"Whisperingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... individuals in the crowd who had found leisure to become aware of the presence of a masked figure which had arrested the attention of no single individual before. And the rumor of this new presence having spread itself whisperingly around, there arose at length from the whole company a buzz, or murmur, expressive of disapprobation and surprise—then, finally, of terror, of horror, and ...
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 2 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe
... round not a single inch as he spoke; still earnestly but whisperingly urging his crew; his face set like ...
— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville
... reached the veranda, and Standish carried his burden through an open doorway, which was blocked by a knot of excitedly inquisitive servants. A sharp word from Standish sent them whisperingly back to the kitchen regions. Milo laid Brice down on a wicker couch in the broad, flagged hallway, and ran his ...
— Black Caesar's Clan • Albert Payson Terhune
... softly as an acacia the diary closed its leaves. The bent head stirred not, but a thrill answered through the hearer's frame as a second cadence ventured up and in and a voice followed it in song. Tremblingly the book slid into the drawer, inner and outer lock clicked whisperingly, and gliding to a door she harkened for any step of the household, while she drank the strains, her bosom heaving with equal alarm ...
— Kincaid's Battery • George W. Cable
... companion, husband," Ruth half-whisperingly commenced, so soon as the little domestic preparations for leaving the fires and securing the doors were ended. "I like not that thou shouldst go into the forest alone, at so late ...
— The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish • James Fenimore Cooper
... "I know," she said, whisperingly, as if afraid to trust her voice aloud, "I know you could never forgive me. I—I do not ask it; only, Kenneth, a few hours ago we promised to love each other always," her voice broke for an instant and ...
— The Bondwoman • Marah Ellis Ryan
... the man's voice answered, whisperingly. "Le' me in, Dinah. I daren't be alone along of 'er no longer. I ha' only got you, Dinah, now my old ...
— A Sheaf of Corn • Mary E. Mann
... he whisperingly said to his companion. "They ain't agoin' to leave us that easy—not if Horned Lizard be amongst 'em. They'll either stay thar till we climb out agin, or try to smoke us. Ye may take my word for it, Frank, thar's some'ut to come ...
— The Lone Ranche • Captain Mayne Reid
... whisperingly declared. "I have heard the history of that door—how it was against the tradition of the family to have it opened. There must have been some very dreadful reason. But old superstitions do not affect me, and if you will allow me to take the way you mention, I will follow your bidding exactly, ...
— The Golden Slipper • Anna Katharine Green
... presents was all locked up; and if she was a clever, good child, and went to school regular, and got her learnin' good, I'd certain show 'em to her some time. I told her," added Polly, whisperingly, and holding her hand over her mouth to keep from loud laughter,—"I told her I'd seen a couple on 'em done up ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 7, Issue 42, April, 1861 • Various
... be happier far, and far more blessed, in a few short years hence, than ever you or I shall be in all the unreckonable cycles of this or any future world." Ram Lal sighed as he uttered the last words, and he was gone; yet the musical cadence of the deep-drawn breath of a profound sorrow, vibrated whisperingly through the room where I lay. Poor Ram Lal, he must have had some disappointment in his youth, which, with all his wisdom and superiority over the common earth, still left a ...
— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford
... adding, "Is it so bad as that? Oh, doctor, must I send for them? They don't want to come." Before the good man could reply, there was a muffled knock at the door. Then Milly's old wrinkled face peered in, and Milly's voice said whisperingly, "His ...
— The Moccasin Maker • E. Pauline Johnson
... Willetts, who, the landlord knew, was his allotted escort' for the evening. When Lige came (wearing a new tie, a pink one he had hastened to buy as soon as his engagements had allowed him the opportunity), Mr. Landis hissed a savage word of reproach for his tardiness in his ear, and whisperingly bade him not let the other out of reach that night, to which Willetts replied with a nod implying his trustworthiness; and the young men set off ...
— The Gentleman From Indiana • Booth Tarkington
... succeeded," said Carfax, whisperingly. "I had the news but an hour since. Old Henry of Angevin is King no more—he is dead. And Richard, Coeur de Lion, as the commoners do call him, hath gone to Palestine, all unknowing ...
— Robin Hood • Paul Creswick |
