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spoke and me
A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.
Henry Ford spoke of me as `` utterly astounding ''.
We have to tell ourselves that when Parker spoke in this vein, he believed what he said, because he could continue, `` But the truth, which cost me bitter tears to say, I must speak, though it cost other tears hotter than fire ''.
And when they spoke they spoke to each other and not to me.
The way she spoke, her flat acceptance of her alcoholic blackout, made me shudder.
I dwelt amidst the hills ... God spoke to me while I walked the fields.
Then looking at him darkly Zeus who gathers the clouds spoke to him :' Do not sit beside me and whine, you double-faced liar. To me you are the most hateful of all gods who hold Olympos. Forever quarrelling is dear to your heart, wars and battles .… And yet I will not long endure to see you in pain, sinceyou are my child, and it was to me that your mother bore you. But were you born of some other god and proved so ruinouslong since you would have been dropped beneath the gods of the bright sky.
Earnhardt then spoke about the victory, saying " I have had a lot of great fans and people behind me all through the years and I just can't thank them enough.
It describes events in the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically Exodus 7: 16: " And the Lord spoke unto Moses, go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me ", in which God commands Moses to demand the release of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt.
He did the same in an interview with a skeptical Hao Wang, who said: " I expressed my doubts as G spoke [...] Gödel smiled as he replied to my questions, obviously aware that his answers were not convincing me.
' " How differently Dionysus spoke to me!
If God made me — the fabled God of the three qualities of which I spoke: mercy, kindness, love — He also made the fish I catch and eat.
On January 4, 2012, Robertson reported that God had spoke to him and he " thinks He showed me the next president " but wouldn't name who it is.
If anyone told me that tongues of fire danced upon his shoulders as he spoke, I would believe it.
And I remember going inside and my dad spoke with someone and then he went into the inner office with the principal and they left me out.
17 The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.
*" They all held their peace, but Diomed of the loud war-cry spoke saying, ' Nestor, gladly will I visit the host of the Trojans over against us, but if another will go with me I shall do so in greater confidence and comfort.
Brown himself never spoke much about what happened that day, claiming, " There is no point in me commenting, as the evidence is already out there ".
The video was banned from BET, and Jackson spoke out against the video, calling it " inappropriate and disrespectful to me, my children, my family and the community at large.
Chico spoke only limited and halting English, so the joke centered on him responding to almost any question with his catch phrase: " Baseball ... been berra berra good ... to me.
: And the unclean bird spoke to me and said, " What are you doing, Abraham, on the holy heights, where no one eats or drinks, nor is there upon them food for men?

spoke and gruff
While he sometimes spoke in roundabout phrases and succumbed to progressive rock radio clichés such as " That was a tasty cut from ...", he also conveyed on the air and in his professional relationships a gruff immediacy that was a by-product of both his time in the Marines and his earlier Top 40 skills.

spoke and voice
A voice spoke near-at-hand.
He spoke, in a voice as immaculate as his appearance.
She even spoke differently when she was clean, and she was clean now for his departure and her voice clear and rather sharp.
He spoke through the public address box built into the cabin, and his gigantic voice roared out over the empty plain, so that the pink herd of talking people stirred gently in their happiness and wondered what their friend B'dikkat might be wanting to tell them.
His Superman, by contrast, was very much the model of the classic hero who stood up straight and spoke in a more formal and authoritative voice.
Harding spoke in front of 50, 000 people at Stanley Park with his voice projected by microphones.
The public voice spoke in a way that was not to be mistaken.
" By then, as he spoke in a sincere tone, his voice sounded clearly and loudly through the hall.
The American historian Retha M. Warnicke writes that Anne was " the perfect woman courtier ... her carriage was graceful and her French clothes were pleasing and stylish ; she danced with ease, had a pleasant singing voice, played the lute and several other musical instruments well, and spoke French fluently ... A remarkable, intelligent, quick-witted young noblewoman ... that first drew people into conversation with her and then amused and entertained them.
This final model, sold by Kenner Toys and dubbed the " Knight Rider Voice Car ", spoke electronically ( actual voice of William Daniels ), featured a detailed interior and a Michael Knight action figure as well.
To strengthen his voice, he spoke on the seashore over the roar of the waves.
As a boy Demosthenes had a speech impediment: Plutarch refers to a weakness in his voice of " a perplexed and indistinct utterance and a shortness of breath, which, by breaking and disjointing his sentences much obscured the sense and meaning of what he spoke.
In March 1870 she spoke in Brighton, her husband's constituency, and as a speaker was known for her clear speaking voice.
It is often said that the Pythia delivered oracles in a frenzied state induced by vapors rising from the ground, and that she spoke gibberish, believed to be the voice of Apollo, which priests reshaped into the enigmatic prophecies preserved in Greek literature.
Other scholars believe records from the time indicate that the Pythia spoke intelligibly, and gave prophecies in her own voice .< ref >
Cassius Dio also spoke of Cleopatra's allure: " For she was a woman of surpassing beauty, and at that time, when she was in the prime of her youth, she was most striking ; she also possessed a most charming voice and knowledge of how to make herself agreeable to everyone.
This was designed to make Bob appear simplistic, so that when he finally spoke, viewers would be surprised to hear his educated and refined voice.
As Tiny Tim, he sang and spoke in a normal, childlike voice.
Thus, he claims " The Gulag Archipelago spoke for a whole nation and was the voice of all those who suffered ".
* Although Mitchell spoke to Elizabeth quietly, Mary Katherine thought Mitchell's voice seemed somehow familiar, but she couldn't pinpoint where or when she had heard it.
In relating one story to a reporter who privately interviewed him in the early 1930s, the reporter wrote that " Harpo had a deep and distinguished voice like a professional announcer " and, like his brothers, he spoke with a New York accent his entire life ( for example: " girls " he would pronounce " goyles ", turkey would be " toy-kee ", New Jersey would be " new joy-see ", etc.
McDowell was " absolutely horrified " to hear that Wells spoke in a high-pitched, squeaky voice with a pronounced Southeast London accent, which McDowell felt would have resulted in unintentional humor if McDowell tried to mimic it for the film.
Dickens describes him thus: " The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice ..." His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy, traits displayed by Scrooge in the exaggerated manner for which Dickens is well-known.

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