I
spoke for fifteen or twenty minutes, and was surprised at the close of my address to receive the hearty congratulations of the Georgia committee and of the members of Congress who were present.
Up From Slavery
Then, when he had slept awhile, he led me from the hut, and I and my people were feasted with the best, and I
spoke with Zinita and with Galazi the Wolf.
Nada The Lily
Thus he spoke, and the princess shouted in applause.
They all held their peace, but presently Diomed of the loud war-cry spoke, saying, "Let there be no taking, neither treasure, nor yet Helen, for even a child may see that the doom of the Trojans is at hand."
As he spoke he upheld his sceptre in the sight of all the gods, and Idaeus went back to the strong city of Ilius.
Thus did the Achaeans toil, and the gods, seated by the side of Jove the lord of lightning, marvelled at their great work; but Neptune, lord of the earthquake, spoke, saying, "Father Jove, what mortal in the whole world will again take the gods into his counsel?
Iliad
You know that she never broke a promise in her life--you know that she entered on this engagement at the beginning of her father's fatal illness, and that he spoke hopefully and happily of her marriage to Sir Percival Glyde on his deathbed."
"Surely," I said, "you don't mean to infer that when Sir Percival spoke to you yesterday he speculated on such a result as you have just mentioned?"
Her frank, fearless face answered for her before she spoke.
But her looks and tones, when she spoke, were of a kind to make me more than serious--they distressed me.
"Marian has been mother and sister both to me," said the good, affectionate girl, her pretty blue eyes glistening while she spoke. "May I leave it to Marian, Mr.
The Woman in White
He spoke rather to himself than to the visitor, but when he had put the lamp upon the table, he took it up, as if impelled by some momentary recollection or curiosity, and held it near his face.
They listened as he spoke again within its silent walls.
The Old Curiosity Shop
The preacher has at last found his own words for the train that once
spoke to him so enigmatically.
The Worm Against the Word: The Hermeneutical Challenge in Hurston's Jonah's Gourd Vine
Hata
spoke of Caux's role in preparing the way `for Japan to be reconciled with the world family after World War II'.
Freeing the future from the grip of the past: Caux's history made it the ideal place for a high-level symposium on reconciliation