There rose a murmur among them then, and the next instant this murmur was a cry.
There was a murmur he did not understand, a rush, a heavy rain of blows, a dash of something in his face that scorched like liquid fire, and with a shriek, he fell writhing.
She beamed on him graciously as with a murmur of thanks Craven turned to mount the stone staircase.
A low murmur of men's voices came from below, and leaning over the balustrade she saw Craven and his agent standing talking before the empty fireplace.
It was dealt with so firm a hand, and unerring an aim, that death was almost instantaneous--scarcely had Agostino time to murmur "Thanks.
She sat longer than she intended, for the dreamy, monotonousmurmur of the waves and the stillness and solitude predisposed her to that kind of drifting thought which keeps assuring time: "I am going directly.
She could hear the murmurof voices in the living-room, and she dressed quickly and went there.
Breezes sweeping through the pines of Monterey brought no murmur from the south and east of the thunder crash of cannon on the unfought fields of Mexico.
From Kansas, from court and Congress, from the far East, the murmur of the "irrepressible conflict" grows nearer.
My woful monument shall be a cell, The murmurof the purling brook my knell; 20 My lasting epitaph the rock shall groan: Thus when sad lovers ask the weeping stone, What wretched thing does in that centre lie?
They paused in the middle of the crowd, glancing about with an air of disdain, and a thousand eyes followed them with a low murmur of admiration and envy.
Muse drops a gem of thought in the midst of a shower of flowers, and of this bright shower there remains only a lingering perfume in the air and the echo of a dying murmur on the ear.
The gardens are crowded by thousands of boys; the theatres are full of music; every one hears the murmur of fountains, the swish of skirts, the shouting of children, and the cantering of horses.
The puny torments which ye have in store to welcome me withal, shall be, to what I have endured, even as the murmur of a summer's brook to the fierce roar of angry surges on a rocky beach.
No murmurof business or of revelry arose from the city.
She thought she heard a murmur of "rotten ice" behind her as the lumber merchant addressed his son, and she was enough a child of the State to know that a reference to the breaking up of the ice in the river was intended.
After her interest in him, he could do nothing less than murmur a civil inquiry as to the cause of her concern.
The sentiment of the meeting was against him, and a low murmur warned him to retract what he had said.
It derives its melancholy name from the sweet sad murmur of its slender jets as they fall on the marble of the basin.
The spacious court is planted with poplars and lilacs, and adorned with a beautiful Turkish fountain, shaded by willows; its melancholy murmur harmonises well with the loneliness of the place.
He walked around it, rapped on a door, behind which he heard a murmur of voices, and was immediately favored with a sight of an Acadien kitchen.
Long have I lingered where the marshlands are, Oft hearing in the murmur of the tide The past, alive again and at my side, With unrelenting power and hateful war.
They could hear the murmur of voices, as they passed through the village.
There was a faint murmur of surprise, among the veiled figures, at the youth of their preserver.
There was another low murmur from the other end of the hall.
A murmur of applause went the round of the circle at this spirited declaration, and Lord James gave the Queen a glance of mingled surprise and approval.
A murmur of admiration greeted the pageant as it glided up the hall with the stately motion of ships sailing over a smooth sea.
You have quieted her," she found a chance to murmur in Claire's ear, sure that the indefinite nature of the pronoun would not be misunderstood.
Occasionally, during the progress of this act, she would murmur pleased comments to Josie.
She heard in the adjoining room the sound of hurried footsteps, a murmur of hasty and subdued voices, and repressed exclamations.
There was a moving of heads and hands, a flutter of feathers, ribbons, and curls, and loud and merry murmur which inspired cheerfulness.
Twice the head-master appeared at the door and looked in; but the moment he disappeared the murmur increased as in a market.
And here his mute soliloquy came to an end; his imagination was swallowed up in a feeling of inexpressible tenderness, which made him secretly pull forth a little medal that he wore on his neck, and murmur his prayers as he kissed it.
It seems the proper thing to murmur "Kuess' die Hand," but no one but a servant would ever think of actually doing it.
Edith was so delighted at finding something that would fit that she paid without a murmur the fabulous price demanded, and invited me to drink chocolate with her afterwards at the Hof-cafe.
The murmur died away, and again the sorcerer spoke.
A low confused murmur reached him, and he listened attentively.
His hut was the only one opening on the enclosure, and a murmur of applause ran through the ranks of his braves as he made his appearance.
Here the wild beast has his lair, where he hears no murmur but that of the giant trees which shelter him at their feet.
At last he burst into tears, began to sob, to murmur indistinct words, and finally his reason revived.
As she sat looking sadly down on the symbols of an affection that grew dearer every moment, she listened half unconsciously to the murmur of voices in the adjoining room.
A pitiful murmur broke from all the aunts and cousins, and Emil was at once borne away to feast on the desired cookies, a supply always being on hand.
A murmur of respectful assent went up at this, of eager assent.
With a deep, fierce murmur the warriors, gripping their shields and weapons, sprang to their feet as one man.
Finally, with a guttural murmur of "Gimme a sixpence," it dropped the sovereign deliberately into its bread and milk tin.
My trust is in God; if it shall please him to mollify your heart, I shall rejoice in the change; if he delivers the city in your hands, I submit without a murmur to his holy will.
A murmur of invocation began with those nearest the entrances, and ran from the floor to the galleries.
There was a murmur at this, but he gave it no time.
When he arrived at the corner he was in a condition bordering on blind panic and he heard, as through a thick wall, a hoarse, musical voicemurmur unintelligible words.
His lips began to murmur the first verses over and over; then went on stumbling through half verses, stammering and baffled; then stopped.
The wooden slide was drawn back and the faint murmur of a voice troubled the silence.
A low murmur of curiosity ran round the chapel at the discovery of this girlish figure.
The troubling odour of the long corridors of Clongowes came back to him and he heard the discreet murmur of the burning gasflames.
Its murmur besieged his ears like themurmur of some multitude in sleep; its subtle streams penetrated his being.
This idea of surrender had a perilous attraction for his mind now that he felt his soul beset once again by the insistent voices of the flesh which began to murmur to him again during his prayers and meditations.
His blood began to murmur in his veins, murmuring like a sinful city summoned from its sleep to hear its doom.
I'll challenge your horse,' repeated Pacey with confidence, and in a tone that stopped the lingering murmur of conversation, and fixed the attention of the company on himself.
