? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He should have addressed her at once in solemn accents, and with rigid mien. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Her accents obeyed the fitful impulse of the wind; they swelled as its gusts rushed on, and died as they wandered away. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The Colonel told his senior briefly, and in broken accents, the circumstances of the case. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Let my accents swell to Mickleham on one side, and Dorking on the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
• With the departure of the figures the profuse articulations of the women wasted away from her memory; but the accents of the other stayed on. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was the voice of her own conscience which spoke to her through Mrs. Trenor's reproachful accents. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Ye-es, repeated Miss Flite in her most genteel accents, my executor, administrator, and assign. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Samivel, Samivel,' said Mr. Weller, in reproachful accents, 'I didn't think you'd ha' done it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The breezes that blew around his mouth in that walk carried off upon them the accents of a commination. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But not for two, ma'am,' rejoined Mr. Bumble, in soft accents. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She played a simple air, and her voice accompanied it in sweet accents, but unlike the wondrous strain of the stranger. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Water them now,' said Mr. Tupman, in accents of persuasion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was melancholy to hear his accents as he spoke of that catastrophe. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• With faltering accents Clara promised, while she still clung to her father in a transport of sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The voice of that sly little book was a honeyed voice; its accents were all unction and balm. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In the hurry of the moment I forgot that I was in Greece, and in my native accents endeavoured to soothe the sufferer. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Before Bob could reply, Mr. Ben Allen seized Mr. Pickwick by the hand, and murmured, in sorrowful accents, 'My sister, my dear Sir; my sister. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Pursue thy happier path, said he, in accents scarcely audible, nor seek thy destruction. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• As he spoke, I felt subject to him; and all my boasted pride and strength were subdued by the honeyed accents of this blue-eyed boy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She had spoken in the clearest of tones, neither fast nor loud; but her silver accents thrilled the ear. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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