"Sotto voce" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... way, not unaccosted, through the crowd to the Eagle porch. There was much excitement. The Governor was speaking from the head of the steps. Below him planters, merchants, lawyers, and politicians were now listening eagerly, now commenting sotto voce, while beyond them the nondescript population swayed and exclaimed. To one side were massed the tall plumes of the Blues. Rand saw, near these, Fairfax Cary's handsome face, not pale as it had been between nine and ten ...
— Lewis Rand • Mary Johnston
... do with her?" inquired the Recorder, sotto voce, of a brother magistrate who appeared to be associated ...
— Hidden Hand • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
... opens, after a few measures of prelude, with the chorus chanting the appeal for rest sotto voce, the effect being carried as pianissimo as possible until the basses, by an abrupt change of key, give out the theme of a fugue ("Te decet hymnus"), written in pure religious style. The introductory "Requiem" is repeated, and leads to the "Kyrie," the theme of which is stated by the tenor, and ...
— The Standard Oratorios - Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers • George P. Upton
... well what you mean, dear," observed Maura, sotto voce to Francie. "It is so trying to be supposed mere common-place, when one's thoughts are ...
— The Long Vacation • Charlotte M. Yonge
... a 'liner'?" interrupted Legrande, sotto voce, to his next neighbor, who pretended not to ...
— Drift from Two Shores • Bret Harte |
