These lashings, like the
chords of a stringed instrument, resounded as if vibrated by a violin bow.
Denisov, with sparkling eyes and ruffled hair, sat at the clavichord striking
chords with his short fingers, his legs thrown back and his eyes rolling as he sang, with his small, husky, but true voice, some verses called "Enchantress," which he had composed, and to which he was trying to fit music:
It was hard to believe, as he looked back over it, that the whole great span was incurably disabled, was already as good as condemned, because something was out of line in the lower
chord of the cantilever arm.
Guppy resents as a liberty, retorting, "Jobling, there ARE
chords in the human mind--" Jobling begs pardon.
I forget exactly what it was, but something in our talk had set us glowing, had touched tender
chords of unexpected sympathy, and involuntarily I stretched out my hand across the corner of the table and pressed Nicolete's hand as it rested on the cloth.
I will, in this place, hazard an observation, which will not be the less just because to some it may appear new; which is, that the more the operations of the national authority are intermingled in the ordinary exercise of government, the more the citizens are accustomed to meet with it in the common occurrences of their political life, the more it is familiarized to their sight and to their feelings, the further it enters into those objects which touch the most sensible
chords and put in motion the most active springs of the human heart, the greater will be the probability that it will conciliate the respect and attachment of the community.
The strained
chords snapped, sobs and tears of joy which he had never foreseen rose up with such violence that his whole body shook, that for long they prevented him from speaking.
The very first
chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs.
There was a great deal more clapping when she finished, and when this was over, as an encore, she gave a piece which imitated the sea; there were little trills to represent the lapping waves and thundering
chords, with the loud pedal down, to suggest a storm.
Fentolin is in a strange humour," she went on, a moment later, after she had struck the final
chords of her song.
As the congregation entered they were met by mild sweet
chords issuing from a harmonium, where Miss Willett, concealed from view by a baize curtain, struck emphatic
chords with uncertain fingers.
Duty, gratitude, interest, ambition itself, are the
chords by which they will be bound to fidelity and sympathy with the great mass of the people.