 When suddenly the great bell in the palace tower rang out a mighty peal : not the hammersound of alarm, but an agitated peal of triumph ; and one after another every other bell in every other tower seemed to catch the vibration and join the chorus. And...  Romola : in Two Volumes - Page 20by George Eliot - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1863 - 272 pages
...tower seemed to catch the vibration and join the chorus. And as the chorus swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound, little flames, vibrating...triumph of demons at the success of her husband's 140 141 treachery and the desolation of her life. Little more than three weeks ago she had been intoxicated... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1863 - 910 pages
...catch the vibration and join the chorus. And as the chorus swelled and swelled till the air scemed made of sound ; little flames, vibrating too, as if...They were the triumph of demons at the success of her hu»band's treachery, and the desolation of her life. Little more than three weeks ago she had been... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Language and languages - 1865 - 354 pages
...not see the beauty of this sentence in a modern -writer? 'And as the chorus swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound, little flames, vibrating...fire, burst out between the turrets of the palace and the girdling towers. That 1 Esquisse (Pune Philosophic, in E. Arnould's Ess. cFHist. Lit. 168. 2 I... | |
 | George Eliot - 1870 - 816 pages
...tower seemed to catch the vibration and join the chorus. And, as the chorus swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound, — little flames, vibrating too, as if the sonnd had caught fire, burst out between the turrets of the palace and on the girdling towers. That... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Language and languages - 1873 - 308 pages
...flames, vibrating too, as if the sound had caught fire, burst out between the turrets of the palace and the girdling towers. That sudden clang, that leaping light, fell on Romola like sharp wounds.' 2 ' Is not the delight of the quavering upon a stop of music,' says Lord Bacon,' the same with the... | |
 | Theology - 1884 - 526 pages
...murmur of a sparkling noise.' Music's Duel, 1. 84. ' As the chorus [of bells] swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound ; little flames, vibrating too, as if the sound had flashing, or burning; no thoughtful etymologist, even if he found them, would allow them to pass as... | |
 | George Eliot - 1878 - 464 pages
...tower seemed to catch the vibration and join the chorus. And, as the chorus swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound — little flames, vibrating...towers. That sudden clang, that leaping light, fell on Eomola like sharp wounds. They were the triumph of demons at the success of her husband's treachery,... | |
 | Theology - 1884 - 524 pages
...murmur of a sparkling noise.' Musics Duel, l. 84. ' As the chorus [of bells] swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound; little flames, vibrating too, as if the sound had flashing, or burning; no thoughtful etymologist, even if he found them, would allow them to pass as... | |
 | John Duncan Quackenbos - English language - 1896 - 492 pages
...melody;" in " Romola," "As the chorus swelled till the air seemed made of sound, little flames, vibrating as if the sound had caught fire, burst out between the turrets of the palace;" and in "Cymbeline:" — " Thither write my queen, And with mine eyes /'// drink the words you send Though... | |
 | 1897 - 674 pages
...tower seemed to catcb the vibration and join the chorus. And, as the chorus swelled and swelled till the air seemed made of sound, little flames, vibrating...between the turrets of the palace and on the girdling towers.—GEORGE ELIOT. HISTORY OP THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. 2. Give the text of the Strasburg Oaths, and... | |
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