| 单词 | hushing |
| 例句 | I kept hushing them, and they finally sobered up when I reminded them we were not libre yet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Roberto quickly directed my attention to the officer with a shift of his eyes and put his index finger to his lips, hushing me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Gene was formed by this alpine hypnosis, this hushing of human drama. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I can hear the audience hushing one another, not wanting to miss anything. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They headed for the park by the river, hushing their voices. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But after a while, I’d get bored and wander to the back of the prayer hall and run around with the other kids while different ladies took turns hushing us. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z She carried me out onto the front porch, stroking my hair and hushing me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "Don't speak," he told the No Doubt frontwoman as they vied for a vocalist, hushing her with her own song title. 'The Voice' recap: Season 7 starts with new coaches, new possibilities 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Having said that, the audience is extraordinarily well-behaved, and there is rarely a need for aggressive hushing. Cine-files: Everyman, Hampstead, London 2012-06-05T16:07:46Z On a recent night at the Cecil Sharp House, home of English folk, he regaled the audience with his off-the-cuff gonzo humor before hushing them with songs of hard times and struggle. Tom Russell sings of life from Hollywood to Mexico 2012-01-19T13:14:07Z The piece “hushing,” by inti figgis-vizueta, played out over archival video of Tender as a child; the intense chordal pounding of the piece had the feel of eerie, silent-film piano accompaniment. Review: A Pianist’s Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z He makes the case that the coach serves everyone’s best interests by tossing the drugs in the toilet and hushing the whole episode up. Review: In ‘Red Speedo,’ a Swimmer Faces a Moral Quandary 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z She eyes her advisers with suspicion, hushing them with no more than a lifted finger as she looks for a way out of her problem with Mary. To kill a queen: Mary vs. Elizabeth in Schiller classic ‘Mary Stuart’ at the Folger 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z From her pillow and blanket in the back seat of the family car, Lana witnessed her mother hushing Natalie into secrecy. Lana Wood, Natalie’s Little Sister, Has Plenty to Say 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Instead of hushing that up or standing in judgment, why not analyze it, historically, with all the intellectual tools these Europeans didn’t have and voices they couldn’t hear? The Wandering Creativity of Sophie Taeuber-Arp 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z So they produced a video depicting women, a middle finger hushing their lips, against a soundtrack of male Polish politicians dismissing or insulting women, who make up 52% of the Polish population. Poland election: Women and youth force PiS from power 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The crowd could barely contain their elation, hushing briefly when Mitchell’s anchor vocals were unaccompanied, only to erupt again the second the rest of the choir rejoined her. Joni Mitchell makes music history — with Brandi Carlile — in Gorge triumph 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Marleny took scores of pictures and videos of him on her cellphone, hushing Andrés whenever he reminded her to conserve battery power for emergencies. The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, “green hushing” has been a hot topic, with one P.R. adviser telling DealBook he’s recommending that companies stay out of politics and not talk about climate initiatives. Oliver Stone Goes Nuclear at Davos 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Corporate clients are likely to keep quiet on climate goals right now — a trend known as “green hushing” — unless environmentalism is essential to their branding. Wall Street Is Down on Corporate America 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z For if Lydia is always performing, then she is also always conducting, ruthlessly directing, coordinating, manipulating and sometimes hushing the people in her life as if they were members of her own personal orchestra. Review: Cate Blanchett is at the peak of her powers in ‘Tár,’ a magnificent cinematic symphony 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z I didn’t have a chance to test their flight chops, but they did a commendable job hushing city noise while I was working outside a coffee shop. Bowers & Wilkins PX7 S2 review: great sound with style 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z They were capable of hushing all but the loudest noises on the NYC subway, but in my not-so-loud home environment, some distracting sounds still found their way to my ears. The SteelSeries Nova Pro Wireless is close to the be-all, end-all gaming headset 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z He hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning of a 5-0 win and then put his finger to his lips in a hushing gesture as he rounded the bases. MLB suspends Donaldson for 1 game for ‘Jackie’ comment 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z At Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, investigators said military and federal law enforcement officers found Afghan leaders in the evacuee camp were hushing up crime reports, particularly domestic violence incidents. Culture shock: Afghan evacuees run afoul of U.S. laws with domestic violence, sex crimes 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Blanchett emphasizes Lydia’s acute sensitivity to sound, whether she’s hushing someone’s nervous physical tic or picking up on eerie disturbances in her apartment late at night. Review: Cate Blanchett is at the peak of her powers in ‘Tár,’ a magnificent cinematic symphony 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z By hushing up its departure plans, the administration made the end of the 20-year war all the more bitter. Opinion | What Biden learned from Afghanistan 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z And when you venture outside, they’ve only gotten more impressive at hushing those distractions, too. The best noise-canceling headphones to buy right now 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z They’re not what I’d call cheap — even at their discounted prices — but if you value great sound quality and hushing some outside distractions with noise cancellation, either are worth your money. Most of 2020’s best holiday deals could end later this week 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z At 10, these earbuds do an astonishing job of hushing the world around you — better than Apple, Sony, and other competitors. Bose QuietComfort Earbuds review: noise-canceling champion 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z “There was a policy of hushing things up.” Napoleon expert in Russia admits he murdered young lover, chopped up her remains, reports say 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The manager stopped and gestured, hushing the crowd. Inside the Nationals’ postgame celebration of their first World Series title 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s more than a year after a landmark grand jury report accused church officials of hushing up abuse. New chapter opens in Pennsylvania in fight over suing church 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z And then there are the parents who believe that hushing up and speedily marrying-off daughters who are victims is the only solution. Women are suffering silently in Pakistan – is #MeToo the answer? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z In 2011, he and others published the idea of hushing the ocean to see what the absence of noise allows. Ocean uproar: saving marine life from a barrage of noise 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Normally, talking during a theatre performance leads to lots of stern looks and hushing from your fellow attendees. Five things I learned at my first ever panto 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z There are also questions about the durability of nondisclosure agreements, such as the one Daniels signed, and whether campaign finance laws were violated in hushing the alleged affair. Stormy weather, or how a meeting at a golf resort blew up into a Trump scandal 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z As WEB Du Bois noted in 1903: “The hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing… Honest and earnest criticism… this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern democracy.” Ta-Nehisi Coates v Cornel West: black academics and activists give their verdict 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z They saw HR staff as more interested in hushing things up than stopping the harassment. This year has seen an explosion of rage about sexual harassment 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “How old would Ben be?” asked Mary Ann Jacob, who was a library aide at Sandy Hook who helped hide more than a dozen children, hushing them as they heard gunfire. Newtown is ‘still so raw,’ five years after massacre 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The panels not only reduced the need for convoys, they allowed marines to shut off generators, hushing operations and making them harder for enemies to detect. U.S. military marches forward on green energy, despite Trump 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Eramo, who was then an associate dean of students, accused the magazine of portraying her as unfeeling about the alleged assault and concerned only about hushing up reports of sexual attack. U.S. judge drops part of lawsuit over debunked Rolling Stone rape story 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z These new $350 headphones feature Bose’s best-in-class noise cancelation and are capable of hushing busy streets and packed flights down to a whisper that vanishes completely once your music starts playing. Bose QuietComfort 35 review: the best noise-canceling headphones are now wireless 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes Mr. Trump’s legal actions are less about hushing critics than blocking business competition. Trump and the Obama Power Temptation 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Ovechkin slammed into Schmidt for a hug at the boards, and before returning to his bench, he put a finger to his lips and faced the stands, hushing the crowd. Caps return to scene of playoff exit, and are dealt another disappointment 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Soon, large grants from organizations such as the Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation poured in, hushing many critics. How to solve the world's biggest problems 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z His Wizards then did what they’ve grown accustomed to doing in the postseason: They ventured into enemy territory and landed the first punch, staggering their opponent and hushing a capacity crowd. Kings of the road: Wizards aim to double down on road success 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Laura Bliss of CityLab said the hushing and denying of climate change – which goes well beyond the Florida government – could actually help spread global warming awareness: Florida Allegedly Bans Climate Change Talk in Official Writings 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Wesley Johnson stole the show, the quiet forward hushing the Houston crowd by picking clean their perennial All-Star and converting a three-point play at the other end. Five takeaways from Lakers' victory over Houston Rockets 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z One way it aims to do so is by hushing up — so to speak. Seeking Zen: How Lincoln Brought A New Level Of Serenity To The MKC 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z They are not even sure it is still alive: there's a rumour local Sikhs killed the tiger but are hushing it up. Hunting for India's deadliest man-eating tiger 2014-02-26T20:19:14Z Loyalty can hardly be questioned, though, as Leroux scored against her birth country in June, and her celebration — hushing a sold-out crowd in Toronto and pointing to the U.S. New faces: Sydney Leroux 2013-12-29T01:08:20Z As the door closes, hushing the traffic noise outside, I show him a sheet of paper with a print-out from a YouTube video. A teenager killed in Alexandria 2013-07-21T00:16:53Z A different poster showed a male skateboarder with his finger over the mouth of a female mannequin head, as if hushing her, and the slogan: "Where no means yes." Enjoi skateboard firm pulls anti-women ads after thousands sign petition 2013-05-09T19:30:41Z Clegg denied hushing up the matter, saying his chief of staff had gone to Rennard at the time to put the concerns to him along with the warning that such behavior was "wholly unacceptable". UK police to review sex scandal claims at coalition party 2013-02-25T23:13:14Z The two firms have little in common, except for wrestling with inconvenient problems that need hushing up. BT gambles that Premier League deal will pay off faster than broadband 2012-06-16T23:03:24Z A new Mexican billboard by ashleymadison.com, a site that helps married people arrange affairs, shows Pena Nieto with an index finger over his lips in a hushing gesture. Mexican presidency front-runner used to promote adultery 2012-06-06T17:47:25Z The merry bird lights down on that dell, And, hushing his breath, lest the song should swell, Sits with folded wing in the balmy shade, Like a musical thought in the soul unsaid. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Now, to be identified thus was an altogether unlooked-for and unlucky chance, and Diamond threw his old acquaintance a bag of tea, by way of hushing him, as he passed by. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z But he looked for her in vain, she was not there, but away in the nursery, hushing, with tearful eyes and frightened heart, poor sick Bertie in her arms to sleep. It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z Mrs. Baxendale was hushing a baby when they entered their room. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z One warm March noon a hushing wing is lifted from the piping nest of earth. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Emily was walking about hushing her charge, and smiling at me, so that I had a peculiar pleasure in gathering for myself the honey of endearment which she shed on the lips of the baby. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z It again seemed to Constance as if Bertha were looking for somebody in the room, were hushing something up. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Do you mean to tell me that a man like my grandfather would have thought two hundred a year for all time too much to pay for hushing such a thing up for all time? My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z The man who could think of hushing the accents of prayer must be wholly ignorant of the precious and beautiful mysteries of the new creation. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Three hours of raging human passion, endured with Godlike patience, were succeeded by three hours of darkness, hushing mortal hatred into silence, and perhaps contributing to the penitence of the reviler at His side. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z I watched the shadows darken further and further along the brightness, hushing the glitter of the water. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z His whimper was becoming a wail when she succeeded in hushing him. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z She, poor woman, had succeeded in hushing her baby, for had the child cried, nothing is surer than that the sound would have led to an attack. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z Farther and farther she retreated, staring with frightened eyes at the door, but still hushing the baby at her breast; and then, all at once, she stopped, and bent her face to its cheek. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z That officer responded promptly, but did not succeed in hushing the din. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A sharp, imperious clang of cymbals rang out abruptly, hushing the murmur of voices and laughter. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Yesterday evening, as I sat at the window with Gottfried in the late twilight, hushing Gretchen to sleep, we noticed Dr. Luther walking rapidly along the street towards the Castle church. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z A faint, hushing breath, less felt than heard, touched us and passed on over the shuddering plain. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z She could sit at his bedside hushing him, whispering that she loved him, she loved him, and he must sleep. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z A short, hushing breath, as it were a gasp of apprehension of the fiery terrors of the day, seemed to pass westward over the Desert. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z Mother Nature was hushing her off to sleep at last. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z For the sake of the Reynolds we are hushing the matter up. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z "A lady to see you, mother," said the young woman, hushing her fretful baby and looking curiously at the veiled face. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z They're hushing me as if I was a lunatic, humouring me with tales. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z The difficulty of hushing this matter up, Mr. Mitchel, seems to be the friends and relatives of the dead woman. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Blinking Kerry stood apart, hushing the infant in her arms; it made a fretful whimper. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z She pointed out her own position, and begged his help in hushing the whole matter up. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z I had better say at once that, whatever hushing up you may succeed in, it will be impossible for me to sit in a cabinet with Mr. Trebell. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z The wind sighs far off among the branches, as if he were hushing his breath to listen. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z They turned sharp to the left, through the thicket, where the birds were already hushing their songs, and the early dew was quite dried away. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z She gave the children an assistant shove which carried them through the narrow space of the broken board, hushing them to continued silence by making a hissing sound through her teeth. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Timidly they went forward, hushing their footsteps and peering furtively into the shadows. A Round Dozen 2011-02-07T03:00:26.887Z The baboo struggled and sought to cry out for help, but the lady's soft hand deftly twisted a handkerchief into his mouth, hushing his clamour. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z It is a peaceful night, faintly lit with stars, and in the region round about Trafalgar Square a dream-like stillness broods over the darkened city, now slowly hushing itself to its brief and troubled rest. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Instead of leaving his mother in her belief and hushing the dangerous storm, he positively challenged it. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z He had sufficiently strong motives for hushing his disgraceful attempt upon her. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z At all his thick and nearly inarticulate protests, his friend Mr. Fielding kept hushing and soothing him down, with highly eloquent and imploring gestures. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Mary turned pitiful eyes on him, rocking Davey and hushing him gently, as he wakened and began to cry querulously. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z And it means staring down fears, working to resolve nagging problems instead of hushing them with a chocolate bar. Me Minus 10: The downside of downsizing 2010-12-07T15:56:00Z After two days of allowing surprisingly extensive coverage by state-controlled media, the authorities imposed a blanket ban on domestic coverage, reverting to their usual policy of hushing up labor disputes. News Analysis: Labor Unrest May Signal New Phase in Chinese Economy 2010-05-29T22:05:00Z And nothing murmured in that world of wonder— Only the hushing waters' gentle lapping. Challenge With one hand on the dog’s collar, hushing him to silence, Valiant, unseen, looked at the wretched place with a shiver. The Valiants of Virginia There was, moreover, no great difficulty in finding them out, but their friends succeeded in hushing up the whole affair; the authorities acted very mildly. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster She is still hushing the babe to rest. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story Sarah was hushing the children, but the look in her eyes told Shmuel plainly enough what to expect once they had left the car. Yiddish Tales "A lady to see you, mother," said the young woman hushing her fretful baby, and looking curiously at the veiled face. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Above the splashing and the little hushing draw, the church bells sounded from Baja, calling the bay to Mass. There was half an hour still for absorbing contentment on the warm sand. The Furnace She raised a hushing forefinger that seemed tremulous in rhythm with the ticking. The Garden of Eden Thus the farm home could have a theater of its own in the warm sitting-room while the soft snow covered the acres all about, hushing every disturbing sound. The American Country Girl Then there was a great deal of hushing and hissing, and presently two or three between them began laboriously to recite an involved speech, one syllable at a time. The Tree of Life She showed the kitten to Eric, handling its tiny paws gently, hushing its plaintive mews with ridiculous pet names. The Medici Boots Perhaps the constant association with death during the long day had sobered them, hushing their tongues at last. Warrior of the Dawn And in the darkness I could hear my mother wail, and Maisie the young lass hushing and clapping her. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Confound it, man, there are no secrets in a campaign, except when the military chest is empty or the commissary falls short of grub; these are the only things one ever thinks of hushing up. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II We grew silent as the nature around us, awed by the splendours of the hushing universe upon which we had been gazing. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia But there was no way of hushing up the first affair. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages The deacon always followed the steps of Uncle Jaw, smoothing, hushing up, and putting matters aright with an assiduity that was truly wonderful. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Yet how warm and golden they seemed! how tuneful the birds! how cottony-white the clouds that flecked the sky! how pleasant the long, hushing sound of the scythe! The Plow-Woman You were publicly disgraced, and there was no way of hushing the matter up at all. Brooke's Daughter A Novel They were plunging into a rough and stubbly wood lot, and hushing each other excitedly. The Wishing Moon I peeped in—there was no one there, but from an inner room we heard the voice of the landlady hushing her baby to sleep. Four Ghost Stories Well, after this follows a hushing up and wiping up among the juvenile population, and a series of remarks commences from the various shelves, of a very edifying and instructive tendency. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings A minute went by, during which the hushing sound of the fire alone broke the stillness of the room. The Mark of the Knife Tate, Jackson, and one or two others, for purely personal reasons, were in favor of hushing the matter up, but not so Corporal Dunning or the Rover boys. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields It was a breathless moment, and but for the deep tones of the organ now hushing for the ceremony, one of almost audible silence. Exit Betty She laughed and cried, and followed every movement, and looked round, hushing the others when they whispered, almost with indignation. Sir Tom Little Meg turned away sadly, and bent her bare and aching feet homewards again, hushing baby, who wailed a pitiful low wail in her ears. Little Meg's Children Rochford tapped her flushed cheek gently with his glove, but a light and hushing step in the corridor made them all silent. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court There they waited, hushing their breaths, listening for the echo of his step on the stairs. A Noble Woman Her mother sat at his side, hushing Bobby in her arms. The Eye of Dread No amount of hushing has any effect; you might just as well hush a blackbird or a thrush. Jan and Her Job The sun sets early in the mountains with a gradual hushing of the voice of glad waters and a red glow as of wine on the encircling peaks. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia They are not affrighted at the hideous spectacle of a brutish and disfigured one, but they leap caressingly about him, gliding over his pillow and hushing him into a deep and lasting sleep. The Elm Tree Tales "You may well say that," continued Mrs. C——, hushing down the enthusiasm of her friends with a wave of her whitely gloved hand. A Noble Woman But she kept on hushing and hushing, and at last that which she had in the bag began trying to crawl out. Eskimo Folk-Tales I suppose'—and then he hesitated, and looked at his cousin—'that there will be no way of hushing up things, and letting the engagement go on?' Lover or Friend It would lead to calm contentment with our lot, hushing every disquieting suggestion with the thought that that lot, with all that is apparently adverse in it, was ordained for us. The Mind of Jesus Well, after this follows a hushing up and wiping up among the juvenile population, and a series of remarks commences from the various shelves of a very edifying and instructive tendency. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition And the policy which most appealed to Mr. Randall, in which he showed himself most efficient, was the policy of a kindly hushing up. The Combined Maze Fellows came a step nearer and, hushing his voice, he said, with a servant's love of a dramatic reply: "Mr. Kennedy is in the garden now, miss—indeed, I think he's sitting near the vestibule." Aladdin of London or, Lodestar Would any amount of hushing up render such an alliance tolerable?' Lover or Friend Chris, with chosen words and quietly, told her the story of Annie's girlhood, who and what her father had been, the bitter grief of her grandmother, the general hushing up of the whole affair. The Beloved Woman “Yes; but if you didn’t forge it, you could easily prove it; people wouldn’t have to know the rest—they are hushing up things of that kind every day.” Seven Miles to Arden He could hear her feet going up and down, up and down, in the front room overhead where she walked, hushing the crying baby. The Combined Maze Some new feeling of peace was creeping into her heart and hushing all its turmoil into a sweet rest. A Vanished Hand She paced the room with it the livelong night, hushing it and soothing it. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Old families are constantly hushing up unfortunate chapters in their history; there is no reason why the whole thing should not be kept an absolute secret. The Beloved Woman I could hear the flit of wings, low, mysterious sounds, whispering, gentle complaints and hushings, but if I turned—lo! the scene shifted, and the drama of life was still enacted out of my sight. A Bird-Lover in the West When they rejoined the expecting and anxious females, he briefly acquainted them with the conditions of their new guide, and with the necessity that existed for their hushing every apprehension, in instant and serious exertions. The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 Nor was the effect less hushing because of that other driver who attended in the background, the strong sunlight shining on his glistening pink garb and still face. From the Car Behind The big red-headed woman, considerably lowered in note, stepped inside the door of the sick-room, hushing the child in her arms. Judith of the Cumberlands Do you make her out?" he said in a big whisper directly I came up to him, and then, hushing me, he added—"Keep your tongue still, and say nothing. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea This let old Simon in for it again and there was no hushing it up a second time. Simon Well, as I was saying, I protested about the hushing up, but was talked over; and the few who knew the facts pledged their word of honour to keep silence. The Mistress of Shenstone Now and then she uttered low, hushing sounds as a pang of pain would contract the baby’s face, and threaten to waken him. A Beautiful Alien The balmy air passing through their branches made a sound as if it was hushing a child to sleep. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim “I am ‘hushing’ just as hard as I can,” whispered the girl in return, and smiling a little now. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands Buck cut in sharply, hushing the murmur of the massed clan. The Defiant Agents The writer must either have left out the hushing altogether, which would have been a great blemish in the picture, or he must have written as he has done. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 And again was he justified; for the mere expression of his wish to address them was obeyed by an instant hushing of the storm. A Son of the Immortals They heard it lift itself as on wings to a high exaltation of melody and fail thence, hushing and drooping deliciously, down diminishing slopes of song. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories The nurse came in, hushing and cautioning the child not to make a noise, lest he should wake up poor mamma and papa, who were so tired. Cruel As The Grave “Where is he, Mr. Barslow?” said she, in a hushing whisper; “where is he?” Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic “There! there! darling, don’t cry,” said Aunt Charlotte, hushing her in her arms, while Mrs. Hunter heated a blanket. The Twin Cousins The touch of your lips is like a tide hushing, sucking my wakefulness down into depths of terrible oblivion. Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes But the sergeant, instead of bristling and giving battle, held up one large, leather-clad hand with the motion of hushing him. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Gentle as Spring when hushing the young dove, But strong from virgin battle, with the flush Of valorous purpose pure as goddess’ dream Starting the noble war-blood in her cheek! Semiramis and Other Plays Semiramis, Carlotta And The Poet They walked on in silence a few moments, for there was something hushing in the soft murmurs of the branches, something like the distant roaring of the ocean surge. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel Even the winter wind seemed hushing its voice to hear it, and through the little windows looked the astonished moon. My First Cruise and Other stories Many a time, when Barbara only saw that she was quietly dressing or hushing her doll, Clare’s mind was at work, puzzling over the incomprehensible reason of Barbara’s evident dislike to her absent mother. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Olivia indeed had been alarmed for a moment by the unaccustomed sound, and thought drowsily that the house must be on fire, but she was soon wide awake and hushing Dot. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient Around every huddle a black figure circled, staff in hand, hushing wakeful disturbers into peace. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Within their shadowy porches, or beside their gates, was "The delight of happy laughter, The delight of low replies," hushing itself at his approach, and breaking out again at his retreat. The Coast of Bohemia But you think they died away upon the air, those songs? that they did no other good than merely hushing a hungry child to sleep? My First Cruise and Other stories I saw my people hushing a thousand cities, making the thunder-thinking streets of Chicago, of San Francisco and New York like the aisles of churches. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak Dr. Anstice"—Chloe retained his hand for a moment—"are you quite sure you don't regret agreeing with me over the possible hushing up of the affair? Afterwards As if some sudden anguish came upon it, hushing its speech, the little shoe paused in its narrative. The Holy Cross and Other Tales "Hark!" she said, hushing the singing with her hand. Child Stories from the Masters Being a Few Modest Interpretations of Some Phases of the Master Works Done in a Child Way After that—silence, an immense hushing silence,—settled down over the parsonage. Prudence Says So Even after the baby had fallen into an uneasy slumber, she wandered up and down the room, hushing it in her arms as before. Christie Redfern's Troubles Jeffreys heard the smoothing of a pillow and a woman’s soothing whisper hushing the sufferer to rest. A Dog with a Bad Name A few seconds brought him out of the wood on to the river-bank, where the stream, deepening and hushing, gathers itself for its great leap over the falls. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth To have his praise was like a wound, Throbbing and deadly sweet; A wound that lets the welling blood Ebb from the vein, Merging the hurt in drowsihood, And hushing down the pain. The Village Wife's Lament He was saved the expense of hushing inciters of pogroms. The Promised Land But something startlingly new came to him in that exquisite "sound of gentle stillness," hushing, awing, mellowing, giving a new conception of the dominant heart of his God. Quiet Talks on Power Everybody else was shouting in sudden consternation, and then everybody was hushing everybody else and making twice as much noise. The Cosmic Computer It was as if the sparkling tent of the heavens were a great bowl turned over the place, hushing its stridulous merriment, stifling its wild laughter and dry-throated feminine screams. Trail's End There were children crying, and mothers hushing them, and fathers questioning the officers as to where they should go. From Plotzk to Boston Perceiving my distress, she took me in her lap, big boy though I was, and rocked me, hushing me, the while, until I should command my grief and disclose the cause of it. Doctor Luke of the Labrador Some sin, some compromise, some hushing of that inner voice, something wrong. Quiet Talks on Power It was a way he had of hushing it up when he wanted to think. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Then I heard a child's high voice, and a deep familiar voice hushing it. The Door Through Space Then coming towards me, she put her arm gently around my neck, kissed me, understanding all, hushing all, forgiving all; and smiling a tender prohibition in her eyes, put her finger on my lips. Cape Cod Folks "The Bishops are very desirous of hushing the matter up: and I certainly have done my utmost to co-operate with them, on the understanding that the Tract is not to be withdrawn or condemned." Apologia pro Vita Sua The storm continued all night long, but the beautiful sleeper heard it only as a lullaby hushing her to sweet repose. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia I became as still as the nature around me, stepping softly and almost hushing my breath. Confessions of Boyhood It is laid on the faint and weary, when the grace of Christ comes to them with its holy peace, hushing the wild tumult, and giving true rest of soul. Making the Most of Life The sun sank behind the Rockies, and a darkness, soft and mystical and silent, stole up the valley, hushing even the noiseless day. The Cow Puncher "God bless you!" cried the woman, taking her babe from the cradle and hushing its hunger at her breast; "they call you a wicked man, but blessings on you for all the good you do!" The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times He achieved what I take to be the supreme compliment of noisy hushings sibilated from the pit and gallery when the later curtains rose. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 Around her the noises of the camp rose, less sharp than an hour earlier, the night silence gradually hushing them. The Emigrant Trail They marched solemnly onward, turned into a road that led to the hills, the wind hushing their chant, but the black cross still seen high above their dusky, upturned faces. An Arkansas Planter "You cannot pay me for hushing the matter up," said Mr. Endicott. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret I think the mountains must have had something to do with hushing the people: far and near, on every hand, they rise such bulks of silence. A Little Swiss Sojourn She was about to cry when Robert raised her in his arms and carried her down the road, hushing her against him, while Graham again ordered himself his grandmother's squire. Suzanna Stirs the Fire She had succeeded in hushing her heart to rest for a while, in banishing the thoughts which had long tormented her. A Crooked Path A Novel At length our tranquillity was disturbed, and the course of events, which for five years had flowed on in hushing tranquillity, was broken by breakers and obstacles, that woke us from our pleasant dream. The Last Man Inside, by the light of a candle, Sister Constance sat, hushing to sleep a little child! The Shield of Silence What a hushing of voices and cleansing of wits and disusing of oaths was there after my little lady came to our rough Habitation! Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade A sharp wail smote the air from a point suspiciously close to the lath and canvas partition on the other side, followed by hasty hushings and steps in the opposite direction. Hilda A Story of Calcutta The Greek had him clutched to his bosom in a strong embrace and was hushing him as one might hush a scared child. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories “Hullo!” said he, hushing his voice somewhat and glancing at the door. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel There were a great many false alarms, sudden outcries, hushing again rather slowly. Romance On the left Hembatra, finger on lip, is hushing the sounds of the garden. The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal Softly and tenderly it wrapped the earth in a great white coverlet, hushing the troubled notes of the savage storm music into plaintive echoes of a lullaby. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan This dogma, and others like unto it, are putting all our music-making into the hands of professional artists and hushing the voice of song and gladness in our homes. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Jerome called, but this time more cautiously, hushing his voice a little. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel But when I raised my voice, she put out a hushing hand to my arm. Romance There is no hushing, there is no stilling That which is part of your life and breath. Poems of Passion "I want your husband to aid me in hushing this c'nfended thing." The Husbands of Edith And so she refused the hushing comfort that only a child—such a child as she had been but yesterday—could have found satisfying. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories Simon Basset had deprived Ozias Lamb, by shrewd management, of the old Lamb homestead; Doctor Prescott had been instrumental in hushing his voice in prayer and exhortation in prayer-meeting. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel Presently the bolder began to whisper and conjecture among themselves, hushing the sibilant surmises of the humbler with a cautioning frown. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The thick Eastern carpet, the dim, blue-grey hangings on the walls, the quaint brazen lamps—hushing the modern note of electric light behind their thick glass panes—spoke eloquently of Maryon. The Moon out of Reach They have not the sense of justice to see or they have not the courage to denounce the perpetrators of evil, but direct all their efforts to hushing the complaints of the victims. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs And he, fancying the raging of the storm had disturbed her, made hushing answer, "Quite safe, wife of my heart." The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories She rose with a pale smile and, hushing my protestations, arrived at her conclusion. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 The mother—oh! silence your Spartan tales— Says bravely, hushing a moan: 'I have yet one left. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 The children huddle behind him, hushing their screams. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 All night his young wife sat waiting for him, hushing the feeble cries of the weary infant upon her breast. The Fatal Glove With the hushing of that embodiment of doom, silence fell upon the city and after that, panic; and during that Titus heaved his four legions against the Second Wall and took it. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem It was Barbara who generally guarded her slumbers by going hushing and quieting right out into the kitchen, and keeping watch at the door into the passage. One of Life's Slaves To me the terrific storm which soon broke, upsetting all arrangements, abolishing all ceremonies, hushing all oratory, seemed to solemnize and mark in a most fitting manner this great occasion. Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Perhaps I had better say at once that, whatever hushing up you may succeed in, it will be impossible for me to sit in a cabinet with Mr. Trebell. Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts This was promptly contradicted, but was soon revived with the addition that the story was "strictly true," but that London was hushing it up until the Jubilee was over. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 35, July 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls She sat there in a remote corner pew, hiding her child under her shawl and hushing him with gentle caresses during the whole of the afternoon service. Ishmael Or, In the Depths It woke at regular hours, as if it could read some clock in the darkness; and quickly as, it seemed to him, he must have roused, Marie had wakened quicker, and was hushing the child. Married Life The True Romance And now Gwendolyn heard movements all about her in the forest—the soft pad, pad of running paws, the hushing sound of wings—as if small live things were fleeing before the sharp call. The Poor Little Rich Girl A particle of eye and that which is there to meet another is talking and telling what is not hushing. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories I will not tire you with this subject, dear grandmama, but only say that the effort here and everywhere in America seems to be directed toward hushing the matter up. Children of the Market Place There was a movement, a low, muffling, hushing sound, that told the unwilling listener that Bee was putting her baby sister in the bed. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Thus hushing my sad heart the day drew nigh Of parting, and the promised sign was given. The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems His mother while hushing her baby to rest Foretells for him all that can make a man blest. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century Therefore, as her looks showed, she was not so much shocked as simply frightened, and had come to the Lodge with a frantic notion of hushing up the matter somehow, whatever it was. Christian's Mistake All about him sounds were hushing, and lights breaking, and shadows floating, and every breeze was scented. Sister Teresa Till before his gesture of command— Till before his hushing voice and hand— Sweeter, fuller strains who could desire Than he charmed from out his Baptist choir. A Celtic Psaltery And they were cross last night, the day was so hot, and I was a long time hushing them to sleep. Helmet of Navarre Suddenly—a child's voice—a child's shrill voice, ringing through the gallery—followed by scufflings and hushings, on the part of an older person—then a wail—and silence. The Mating of Lydia As for hushing it up, I'm hushing it up myself, thank you. The Belfry I hate that forefinger of hers; it's always hushing or beckoning. Real Folks But do you reckon this policy of hushing up things ever does any good? The Great Adventure Her voice came to him through the closed door in a sharp cry telling Jean that Monsieur Nicky was dead, and Jean's voice came, hushing her. The Tree of Heaven Even now, while Stella stood at her window gazing forth into the garish moonlight, was he softly padding to and fro in the room adjoining hers, hushing the poor little wailing infant to sleep. The Lamp in the Desert In a moment his mother was kneeling by the bedside; she drew Ilbrahim to her bosom, and he nestled there with no violence of joy, but contentedly as if he were hushing himself to sleep. Twice Told Tales She would not even call him "Uncle Titus" again, for fear of recalling him to himself, and hushing him up. Real Folks She was tasting the delights of the twilight hour, the vanishing of all surrounding objects, the hushing of every sound. A Love Episode She stood hushing Cinders as if he had been an infant. The Rocks of Valpre The endless singing of the stream is hushing me into a sweet drowsiness even as I write. The Lamp in the Desert "Thank you, ma'am," answered Elizabeth, softly, and busied herself with walking baby up and down the room, hushing it on her shoulder. Mistress and Maid And it is all the more beautiful in proportion as it knows how to bow the mind by the austere and hushing eloquence of its forms. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England In the midst of his splashing and scrubbing he heard Jeff and Justin come shouting in for supper and Charlotte hushing them and telling them the news. The Second Violin "Of course they are true," he said, hushing his voice; and in his exultation there was a savour of cruelty. Evelyn Innes "Your Royal Parent," he remarked to Priscilla, "has chosen that which is ever the better part of valour, and is hushing the incident up." The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Suddenly hushing, the song hangs on high over delicate minor harmonies. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies Father Carillo knelt and took communion, the music hushing suddenly to rise in more sonorous volume. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California Now, to faintest whispers hushing, Now, in louder cadence gushing, Wakens from their pleasant sleep All the tuneful Nereid-throng, Till their notes of wreathed song Float in magic streams along, Chanting joyaunce through the deep. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 581, December 15, 1832 Bent his head and kissed her upward pouted lips—thereby hushing the loving disclaimer which rose to them. Deadham Hard She has the same power of hushing the wild goblin within me as you have, madam. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Here, in a striking phrase of double song, is a touch of plaint that, hushing, heralds the coming gentle figure. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies My mother and grandmother sat with my sisters in the cart, hushing their murmurs of fear. D'Ri and I And Adam, with a start, began hushing it after the fashion of a chimpanzee. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 With his coming a shadow fell upon her home, hushing its music and darkening its sunshine. Iola Leroy Shadows Uplifted Nevertheless he obeyed the hushing gesture of her hand, and held his breath, as she led him out to the garden-seat, where they had spent so many happy quiet hours. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago A boy passed, hushing his whistle, and gazing at the lone lady until his turning neck could twist no farther. The Grandissimes They demanded word of the young seignior, hushing their voices. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World When softly sings the mother, Within her downy nest, We think she's gently hushing Her little ones to rest. Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories Louis passed his time in interfering between them, in hushing up their quarrels, in upbraiding them for their licentiousness, and in reconciling the Templars and Hospitallers. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 The journalists in the press-gallery craned their necks toward "the tribune," hushing for silence in order not to lose a word. The Torrent Entre Naranjos Outside, hushing him to rest, there sounded the sibilant rain, and from the sea below ripples broke gently and rhythmically on the pebbly beach. The Blotting Book Instead of hushing up about economies, she brought them forward, and gave them a most cheery and comfortable, not to say dignified air. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. In a poor room, with a sloping ceiling, and containing very little furniture, was a mite of a boy, some five or six years old, nursing and hushing a heavy child of eighteen months. Ten Girls from Dickens Then a whisper reached the rider, a universal hushing of drawn breath, for the thousands were tasting the first thrill and terror of the combat. Trailin'! "Nobody tries to stop him, and you are always hushing me up." Malbone: an Oldport Romance Dead darkness lay on all the landscape, dead darkness added its own hush to the hushing dust on all the roads. A Tale of Two Cities When they rejoined the expecting and anxious females, he briefly acquainted them with the conditions of their new guide, and with the necessity that existed for their hushing every apprehension in instant and serious exertions. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 In a little while, this hypocrite, with an elaborate demonstration of hushing his footsteps, and with a face generally expressive of having until now forgotten a religious appointment elsewhere, is gone. The Uncommercial Traveller Don't think of avenging me; think only of hushing the story and protecting her. Our Mutual Friend No wonder Miss Howard had suggested "hushing it up." The Mysterious Affair at Styles Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. A Tale of Two Cities Again a hushing calm! while faint and far The breeze goes calling onward through the night. The Poems of Henry Timrod There was no further merit in hushing this thing up. Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman On many a night like this, and many a worse night, I have sat on the stones of the street, hushing you in my arms. Our Mutual Friend But more than this: the hushing of it up may, in a perfectly candid and honest mind, grow into a deliberate religious policy, or parti pris. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature It was as though scores of babes in pain were dropping to sleep on their mothers' breasts, and all hushing their sorrows with one accord in a common melancholy chorus. Gulliver of Mars But they was all impatient and eager, too, and they wouldn't wait very long, although now they was hushing each other and leaning forward. Danny's Own Story In a moment his mother was kneeling by the bedside; she drew Ilbrahim to her bosom, and he nestled there, with no violence of joy, but contentedly, as if he were hushing himself to sleep. From Twice Told Tales Her mother, her eyes dwelling fondly upon several shawls she hoped were intended for herself alone, was hushing the baby to sleep in the deep chair of his excellency. Rezanov Occasionally it intermitted, falling abruptly in volume like the mysterious rare hushings of a rapid stream. The Mountains But the hushing of the criticism of honest opponents is a dangerous thing. The Souls of Black Folk Round the mouth dim silence, hushing, Waits to die ecstatic death. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women She stared toward the door, crooning to the child and hushing it; midway she stopped, suddenly. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson One night like this is more than many days To him who hears the music and the bass Of deep immortal lullabies which calm His troubled soul as with a hushing psalm. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 Forthwith we stole forward, Sir Richard's grasp on Pluto's collar and hushing him to silence, until we were nigh enough to catch the sound of their voices very loud and distinct. Martin Conisby's Vengeance Tip was speedily giving himself up to enjoyment, hushing the small voice in his heart. Tip Lewis and His Lamp But before he could say any more, the lights were lowered again, and there was a hushing sound, and then the play proceeded. The Foolish Lovers Perhaps it was the sudden hushing of the raised voices, perhaps it was something in the flushed faces that all turned towards her. The Incomplete Amorist Would it always have to stoop and cringe before people, hushing its own voice, hiding its own gesture? Mary Olivier: a Life She clambered into the wagon and seated herself on the hay, hushing her child, who nestled and moaned in her arms, though she had carried him with all possible care. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 I scarcely dare breathe it to you," said Mr. Huntley, "for it is a thing that we must hush up, as the family are hushing it up. The Channings That morning I was disposed for silence: the austere fury of the winter-day had on me an awing, hushing influence. Villette Then Kirsty told what she had done, and while she spoke, the mother sat silent brooding, and hushing, and thinking. Heather and Snow Afterward Mrs. Roberts confessed that she involuntarily placed her hand on her heart with a dim idea of hushing its beating lest others would hear, so important to her did the moment seem. Ester Ried Yet Speaking She applied herself to hushing the boisterous children, and to bringing something like quiet out of the tumult of the crowded room. The Pagans Then all the rest joined together in hushing her. L'Assommoir He thought of Orpheus hushing all animated nature to calm by the magic of his song. Cord and Creese A miner's wife was hushing her baby in the next house, and across the street a group of Mexicans were talking all at once in a loud, monotonous cadence. In Exile and Other Stories "Why, Bill," he said, hushing down his voice, "is she going to drop me, d'you think—let me go to the devil?" Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution He sat down again; and as he did so held up a finger, hushing himself. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea The physician, indeed, had perhaps indulged a professional passion for hushing the matter up, rather than any pity for Bartley. A Modern Instance There hung a calm and solemn sunshine round Those mighty monuments, a hushing sound In the still air that circled them which stole Like music of past times into my soul. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes One and all they seemed tacitly to unite in hushing up his memory among them. Redburn. His First Voyage She ceased to listen for Chester's coming, but hushing her tread, as if in the close presence of death, crept away to a corner and prayed silently. The Old Homestead Before long, the renewed silence indicated that she had succeeded in hushing the child to sleep. The Fallen Leaves Some of our hill-country people would have felt like hushing up her beauty, as almost sinful, and some would have gone down before it like Greeks. The Lady of the Aroostook That was all I heard, except hushings on Clarence’s part, as if the opening of my door and the thread of light from it warned him that there was risk of interruption. Chantry House The tempered sunshine sifting through the moist atmosphere makes no dazzling glare, and the town, like the landscape, rests beneath a hazy, hushing, Indian-summerish spell. Travels in Alaska At last aunt Hannah appeared, hushing the mirth as night shadows drink up the sunshine. The Old Homestead I picture you gazing, with tears in your eyes, Upon the poor sufferer and hushing her cries. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects The night before election Mr. Kent went to see Willie safe in bed, and hushing his prattle, he said: "Now, Willie, say your prayers." Children's Edition of Touching Incidents : and Remarkable Answers to Prayer A coyote wailed from the distant hills, and before his complaint was done another sound came through the hushing of the willows, a melancholy whistling, thin with distance. The Untamed And that night, when the house was still and sleep was far off, hushing hamlets and giving ease to cities, my fancy wandered up that aimless road and came suddenly to Wrellisford. The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories The storm was now hushing itself in the valley, and her voice rose sweet and clear, till it penetrated to the room above, where aunt Hannah lay. The Old Homestead A sharp, sobbing cry, striking the mist three or four times in rapid succession,—hushing suddenly,—breaking into shrieks like a frightened child's,—dying plaintively down. Men, Women, and Ghosts Several members of the party preceded them, and all seemed to feel the hushing influence, for they passed on in silence, and stepped softly as they entered the great Palace of Art. A Romance of the Republic Her voice came to him very softly, with a hushing tenderness through the miniature rush and gurgle of the water. The Bars of Iron In a moment, his mother was kneeling by the bedside; she drew Ilbrahim to her bosom, and he nestled there, with no violence of joy, but contentedly, as if he were hushing himself to sleep. Bible Stories and Religious Classics Each time the babe reacts to a pleasant or unpleasant stimulus, there is an outpouring of certain internal secretions, a cessation of others, a tingling of certain vegetative nerves and organs, a hushing of others. The Glands Regulating Personality Composed originally as a song of seed-time, it has now lost its primary significance and is sung by men at their work or by mothers hushing their children in the dark alleys of the city. By-Ways of Bombay Next morning, ere the sun was up, came Beltane into the minster and hiding within the deeper gloom of the choir, sat there hushing his breath to listen, trembling in eager anticipation. Beltane the Smith He clasped her closer, hushing her with tender words, vowing he would never leave her, while the Shadow of Death gathered closer about them, threatening every instant to come between. The Bars of Iron Every tree during the progress of gentle storms is loaded with, fairy bloom at the coldest and darkest time of year, bending the branches, and hushing every singing needle. The Mountains of California Now and then the gentle wash was lifting the brown timbers, and swelling with a sleepy gush of hushing murmurs out of sight. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale All night she was attending to the sick and hushing the suckling, with a consciousness that our last shilling was going. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century My whole soul was illumined with joy, and as I left the church to walk home, it seemed to me as if Nature herself were hushing her breath to hear the music of heaven. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe I suggested that further conversation had better take place in the presence of Mr Abney, who, I imagined, would have something to say on the subject of hushing the thing up. The Little Nugget Many of the lower classes, however, felt too secure in their own insignificance to fear the personal consequences of a tumult, and were desirous, therefore, to provoke the disturbance, which seemed hushing itself to sleep. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 She went out of the wood-shed and out of the yard, hushing the soft laugh on her lips, and holding her breath as she passed under her mistress's window. The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism Now it was so still, so motionless, so breathless, that it seemed as though a quiet hand had been laid on the garden, soothing and hushing it into silence. The Solitary Summer They seemed all the louder for the sudden hushing of all other voices, and an enormous woman, suffocated in her fat, broke through the crowd and hurried to the wagon, crying aloud. Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian I am in favor of hushing up this affair, and want to ease it up for you. The Voice on the Wire And then she rocked backward and forward, as if to make it sleep, hushing it, and wasting on it her infinite fondness. Rab and His Friends Besides, Frank Stebbing is young, and it may be fair to give them a chance of hushing it up. Beechcroft at Rockstone The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and quelling laughter. The Heart of the Hills Excessive pain, whether it be physical or mental, cannot last long,—and human anguish wound up to its utmost quivering-pitch finds at the very height of desolation, a strange hushing, Lethean calm. Ardath A sharp wail smote the air from a point close to the lath and canvas partition, on the other side, followed by hasty hushings and steps in the opposite direction. The Path of a Star Billy heard the other children talking of this news and hushing themselves when he came up. The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors "We succeeded in hushing things up," said my visitor, an old man with iron-grey whiskers and a careworn sensitive face. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Suddenly she held up a finger hushing him to silence. Two Boys and a Fortune, or, the Tyler Will The whole town knows that two years back he married a rich old woman of seventy, and that last year he strangled her; however, he was somehow successful in hushing up this affair. Yama: the pit The remembrance of this brought with it a dread imagining that she might now be hushing my spirit, from her place among the angels of God. Basil "The mother may have been washed off before," said Susan, lifting the little one from the cradle, and hushing it. Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland In the moment when passion was about overmastering me, you stood by my side, and I seemed to hear your voice speaking to the rising storm, and hushing all into calmness. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures All this crowded upon him, stifling reason and experience and hushing the voice of prudence. Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend A bird twittered, a breeze whispered in the branches; ever and ever the water kept its hushing note. The Crown of Life But her knowledge of the real name of Emilia, and her hushing up of the murder of her sister, will be quite enough to bring her to her knees. The Secret Passage She laughed again, and I heard a hushing voice, which I knew to be neither her sister's nor grandmother's, but a man's. The Heart's Highway If I had, besides hushing up the whole matter, kept him still in my store, he might again have been tempted. Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures It was not the end of the conversation, but just then the conductor rose in his place and there was 'hushing.' A Life's Morning Speaking for myself, I cannot pretend to agree with the whole of Mr. Quarrier's address; I think his views were frequently timid"—laughter and hushing—"frequently timid, and occasionally quite too masculine. Denzil Quarrier In a moment her arms were round the poor boy, and she was hushing him up like a baby on her bosom. Ruth The long line filed carefully and silently by, each soldier hushing his comrade, that the repose of their beloved chieftain might not be disturbed. Napoleon Bonaparte His action should be so easy that his long ambling trot should produce that peculiar movement adopted by a nurse when hushing a child to sleep upon her knee. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Now she lay upon her bed in the darkness, hushing idle echoes of day, waiting upon the spirit that ever yet had comforted and guided her. A Life's Morning Think how this secret has already spread—what hope is there of finally hushing it up? Denzil Quarrier Some lesser noises wove into the stillness without breaking the web of its splendor, for the pine silence laid soft, hushing fingers on the lips of those who might waken the sleeping sunlight. The Blazed Trail The night nurse was always by his side in a moment when he called out, hushing him down, whispering to him. Now It Can Be Told Up the valley crept the veil of night, hushing even the limitless quiet of the day. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day We would bring out the treasured knapsack, We would take the sword from the wall, And hushing our own hearts' pleadings, Hear only the country's call. Poems of Cheer The Prince and I looked at each other and Merapi feigned to busy herself with hushing the child to sleep again. Moon of Israel A statement so formidable was not without a hushing effect upon Messrs. Milholland and Mitchell; they went to their first "Lumen" meeting in a state of fear and came away little reassured. Ramsey Milholland Now they were walking on tiptoe, hushing the children. Crime and Punishment Is there no possible means of hushing up the affair? Actions and Reactions On the next step below sat a man hushing in his bosom the baby whose cry they had heard. Sir Gibbie With a grave elder-sisterly air she felt all over the baby-limbs, and when Maud set up an indignant cry, began hushing her with so quaint an imitation of motherliness, that we were all amused. John Halifax, Gentleman And dropping slowly as the dew On grasses that the winds renew In urge of flooding fire, And softly as the hushing boughs The gentle airs of dawn arouse To cradle morning's quire. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets Comforted wondrously by the hushing finger, Hugh would yet understand more. David Elginbrod To take him in her arms and croon over him, hushing away remembrance of the old sad days. All Roads Lead to Calvary We called it the "River of Silence"; for there seemed to be a hushing influence in its flow. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 A voice grows with the growing years; Earth, hushing down her bitter cry, Looks upward from her graves, and hears, "The Resurrection and the Life am I." We Two, a novel And back and forth, back and forth, in the dimness swayed the body of the woman, hushing her babe. A Mountain Woman Was he in hopes of hushing up the affair? Other People's Money Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it.” The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes In the middle of trills, grace-notes, runs and catches it recurred with a strange, almost holy, solemnity,—a hushing, slender melody full of austerity and aloofness. The Crock of Gold We were all conforming to the silence of the evening hour and hushing our voices that we might not wake the count. The Lily of the Valley For lo, the thunder hushing all the grove, And did Love live, not even Love could sing. New Poems There was some hushing, and the Judge went on with what he had to say to the rest. Great Expectations "Luckless child!" said the nurse, hushing the baby, and still walking up and down with it. Anna Karenina There was something awful in the stillness of the skies, hushing the desolate grandeur of the earth below. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes And other withered stumps of time Were told upon the walls; staring forms Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed. The Waste Land A pause of some seconds succeeded, filled up by the low, vague hum of numbers; Miss Miller walked from class to class, hushing this indefinite sound. Jane Eyre It means, the hushing of certain words upon beloved lips; the turning of cherished eyes from visions where fathers and daughters ay, brothers and sisters are seen joined together in tender companionship or loving embrace. A Strange Disappearance Lots of the younger children set up a-squalling, and it kept the women busy hushing them. The Jacket (Star-Rover) When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. Bleak House In a poor room with a sloping ceiling and containing very little furniture was a mite of a boy, some five or six years old, nursing and hushing a heavy child of eighteen months. Bleak House She hurried off, and presently we passed her hushing and singing to her child at her own door and looking anxiously along the road for her drunken husband. Bleak House |
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