“Tukks’s voice seemed to whisper.”
Source: The Way of Kings
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“It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.”
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878) leading Whig and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister on two occasions
Source: Letter to T. Attwood, October 1831, after the rejection in the House of Lords of the Reform Bill (7 October 1831).
“When a voice behind me whispered low,
"That fellow's got to swing."”
Oscar Wilde book The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Pt. I, st. 4
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595) Italian poet
La fama che invaghisce a un dolce suono
Voi superbi mortali, e par si bella,
E un'ecco, un sogno, anzi del sogno un'ombra,
Ch'ad ogni vento si dilegua e sgombra.
Canto XIV, stanza 63 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
“The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 121.
“A mother's voice is like no other. We recognize every lilt and whisper, every warble or shriek.”
Mitch Albom (1958) American author
Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven
