| 单词 | mellifluous |
| 例句 | The engines crooned mellifluously as McWatt throttled back to loiter and allow the rest of the planes in his flight to catch up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Will your parents allow me to interview you directly?” he asked in a mellifluous voice. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When you talk about Churchill’s “great rolling periods”— meaning his long, mellifluous sentences—you are primarily talking about sound effects: the gather and surge of a sentence toward its climax. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “With more water you can grow fruit like crazy from your fruit trees,” the thugs’ mellifluous voices crooned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And even where something appears merely decorative—a run of alliteration or a mellifluously turned sentence—it serves to commend the speech more easily to memory, and to give pleasure to the audience. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Isabel, a tenacious reporter and mellifluous writer who returned from a long book-writing leave for this project, had composed one of the most powerful chapters in the 1993 “Children of the Shadows” series. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He chuckled mellifluously with resonant disdain and authority. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t think ill of him,” Scythe Curie told Rowan and Citra, her voice mellifluous, yet sharp at the same time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Bull had mostly listened that first day as this stricken, energetic man paced the sitting room of his rectory speaking with a mellifluous basso profundo voice that demanded and received unwavering attention. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Try some serves,” he said in his mellifluous American accent. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Powell imbued his interpretation with a bel canto aesthetic, singing with beautiful legato, smooth and mellifluous timbre and a rich dynamic palette. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Speaking from her Paris flat, 54 years on, Riva's voice is still as mellifluous and as gently mesmerising. Emmanuelle Riva, 85, star of Amour, tells of her extraordinary life 2013-02-10T08:00:07Z He often did comedy skits and spoke in the mellifluous tones of an FM radio DJ. Rush Limbaugh captivated dads like mine and created America's modern fascist aesthetic 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The earth's quiet beauty and the horror of ancient battles, malevolent pot-bellied giants and castles tenanted by grey-clad husks of malice are conveyed in mellifluous, ornate prose, never overwhelming for all its richness. Summer voyages: The Hounds of the Morrigan 2013-07-23T09:13:47Z Trump also said that the Continental Army was named after George Washington — presumably, the “Gen. George Washington Continental Army,” just like the equally mellifluous “Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.” Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Trumpling all over American history 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Liam is set to become the new Kevin, researchers predict, as the mellifluous moniker graduates from its Irish origins and rises up baby name charts around the world. Liam goes supersonic as it rises up baby name charts around world 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z There would be beautiful, mellifluous stuff to start: Washington’s sturdy, immediately accessible compositions, whether the flowing meditation “The Rhythm Changes” or the declarative Afrobeat of “Fists of Fury.” Review | Kamasi Washington’s playing is a mighty howl at Lincoln Theatre 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z At 83, his tone is as firm and delicate, and his improvised lines as long and mellifluous, as they were back in the 50s. Heath Brothers: Endurance 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The work is “Highway 1, U.S.A,” which combines swift narrative drive and some folksy, mellifluous tunes with a look at the tension between community belonging and individual advancement. Stream an Operatic Rarity by a Black Composer (While You Can) 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z His voice is bountiful — unforced, superbly powered and mellifluous at full sail — but he shades it according to the twin dictates of music and text, and what emerges is a vital alliance of both.” Ronald Broun, lawyer and Washington Post classical music critic, dies at 75 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The whole show, more than 100 minutes without an intermission, is no more than a piling high of sketches, connected with more mellifluous skill than intelligence or deepening of meaning. Review: A Sunny but Disappointing Take on the Tower of Babel 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z The quartet then plays a private concert: a mellifluous account of the finale from Dvorák's American quartet, to which one boy dances as though to a pop song and another plays air violin. Strings attached 2010-10-02T23:03:00Z Such a point is made in his mellifluous rendition of "Delta Getaway" about a man fleeing a lynch mob to Chicago. From Syria to Detroit, we are all migrants, sings bluesman Bibb 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Describing his affinity for Yiddish verse recently, the pianist Evgeny Kissin closed his eyes, bowed his head slightly and in a mellifluous, expressive baritone began to recite a poem from memory. Evgeny Kissin Will Indulge His Love of Yiddish Poetry at Carnegie Hall 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The tessitura of the part, which sits on the high side for Verdi baritone roles, well suited Mr. Hvorostovsky, who shaped floating phrases with mellifluous, honeyed sound. Music Review: Angela Meade in ?Ernani? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-04T00:43:41Z Within the relative brevity, and alongside the mellifluous cadence, Campion does more than make music: he shows us nuanced, often painful, always convincing human emotions. Poem of the week: My Sweetest Lesbia by Thomas Campion 2010-03-22T10:50:00Z The mellifluous baritone was compared to a down comforter, or a slow drip of midwestern molasses or your grandfather telling a bedtime story, a voice millions of Americans grew up with. Garrison Keillor: the downfall of a beloved figure accused of misconduct 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Joseph Millson, easily commanding with his mellifluous voice, is mellow-toned but – watch the amount he paces around the stage – always on the brink. The Old Woman; Macbeth; Bank on It – review 2013-07-06T23:07:05Z Nixon, with his mellifluous baritone, was a great politician for radio, creepy on TV. Cranky Guy: Nixon's Still the One 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z But whenever she takes the podium here to conduct the orchestra, she finds herself surrounded by audible, often quite mellifluous, reminders of them both. At Baltimore Symphony, a Cello and a Violin Make More Than Music 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In “his mellifluous and curt voice,” the Nobel laureate asked his students “if they composed by hand or on a computer.” Review | Email and texting are terrible. There’s an easy solution: Write more letters by hand. 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Murphy, who is married to Yvonne McGuinness, an Irish artist, and has two teenage sons, speaks in a mellifluous Irish accent and is extremely handsome. The Eyes of Cillian Murphy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z He catches the man’s mellifluous delivery and querulous top note. Malcolm McDowell: 'I have no memory of doing most of my films' 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Here they will be joined by Mr. Allen, a tenor saxophonist of mellifluous charm. Jazz Listings for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:23:06Z Neither actor delivers the most mellifluous iambic pentameter you’ve ever heard, and nor should they: the lines roll eagerly, earnestly, blushingly off their tongues, like eighth-graders reading and writing poetry for the first time. Romeo + Juliet at 20: how Baz Luhrmann's adaptation refuses to age 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z As Jesus, Charles Wesley Evans sang with an elegant, mellifluous and expressive baritone. Critic?s Notebook: Two ?Passions,? With Two Very Different Effects 2011-04-17T22:14:02Z The county names are just as mellifluous as before, but the plays now contain torturers and sociopaths. ‘DruidMurphy,’ Three Tom Murphy Plays at Lincoln Center 2012-06-29T00:55:05Z You see, Sir Paul McCartney wasn't always a mellifluous bore banging on about vegetables and doing thumbs at the UN. Let's raise a glass to lovely, swampy, droning, booming bass 2013-05-29T19:00:00Z The only sounds are of creak, footfall and soft-shoe shuffle, occasionally broken by Cunningham's mellifluous voice, suggesting a slightly different orientation in space. Tacita Dean: Craneway Event 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z In that distant age, he played Shakespeare’s Othello in blackface and with a rolling, booming bass voice, while Smith played his wronged love, Desdemona, with mellifluous dignity and grace. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The Roman poet, in contrast with the unknown Anglo-Saxon who wrote “Beowulf”, is mellifluous and silver-tongued. Music from the underworld 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z “I never really wanted to give a statement about Savages and if we’re coming back,” Jehnny Beth said, her accent a mellifluous blend of French and British. Savages’ Jehnny Beth Is Going Solo. Don’t Tell Her It’s a Mistake. 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The mighty screeds he delivers in his new guise often have the same mellifluous smoothness of the celebrations of friendship he delivered as the play opened. | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z It was warm, creamy, mellifluous and with a touch of smokiness. Patricia Hughes 2013-02-24T13:50:55Z As you explore each room, you also hear a mellifluous voice-over uttering the relevant environmental facts and recommendations, just in case you’re too busy taking and posting pictures to read the wall texts. At ‘Arcadia Earth,’ Dazzle Illuminates Danger 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z He chose Mozart's own cadenzas and made mellifluous work of them. Haitink's mellow mastery an ideal match for CSO's power 2011-05-27T16:27:33Z Although rumpled and scruffy, Mr. Williams had a plummy accent and a mellifluous speaking voice that served him well in a surprisingly busy film career. Heathcote Williams, Radical British Poet Who Helped Form Anarchist Nation, Dies at 75 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z If the parting of Strauss’s thunderstorm was “mellifluous,” he admitted, it was still “sentimental in the most bourgeois vein,” music “from which one would have expected Mr. Mitropoulos long since to have graduated.” A Monkish Conductor Who Expressed His Faith Through Music 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z It began with a scratchy recording of a male voice, then the mellifluous sound of a posh female newsreader who said the cosmonaut's name with a splendid Russian flourish as Gaga-reen. Radio review: Random Edition 2011-04-12T06:59:00Z Before Kyle Abraham was known for creating rich, evocative ensemble dances for his company, he was hailed for his own mellifluous dancing. 10 Dance Performances to See in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z I wondered if this could be that warm sensation I feel when listening to Ms. Streisand’s mellifluous renditions of “People” or “On a Clear Day?” The Streisand Effect 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z That claim could go either way, and the song's mellifluous beauty contrasts markedly with its lacerating self-assessments. John Grant – review 2013-05-18T15:00:03Z The face is essentially the same, but the eyes are too friendly and the voice is smooth and mellifluous where Roy’s is a clipped growl. Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Lasso’ 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z As for Mr. Mars, he’s doing more emphatic talking than singing and is backed up by a barking chorus, adding tough-guy punch to his mellifluous boasts. Review: Bruno Mars Delivers Decades of Funk in ‘24K Magic’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z A mellifluous ambient house number, while not entirely memorable, was way ahead of its time. Readers recommend: hunting songs 2010-07-29T23:03:00Z Those who were there on Wednesday were rewarded with a lively and often lovely program around the theme “U.K. meets U.S.,” symbolic of the new relationship unfolding mellifluously onstage. Review | Christopher Bell strikes soundly in his first D.C. outing 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z As with Snider’s past works, the surface details of this “Mass” can be quickly identified as mellifluous and engaging. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Or rather the idea of the noise, since the noise itself is not exactly mellifluous. Possessed: There?s No Quiet Without Noise 2011-07-08T19:39:07Z It was also a contest of tongues: two mellifluous men, each striving to outdo the other in enunciating the high-flown melodies of Tolkien talk. Postscript: Christopher Lee 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z On the instrumental track “Bells Burp,” the album’s opener, a chorus of mellifluous default Ableton bells explode into propulsive waves of synthesizers. A Glimpse of Alternative Russia Through the Music of Kate NV 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z He also has one of those rumbling, mellifluous British voices that are capable of revving up and whipping out dialogue, perfectly articulated, at breakneck speed. Benedict Cumberbatch Acts Clever Again in ‘The Imitation Game’ 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Watson answered in a mellifluous computerised voice – think Stephen Hawking with extra zing – and in a neat visual trick its screen avatar changed colour depending on how sure it was about each answer. Meet Watson, the computer set to beat Jeopardy's champions 2011-02-06T00:05:33Z The Simpsons is getting a familiar voice in an upcoming episode: Kristen Bell, who also lent her mellifluous tones to Anna in Disney’s Frozen. Kristen Bell to Voice Lisa's Friend on 'The Simpsons' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But how often does one get to hear these mellifluous tunes sung by a Brazilian who grew up with them? Maucha Adnet sings Antonio Carlos Jobim at the Triple Door | Concert preview 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Pushing the boundaries of her mellifluous stream-of-consciousness style, there is little respite in “The Freezer Door.” Review | ‘The Freezer Door’ is an aching, playful memoir of vivid desire amid the desperation of midlife disconnection 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But he knows when to allow a vocal line to turn mellifluous. Review: A Long-Awaited New Opera Is a Raucous Beauty 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Even the prose style seems to have the incantatory beat of Bragg's mellifluous radio spiel, with descriptions rendered in rhythmic encyclopaedic lists. Grace and Mary by Melvyn Bragg – review 2013-05-19T11:00:03Z “The sound now is really spectacular — in a more mellifluous, mellow, lyrical way.” For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z He would also drop his mellifluous tenor voice into the bass register for dramatic effect. George Jones: Country singer dies at 81 2013-04-26T16:21:00Z The result is a tender, mellifluous rumination on desperate times and sad outcomes. Best of theater 2018: Sensations that crossed borders 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z You have to like a novel in which the put-downs are mellifluous and on point. In ‘The Liar’s Dictionary,’ People Work on the Definition of Love and Many Other Words 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z Think of them as a more credible JLS for people who read RWD: two singers with honeyed, mellifluous voices and a rapper providing just enough grit. New band of the day ? No 935: Encore 2010-12-21T17:05:31Z Tall, elegant, relaxed and mellifluously spoken, the 74-year-old Italian looks every bit the internationally renowned architect. The Shard: Renzo Piano's great glass elevator 2012-06-13T17:43:50Z At the end of each appointment, chimes sounded and a mellifluous female voice echoed across the sprawling convention hall: “It is now time to move to your next appointment.” Travel Blogging Today: It’s Complicated 2013-07-26T17:58:37Z Legend inaugurated the monthly Focus Music project with a licensed playlist of mellifluous jazz tracks. Meditation Apps Want Us to Chill Out. Musicians Are Happy to Help. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Neither a fluid singer nor an especially powerful one, he did not have the mellifluous timbre of Crosby or the rakish swing of Sinatra. Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Her mellifluous voice soundtracks the show; frankly, "Top Chef" is Padma's stage. How Padma Lakshmi grew from"Top Chef" host into the show's guiding core 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z "The first time she met me, she said, with that mellifluous voice of hers, 'And you must be Young Tavis I've heard so much about,'" Smiley recalls. Tavis Smiley remembers his friend Maya Angelou 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The theatrical styles of Underwood's smooth and mellifluous Othello and Thomas' rather archly villainous Iago aren't especially complementary. Old Globe's 'Othello' lays on the melodrama, but it works 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Barnatan goes beyond the mellifluous surface of Ravel's masterpiece to lure you into a whole plush keyboard world. Critics' Picks: Pianist Barnatan's 'Gaspard de la nuit' on new CD 2012-07-18T22:11:04Z But his best songs – Paid for That and mellifluously tuneful The Base – mix epic melancholy with pretty melodies. Paul Banks – review 2013-01-23T15:16:00Z Next week they welcome Mr. Allen, a tenor saxophonist of mellifluous charm. Jazz Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:40:06Z Plan B overcame technical hitches to confirm he is an extraordinary talent, switching easily between mellifluous Motown soul and the hardcore rap of thrilling riots-referencing recent single Ill Manors. BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review 2012-06-25T10:18:00Z Looking different than everyone else is a burden that turns to joy for a heroic reindeer in the 1964 special narrated by Burl Ives, he of the mellifluous voice. Holiday movies, music specials arrive to light a bleak year 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Throughout, Parton’s music and mellifluous speaking voice make for the best, most joyful listening experience of the year. The Best Podcasts of 2019 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z I remember being at the BBC one afternoon in 1994 and hearing his voice booming majestically down the corridors of Broadcasting House – rich, mellifluous, commanding. Christopher Lee 1922-2015: an appreciation by Mark Kermode 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z On occasion, you can hear the bardic tones of classically trained British actors slipping out, but they are usually soon quashed by less mellifluous noises. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stratford-Upon-Avon Edition 2011-07-22T21:16:12Z From speakers set up in the chapel choir, you hear a woman’s mellifluous voice reading passages from Ms. Sindler’s diaries in an English translation from the original French. In ‘Rachel, Monique,’ Sophie Calle Eulogizes Her Mother 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Their featured guest is Mr. Allen, a tenor saxophonist of mellifluous charm. Jazz Listings for Dec. 18-24 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Efrem Zimbalist Jr., an actor whose mellifluous voice and air of European sophistication left a distinctive stamp on two popular television crime series, died Saturday at his ranch in Solvang, Calif. He was 95. Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Star of ‘77 Sunset Strip’ and ‘The F.B.I.’, Is Dead at 95 2014-05-03T05:34:53Z It is a golden age of hip-hop television, and for the moment, the standard in soft-focus nostalgia is “Untold Stories of Hip Hop,” on WE tv, hosted by the mellifluous, sometimes cloying Angie Martinez. Four Shows at the Center of a Golden Age of Hip-Hop Television 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The production is largely mellifluous and bright, and the singing is sweet and uncomplicated. Blackpink and the Limits of K-Pop Maximalism 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z This gang of 10 – MCs plus in-house producers because, like OF, they don't want to rely on jacked beats, they create their own mellifluous mayhem – appeared in a puff of smoke last year. New band of the day: Piff Gang (No 1,326) 2012-08-08T15:32:50Z What Pinter as a writer does," Corrado said, in the deep, mellifluous voice so familiar to local audiences, "is enter into that strange, interior world we all unconsciously live in. A passion for Pinter inspires 'Fortnightly' series at ACT 2011-06-22T19:33:05Z Translate the traditional dish into English — veal with a tuna-flavored mayonnaise — and that initial mellifluous charm fades fast. Tradition be damned. This quick Italian sauce suddenly goes with everything. 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The latest Brussels sprouts recipe to join my weekly repertoire depends on this agrodolce, as the Italians so mellifluously put it. Give Brussels sprouts the sweet-and-sour treatment 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Then think Psycho: monologue three is delivered by a shy bachelor turned sociopath, who's sold his soul to Satan in exchange for a mellifluous voice. Terminus ? review 2011-04-05T17:31:17Z As Patrick Stewart’s mellifluous opening narration informs us, magic has not entirely vanished from the world. Pick of the week: Mark Wahlberg and his foulmouthed teddy bear 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z “Thank you for your question,” Care says, appearing, and with this simple line — imbued with mocking humor by the wondrous, mellifluously voiced Karen Kandel — Mabou Mines’s “Faust 2.0” bursts into life. Review: A Devil’s Bargain, Live and on Video, in ‘Faust 2.0’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Kadare’s mellifluous fever dream is a portrait of madness: the madness of the Stalinist state and the madness of men and women in the clamp of the state’s machinations. Review | A fierce masterpiece by Albania’s most eminent novelist, Ismail Kadare 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Paul spoke many languages in a most mellifluous voice; using his own code of phonetic pronunciation, he became a foreign-language coach for actors. Paul Kriwaczek obituary 2011-03-17T19:00:53Z My father’s laugh was high and spirited, but his speaking voice was lower — a mellifluous, accented baritone. Hearing His Voice Changed Everything 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z James Weeks's mellifluous New London Chamber Choir was heard to great advantage in the Cheltenham College Chapel acoustic. Iestyn Davies & Fretwork/New London Chamber Choir 2010-07-13T21:15:00Z Then he played the mellifluous Orpheus to her intoxicating Persephone in “Hadestown.” Breaking Up With One Show to Take Another to Broadway 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z Turning her voice into a soft, mellifluous siren, she extends notes up and down an octave. Music Review: Sue Raney at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-11-14T01:00:46Z The tenderness in his softly mellifluous voice doesn’t dilute the anger and exasperation rolled into some of the most emotionally powerful lines Dave’s ever written, each one sinking deeper and deeper into your chest. Seattle musicians tell the stories of our historic year through song 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Millionaire is mellifluous, Standing on the Edge of the Noise is pure swagger, Kill for a Dream oozes poignancy and The Beat Goes On gets arms swaying in the air. Beady Eye ? review 2011-03-04T12:54:53Z The writing is mellifluous and intoxicating and depicts the thrilling story of the ruthless Thomas Sutpen and his determined Southern settlement. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z He had a wonderfully mellifluous, clear drawl of a voice, and a storyteller’s instinct for timing, humor, and suspense. Stanley Greene, a War Photographer Who Stayed When Others Left 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z But they arrive bickering, cursing at one another in English, because “it’s the language of anger,” and their native tongue is too mellifluous and musical for arguing. Learning the words for love in ‘The Language Archive’ 2013-05-22T19:20:46Z The Gullah spoken by three people in the small general/souvenir store in Freeport, the island’s commercial hub, is, to me, mostly indecipherable but mellifluous. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The cello swerved in and out of mellifluous melody; each time its lines slid into heedless-sounding glissandos, you wondered if the center would hold. Review: Iranian Female Composers Speak Indirectly to the Moment 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z The through line for these seemingly disparate selections is his buoyant and mellifluous voice, capable of roping any and all material into the realm of genuine romance. Michael Bublé Always Finds a Way 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z While conceding his Adonis-like countenance, mellifluous voice, quick tongue and sunny demeanor, they didn’t see him as a man of mark. A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Frank Sinatra will forever be celebrated for his swaggering sense of style, mellifluous singing voice, and intimidating attitude. Always Lonely: A Visual Celebration of Sinatra 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z With some pitch problems and a lack of mellifluous blending, the offstage band was not an asset at the press-opening performance. Review | ‘Big Fish’ looks for the truth in a father-son relationship 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z This style of mellifluously sung poetry accompanied by a full orchestra became popular here in the 1870s, when it was played in the sultan’s court. 36 Hours in Zanzibar, Tanzania 2014-05-01T19:34:05Z Both girls had mellifluous voices and piano training. Willa Ward, Gospel Singer, Dies at 91 2012-08-23T02:11:34Z Amiable and mellifluous by Schoenberg’s standards, the work develops conventional motifs in almost Beethovenian fashion in the first of its two movements and simply bandies them about for much of the second. Music Review: Ensemble ACJW With Heras-Casado at Zankel Hall - Review 2011-12-18T22:47:07Z The complicated relationship between a male human and a female android — or at least an android endowed with female physical attributes and a mellifluous voice — has become a favored subject in recent years. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Through the popularity of his television show and his mellifluous tenor voice, Andy Williams, who has died aged 84 after suffering from bladder cancer, was one of the best-loved figures in American popular culture. 2012 review: notable deaths in music 2012-12-24T09:00:08Z One of the most-performed operas in the world, "Madama Butterfly" conveys through its mellifluous score the heart-rending tale of a romance between a young Japanese woman and an American naval officer, and its tragic aftermath. Opera preview: 'Madama Butterfly' at Seattle Opera 2012-04-25T20:40:08Z Time was when the lilting incantations of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas were viewed as visionary outpourings of a holy bohemian by audiences entranced by his mellifluous voice. Review: ‘Set Fire to the Stars’ Unleashes Dylan Thomas on America 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z "Enjoy the feeling of dignity and pride that comes with being a space explorer," he bellows in that unmistakable voice, a deep, mellifluous, almost velvety-sounding baritone. Actor-activist George Takei takes command in cyberspace and beyond 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The baritone Rufus Bonds Jr. sang and narrated with mellifluous voice in “It’s Freedom” and other sections, and the alto Lalah Hathaway rendered songs including “Twenty-Third Psalm” and “Come Sunday” with expressive conviction. Music Review: Six Youth Choirs Sing From Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 2014-03-26T19:59:03Z The eerie quiet of a night spent far from the city in the middle of the woods was broken at 6 a.m. by the mellifluous sound of a violin playing “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning.” Who knew nirvana was tucked away in Virginia’s back roads? On record, with David Bedford's incredible brass arrangement so mellifluously recorded, it's enough to cause terminal depression. Roy Harper: 'I'm not very communicative' 2013-07-17T16:49:47Z And his voice — mellifluous, clear, teacherly but never overbearing — was seemingly everywhere. Edward Herrmann, Actor With a Noble Air, Dies at 71 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday evening was mainly mellow and mellifluous, with lovely works by Handel and Mozart, and even subdued for a time, with Irving Fine’s “Serious Song.” Music Review: Martin Frost, Clarinetist, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2013-12-09T21:54:32Z The mellifluous, Mumfordsesque Please Don't Say You Love Me is a relatively sophisticated take on affairs of the heart coming from somebody so young. Gabrielle Aplin – review 2013-03-14T17:49:07Z Bare-chested fishermen idled on the rocks one afternoon and argued mellifluously. In Sri Lanka, an Island of Detachment and Desire 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z I was especially struck by his ability to speak verse with mellifluous clarity. Richard Griffiths obituary 2013-03-29T16:52:59Z The group, whose members wore matching orange collared shirts, fused mellifluous singing and shifting harmonies with a polished brass section. Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z Japan’s mellifluous rainy season is one of the play’s stars, as is the symphonic bustle of Tokyo. | 'Crane Story' : ?Crane Story? at the Cherry Lane Theater - Review 2011-09-20T22:28:04Z With his knowledge of art and literature, his rugged masculinity, and his famously mellifluous voice, the director eventually won her over. Anjelica Huston: My father John's wildest shoot 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z In a clearing in the forest below us, an Israeli family was grilling lunch; mellifluous Hebrew voices and the pungent smell of grilled chicken wafted through the air. Next Stop: Jerusalem Outings Go Beyond the Biblical 2011-06-10T18:55:00Z A gibberish tongue that borrows words from English, Spanish, Dutch and other languages, it has a bubbly, mellifluous tone that is used to almost musical effect. The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z More regal than ever at 81, she can speak Shakespearean verse with mellifluous intelligence; a former Merce Cunningham dancer, she can invest simple pantomime with gravitas. Review: A ‘Lear’ With Hops, Spins and Posturing 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z I also identified and sketched a heretofore elusive Engelmann oak while listening to the coo-coo-coo of a mourning dove and mellifluous chirping by other more high-pitched birdies. 8 L.A. trees to love that aren't jacarandas 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Director Thomas Kail, of “Hamilton” fame, shapes a mellifluously strapping revival of the 1979 musical, which marked its official Broadway opening Sunday night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, to the distinct contours of his stars’ personalities. Review | Groban and Ashford ignite the flames of a funny, sexier ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Her voice is warm and mellifluous, lingering over notes like she's savouring wine, and simmering with emotional intensity. Samara Joy brought back old-school jazz. It won her two Grammys 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z "I've been drinking more alcohol for the last five days... Did you check on me?" sings the 22-year-old, her voice melancholy and mellifluous over a simple music box accompaniment. Libianca: The true story behind the star's 'more alcohol' song, People 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z As recounted in this space last week, his mellifluous nickname was a bastardization of the surname of Richmond hat maker L.J. Perspective | For a brief time before his fame, ‘Bojangles’ Robinson danced in D.C. 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z To prove its benign intentions, China need simply act on the mellifluous words it has mouthed for decades about North Korea’s nuclear program. Opinion | When Blinken goes to China, he should call its bluff on North Korea 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z James is not a mellifluous reader, though he shares the blinding smile and infectious energy of other viral creators on the popular video app. Learning to read, one TikTok at a time 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z DeBessonet noted that Selah was hearing Sondheim’s songs even before she entered the world — including, aptly enough, that mellifluous “Into the Woods” ballad: “Children Will Listen.” Broadway’s smash hit ‘Into the Woods’ is coming to the Kennedy Center 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The breakfast regulars gathered around the table included former state lawmakers and retired lawyers, and when Borg approached to greet them, the traces of his native Queens, N.Y., accent melted into a mellifluous Alabama drawl. How state regulators supplanted the feds in policing crypto markets 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Most importantly, I get my precious bass drops and my favorite K-pop singer sounds like a buttery smooth, mellifluous angel. The Beats Fit Pro are the best running earbuds I’ve ever had 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z “Hello, hello,” the mellifluous man said into the plane’s microphone connection to his action-news-eyewitness-alive anchor desk. A Few Words From a Master Journalist 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Minions communicate in a mellifluous gibberish, Minionese, that is both indecipherable and strangely coherent. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The family was confident that it was Drueke in the videos because of his “body language, facial expressions, gestures and, most importantly, his mellifluous voice,” said Dianna Williams, his aunt. State Department Says It Has Seen Videos That Appear to Show 2 Missing Americans 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z He told us in that calming, mellifluous voice that everything would be OK. Biden sounds the warning, and the fog of war descends: How bad will it get? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Looney speaks in a mellifluous Texas drawl, wears bolo ties and cowboy boots and pilots his own plane to court hearings outside Houston. The Waco Biker Shootout Left Nine Dead. Why Was No One Convicted? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z For over 70 years, the passage of India has been to the thrum of her mellifluous voice. Lata Mangeshkar: Shankar Mahadevan remembers India's 'musical Koh-i-Noor' 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z He moved with astonishing grace and had mellifluous diction. Opinion | Sidney Poitier gave Black Americans a reason to fall in love with movies 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In his dapper white suits and mellifluous accent, he played against Hollywood’s stereotypical vision of the servile Latino. TV reboots often jam Latino stories into white molds. It's time to dump them 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Her mother, usually a mellifluous speaker and storyteller, was still talking so slowly, leaving sentences hanging as she searched for words that never actually surfaced. ‘I Feel Like I’m Just Drowning’: Sophomore Year in a Pandemic 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z I'm half-Italian, but I didn't grow up speaking a lick of the mellifluous tongue. Italian-Americans and the language of food: How calamari became galamar and ricotta became rigott 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z “August Wilson is a muscular writer who writes mellifluous, beautiful arias for actors,” says actor and playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who adapted Wilson’s script for the screen. Why Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ changed the play’s ending 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z He adds that his loss deprives golf "not merely of its most mellifluous voice but of a grandee, unyielding in his defiance of convention". Newspaper headlines: PM 'ready to quit' EU talks, and vaccine 'V Day' 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Of course, Twitter, rife with optimism, takes as its mascot a sprightly songbird, labeling each of its fast-moving posts a tweet, as if its collective exchanges came together to form mellifluous birdsong. Column: Parler's vibe is MAGA-red and unreal. Extremism by design? 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Cameron spoke at length about the case, his voice always mellifluous. Perspective | Miss Breonna Taylor 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “His mellifluous voice is the perfect tonic to calm a racing mind.” Harry Styles can rock, but now he wants to help you fall asleep 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z A mother of two daughters, and a grandmother, Kimmerer’s voice is mellifluous over the video call, animated with warmth and wonderment. Robin Wall Kimmerer: 'People can’t understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how' 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z “Saints are those who agree with your cause and will fight for it until the bitter end,” she observed in her mellifluous Louisiana lilt. Ann McBride Norton, who led Common Cause and championed campaign-finance laws, dies at 75 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z While typical iconic scenes of Los Angeles include sunshine and palm trees, season four of “Better Things” opens with a dreamy montage of mellifluous rain. Adlon wins fans by keeping it real in ‘Better Things’ 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z In Sacred Harp singing, every voice is welcome, whether trained or untrained, raspy or mellifluous. An Inclusive Vision of Math 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z Rocking the infant in her arms or cooing in that mellifluous voice that stops tears in their tracks, the responsive mother contains the baby’s negative feelings. How you 'attach' to people may explain a lot about your inner life 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Lamar screeches and squeals, his voice breaking like the pre-lingual cries of free jazz trumpeter Don Cherry’s playing, while Washington’s mellifluous, keening lines provide a melodic dialogue, a background reasoning to Lamar’s uneasy questioning. Fresh heirs: how Kamasi Washington gave jazz back to the kids 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z And no one could roll out the multiple syllables of “mellifluous” as Bercow could. British Parliament Speaker John Bercow bellows ‘Orrrrder!’ for the last time 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z My father was gifted with a mellifluous voice. Calling Danger at the Grandview Speedway 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z “A mellifluous singing voice,” she responds, “and impossibly jutting cheekbones.” Game of Thrones' Daniel Portman: 'People expect Podrick – that's not what they get' 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The Venice-based artist, 87, with his scraggly white hair and deep, mellifluous voice, makes colorful work that blends painting, photography and text — often to hilarious effect. John Baldessari's biggest fan? The man behind the new Laguna Art Museum show 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z The play’s “exhibition of everyday racism resonated in showcasing how racism masquerades as mellifluous interactions through the course of the day,” said Esquibel, who teaches at Shoreline Community College. ‘Citizen’ challenges actors, Seattle audiences with its raw examination of everyday racism 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Late on Thursday, López Obrador answered Washington with a long letter that included a lecture on American history, a brief declaration of discrepancy with Trump’s methods and a mellifluous plea for productive and urgent dialogue. Opinion | Trump’s Mexico tariffs show he has no interest in solving the immigration crisis 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Her hand placed flat across his whole face, a tender but blinding gesture that winds into a mellifluous balletic pas de deux, hand to hand to body. Akram Khan Remakes “Giselle” 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z Punctuated by an innocuous yet mellifluous jingle, the advertisements left an indelible impression on countless New Yorkers who watched local television in the 1980s and 1990s. Petland Discounts, Whose ’90s Jingle You’re Humming Right Now, May Close 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z He has a deep, mellifluous voice; it sounds like a brass instrument being played sarcastically. Why Marlon James Decided to Write an African “Game of Thrones” 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z If co-creator Stan Lee were around today sitting atop the Empire State Building next to Spider-Man to observe the thriving mecca below, he just might utter the mellifluous words, “Make Mine Insomniac!” The 10 best video games of 2018 | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z If co-creator Stan Lee were around today sitting atop the Empire State Building next to Spider-Man to observe the thriving mecca below he just might utter the mellifluous words, “Make Mine Insomniac!” The 10 best video games of 2018 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Though his voice is mellifluous and his movements gentle, it’s no surprise he has worked as a bouncer. The Met Reinvents Itself, Yet the Ushers Remain the Same 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z What a cruel fate to befall a man whose thoughts once danced off the page and rolled so mellifluously off the tongue. Passing of Dr Z adds extra motivation for rugby Eagles in Chicago 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z He has been twinning the words “caravan” and “Kavanaugh” in a mellifluous poem to white male hegemony. Opinion | ‘Riling Up the Crazies’ 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Two mellifluous syllables and her face springs to mind: the fierce, open gaze, those striking full eyebrows. Solange, the Polymathic Cultural Force 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Here, at any rate, is her Gertrude, mother of Hamlet, who has an eloquent, melodramatic face-off with Mel Gibson’s weirdly mellifluous Dane. The 10 best Glenn Close movies – ranked! 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Yet, I enjoyed pausing the game — to check my phone or snack on something — and listening to Luddington’s mellifluous voice recount some piece of Mayan or Inca mythology. Review | ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ is good at what it does, but seems awfully familiar 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z In “Epitaph,” another jarring phrase substitutes for more mellifluous expressions: Forrest Gander’s Grief Sounds 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The hypnotic and rhythmic twang of grass-plucking becomes the mellifluous soundtrack to your workdays, punctuated periodically by OMU takeovers, Ethiopian wolf and leopard sightings, and even live births. Life Among the Monkeys 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Impressively tall, he wears a gold pendant on his dress shirt in place of a tie and speaks in a serious, mellifluous baritone. The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z The GTB’s V12 engine screams with sophisticated mellifluous authority as revs climb, but Mr. Dal Monte is used to speaking over mechanical commotion. ‘In Italy, There Was the Pope and Then There Was Enzo Ferrari’ 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Writing in the Washington Evening Star on 16 December 1966, she noted how “baroque phrases” slid off his tongue in “mellifluous, mesmerizing tones”. Martin Luther King's last 31 hours: the story of his final prophetic speech 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Nor did babies learn words by eavesdropping on parental conversations or listening to In Our Time on Radio 4, however soothing the mellifluous tones of Melvyn Bragg. How babies learn – and why robots can’t compete 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z There was obvious camaraderie, and language see-sawed between guttural English and mellifluous Spanish. In Oregon, one college tries to make a home for 'Dreamers' 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Still, Hollinghurst’s mellifluous prose is as fine and subtly shaded as ever, and his full, persuasive immersion of the reader in the book’s far-flung eras is impeccable. ‘The Sparsholt Affair’: Gay-sex scandal ripples over decades in Alan Hollinghurst’s latest 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z His mellifluous tones were used for the Harry Potter UK audiobooks, while his own books include three volumes of autobiography. Stephen Fry recovering from cancer op 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Once a week, a music therapist helps Mrs. Herzog transform her thoughts into lyrics, then sings them back to her mellifluously over the strums of her guitar. Music Therapy Offers an End-of-Life Grace Note 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z How they must labor over those mellifluous phrases urging tolerance and love – only to see their hard work undone the minute the boss gets his hands on an electronic device. The sad truth about Teleprompter Trump | Francine Prose 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Music in marriage is especially mellifluous these days. Review: ‘Transient Lullaby’ filled with beautiful harmony 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Alan Hollinghurst’s mellifluous prose is as fine and subtly shaded as ever, and his full, persuasive immersion of the reader in the book’s far-flung eras is impeccable. ‘The Sparsholt Affair’: Gay-sex scandal ripples over decades in Alan Hollinghurst’s latest 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z With a mellifluous name suggesting bucolic tranquility, Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican, is an unlikely object of the caterwauling recently directed at him and the House Freedom Caucus he leads. Opinion | What the Freedom Caucus stands for 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Possessing a mellifluous baritone and a congenital sneer that could signal aristocratic hauteur, Rickman invested dark, forbidding characters — from “Die Hard” to the “Harry Potter” movies — with alluring complexity and a winking self-awareness. Best of 2016: The year in review 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Coliseum and then Dodger Stadium, listening on their transistors to Scully call the game they were watching, and slowly falling in love with that mellifluous voice. Outgoing Dodgers legend Vin Scully bridged generations of fans like no other broadcaster 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z “I was content,” he said in the mellifluous voice that now often gets him recognition wherever he goes. How a Hollywood-beautiful, hard-cursing fly fishing guide helped get Bill Whitaker his '60 Minutes' job 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z So they imported an Italian architect, the mellifluously named Celestial Sacardim, to build an opera house. In the Brazilian Rain Forest, ‘a White Elephant, a Big One’ 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Speaking in mellifluous tones while sitting underneath a tree, she denounces her former colleagues and refuses to accept a prestigious human rights prize awarded to her by the American Bar Association. How to understand China’s confession videos 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s impossible not to wish for Hesse’s voice, especially after hearing her New York accent in an interview snippet, mellifluous and resolute. 'Gutsiness right from the get-go': Documentary shines light on artist Eva Hesse 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Unlike Trump, though, Reagan had a pleasingly mellifluous voice and a studied actor’s ease at the podium, and he appeared to actually believe in the ideas he expressed. The Foreign-Policy Distance Between Trump and Reagan 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Beware The closing track on Green’s 1973 album Livin’ for You is disconcerting and unsettling, though it appears mellifluous and warm. Al Green – 10 of the best 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Last June, in an exchange with reporter Hanna Rosin, Bush described his marriage in mellifluous terms: “Thank God I met her and thank God she let me into her life!” Governor Bush, Hable de Su Historia Mexicana 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Doughty has a low, mellifluous voice and an ironical manner. The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z A dapper, poised and highly sociable man with a ready smile and a mellifluous baritone, Mr. Kiplinger was a fixture on the Washington black-tie social scene. Austin H. Kiplinger, D.C. publisher and philanthropist, dies at 97 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Some might call Alli’s shot a screamer, the mellifluous label for an amazing shot from distance. France-England Game Is a Friendly in Every Sense of the Word 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Having secured the audience’s attention, Spence asked people to sample a dark Welsh ale: one sip while listening to a light, tinkling xylophone composition, and the second to the sound of a deep, mellifluous organ. The Illusion of Taste 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z She will propose names intended both to sound mellifluous and to convey a sense of what the parent hopes the child will become. Name your price 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z With a Latino congressman’s endorsement, a boy’s heart-rending story and the mellifluous sounds of a mariachi band, Bernie Sanders began a push to woo Hispanic voters at a rally in Arizona on Friday night. 'Doing the hardest work in America': Bernie Sanders woos Hispanic voters 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Scholars say the mellifluous cadences of the Gettysburg Address and other speeches were clearly influenced by his reading of the King James Bible. Who are the four Americans Pope Francis mentioned in Congress? 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z For the less mellifluous, weddings and other events that require public singalongs can be excruciating. Why some people don't sing the national anthem - BBC News 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z This is, after all, a franchise that has won a Super Bowl but also given birth to the term butt-fumble, the third-most beautiful word in the English language after mellifluous and bacon. The Silly Season for NFL Silliness 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z A Leo Bloom who sings mellifluously and mewls comically. Get-Rich Scheme Goes Comically Awry in ‘The Producers’ 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z But he was best known for his career commentating the sport, which began in 1964 and which the BBC described as his “mellifluous, light delivery, enthusiastically imitated by comedians and cricket fans alike.” Australian Cricket Commentator Richie Benaud Dies at 84 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z With his mellifluous, light delivery, enthusiastically imitated by comedians and cricket fans alike, Benaud also became the lead commentator on Australian television's Channel Nine from 1977. Cricket legend Benaud dies aged 84 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z "I have the best seat in the house," he said in his familiar mellifluous voice. Lawrence Tanter is a familiar voice in an unfamiliar Lakers season 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z So when I start highlighting its limitations, it’s not that I want you think of a haunting, mellifluous voice cajoling, “Come to the dark side, Luuuuuuuke.” Big Data's Dark Side 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z A charismatic speaker, she addressed the villagers in the booming and mellifluous cadences of Liberian English. Surviving Ebola 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It was just you and the radio, the voices excited or inspiring or mellifluous. Car Talk's Tom Magliozzi Reminded Us Why Radio Matters 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z A resident of New York for at least 45 years, he often spoke with a mellifluous Southern twang, which he could readily turn on and off. If John Gotti Was The 'Teflon Don', Then Roy Cohn Was The 'Teflon Rogue' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z As with anything as heartfelt and timeless as this, it almost feels like any sort of descriptive or analytical effort is doing a disservice to the instinctive and tactile nature of its dark, mellifluous tones. Songs of praise to David Lynch, film's king of mood music 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z A tall, magisterial figure, Sherman Howard presents an imposing Prospero whose mellifluous voice lends kindly authority to his words. A Review of ‘The Tempest’ in Madison 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z In another major role, that of the director Julian Marsh, James Lloyd Reynolds also displays a mellifluous voice. A Review of ‘42nd Street’ in Bellport 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Perhaps the only thing as mellifluous to Dower, an avid fan of musical styles like rhythm and blues, is the note of ball splashing net. Shots are still falling for Gonzaga’s Sam Dower Jr. 2014-03-20T00:02:10Z The mellifluous tones of his organ usually exhort the Islanders in front of 16,000-plus screaming fans at Nassau Coliseum when the Rangers are visiting. For Organist, the Best of Both Worlds 2014-01-30T04:01:49Z Ethnic, racial and geographic politics have been a fact of New York political life since parties emerged in the early 19th century, producing tickets that in more or less mellifluous songs and slogans championed diversity. News Analysis: Identity Politics, in a Brand-New Form 2013-09-14T18:30:10Z "Nobody else will be able to say 'Wolverhampton Wanderers' with quite such mellifluous tones." James Alexander Gordon to retire 2013-07-24T13:01:24Z So far, we've heard little but mellifluous pablum from Google in response to Home. Facebook Home: lockpicking Android for fun and profit 2013-04-09T11:25:00Z His mellifluous tones and apt description of the great all-rounder during his innings that afternoon as "leonine" will be heard as long as cricket and its most venerated match is watched. CMJ and Tony Greig: contrasting voices of cricket that exuded integrity 2013-01-05T21:00:01Z “People haven’t been fascinated by this book because the translation is mellifluous or beautiful,” said Michael F. Suarez, a professor of English at the University of Virginia who directs the Rare Book School there. Old South Church in Boston to Sell Rare Psalmbook 2012-12-25T02:47:48Z But his mellifluous voice and soft demeanour hint at a more sensitive side. Syrian frontline's rebel poet 2012-09-27T14:05:12Z In Zimbabwe Land Takeover, a Golden Lining HARARE, Zimbabwe — When Roger Boka started his auction business in the 1990s, this city’s tobacco trading floors were hushed places, save the mellifluous patter of the auctioneer. In Zimbabwe Land Takeover, a Golden Lining 2012-07-21T02:30:08Z But what a well-balanced touch, what a broad, euphonious tone, what care in building climaxes or shading his tone to mellifluous whisper! Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Idaho, too, has one of the most mellifluous of names, meaning the “Gem of the Mountains.” The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z “Stop joking, Pasha, pray,” Makar said in his purring, mellifluous voice. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z She could detect the mellifluous accents of the abb�, apparently in remonstrance, then the voice of mademoiselle, very low and earnest, broken by something smothered from the marquis, who spoke in tones of pain. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z "I've told my passion to the stars," continued the actor in his most mellifluous tenor, making the distant love of the Spanish stage to a lady who was smiling frankly on the audacious fiddler. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Rowe's artificially ingenious and morally mellifluous play, if edifying, is never thrilling. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z How they lure wild bees to capture All the rich mellifluous rapture Of their magical perfume, And to passing winds surrender And their frail and dazzling splendor Rivalling your turban-plume! The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z A placid smile was on every lip; the afternoon waned amid sacred song, mellifluous exhortation, and subdued mirth. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Its mellifluous melody is written pianissimo, dolce, legato, amoroso, and the orchestra carries it one measure behind the voice, thus keeping the theme constantly in the air like a sweet incense. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z In spite of his mellifluous tones there was something in the way in which he repeated the name which hardly suggested a compliment. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Four new species of bee have been identified in the New York region, and one of them, discovered in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, has been given the mellifluous yet gritty name Lasioglossum gotham. City Room: Gotham Gets a Bee of Its Own 2011-11-10T12:05:39Z Argument after argument, in cumulative progression, falls from the pleader's mellifluous tongue. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Baritone Zeljko Lucic was every bit her match in the title role, with mellifluous, dark singing in the duets and a pained regal bearing. Maria Guleghina brings Verdi?s ?Nabucco? back to the Met after 6-year absence 2011-09-30T05:02:44Z Excusable enough at the time, that little human outbreak was also more effective than the longest lecture or the most mellifluous reproof. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z From the fields came the scent of flowering buckwheat and mellifluous clover, and later of new-mown hay, sometimes varied by the tonic breath of the salt hay on the sea marshes. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z It would not hurt him much if he did join the rival Episcopal church in the neighbourhood, which had recently become quite popular under a new incumbent of mellifluous voice and no particular convictions. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z In him was seen purity of diction, clearness and terseness of expression, power of logic, richness and agreeableness of invention, and a style that was at once mellifluous and sublime. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z Nor was all this mellifluous information imparted without a timely caution. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Rick Santorum mentioned that he wasn’t getting enough airtime a lot, and pizza magnate Herman Cain mellifluously told the audience how great it was that he’s never been a politician. Sparring In Iowa: Pawlenty-Bachmann Tensions Heat Up At GOP Debate 2011-08-12T06:30:26Z And the mellifluous broadcaster Stuart Hall, a gleeful curator of northern culture, responded in print, far more poetically. Manchester still ahead of the game ? despite sniping from the south 2011-08-06T23:04:11Z The burgomaster felt moved to give expression to his sympathy in some eloquent words, and, having once heard his own mellifluous tones, he passed into an oration in praise of Miriam and her generosity. Judith Trachtenberg A Novel 2011-08-03T02:00:13.470Z He has a mellifluous voice and a knowing smile made all the goofier by the character’s utter cluelessness. | Long Island: Puns and Parodies, and a Killer Rabbit 2011-07-23T02:20:46Z He had read no Plato, though he was of course familiar enough with Spenser’s mellifluous dilution of Platonic and neo-Platonic doctrine in his four Hymns. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z This I remember well, that from the first sentence uttered by that mellifluous and feeling voice, I forgot everything but the scene he depicted, which scene I saw as 'twere passing before me. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z His voice was so mellifluous, his smile so full of mirth, That folks declared he was the best and smartest man on earth! Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z “I think mellifluous might be aiming too high,” he said. With Taxis of Tomorrow, City Aims to Change HONK! Into Honk 2011-05-12T02:50:04Z Is it possible that a man who felt such things sincerely could write of his feelings in such mellifluous prose? Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z That, too, disappeared, and in its place there floated out into that ancient stone-walled room a rich, mellifluous tenor voice singing an air from “Manon.” The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Mr. Davis has a mellifluous voice, but he looks exceedingly uncomfortable onstage. | Long Island: Gold-Hearted Dames and Benign Crooks 2011-04-24T00:37:36Z What followed, my boy, is none of your business, though a sentry near by subsequently observed that he heard the sound of soft, mellifluous gurgles come from the interior of the tent. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Naturally possessing a voice both mellifluous and powerful, with much true taste, and great accuracy of ear, she, without the aid of science, would often surpass the efforts of professional excellence. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady 2011-04-19T02:00:19.607Z It was amusing to hear them together, the one so short and sharp, the other so mellifluous and hesitating, yet their admiration, each for the other, was continuous. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Mrs. Frampton's was florid Gothic outside, with a mellifluous peal of bells. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Here the word pango presents us with the image of the poet at his lyre, pouring forth his mellifluous verses, and it has besides, in its sound, something of the twang of a musical instrument. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z From the foretop, in clear and mellifluous tones, was heard the following melody: Farewell! farewell! but ever, When wand'ring o'er the sea, Though worlds of water sever, This heart shall turn to thee. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z "Preferred it to any in the world, my dear!" said Mrs. Errington, mellifluously. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z She imagined she heard Blanden's soft mellifluous voice in the melody of these lines; but why did he not come? Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Lice have been referred to somewhat mellifluously as "heirloom parasites." Of lice and men: An itchy history 2011-02-14T17:15:00.247Z Paris, Venice, Athens, Madrid—how the mellifluous syllables thrilled her! Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z "No," she replied in mellifluous tones, with her most distracting smile. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z "A perfect gentleman," he pronounced him inwardly, taking envious note of his manners, his well-fitting, soft-bosomed shirt, the mellifluous tones of his really beautiful voice. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z Kate had to put ‘mellifluous’ in a sentence at school yesterday.” Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z Mr. Sheppard was more than a man behind a microphone, albeit one graced with a voice that sent sportswriters to the thesaurus in search of adjectives equivalent to sonorous, dignified, mellifluous and stately. Bob Sheppard Was Well Spoken on Art of Speaking 2010-07-13T01:47:00Z With any luck at all, Brazil will become a nation of Dungas and defend its own mellifluous patrimony. Sports of The Times: Fury at the Sounds of South Africa?s World Cup 2010-06-30T23:56:00Z It would have been carnival against Lent, the portly versus the pinched, wobbly jowls and mellifluous emotions taking it to tightly wound Tory severity. The gift of the political gab 2010-04-02T13:02:00Z It was a fine view that spread before him—a soothing, mellifluous landscape of golden river and hazy blue Indiana hills. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z It will sound twice as well in your ‘mellifluous’ tones. Betty Lee, Freshman 2010-12-20T17:12:25.800Z “Ah, bella signora,” cried Luigi in mellifluous tones, and he ground, and smiled, and showed his white teeth till the lady retired. Lady Maude's Mania Without the mellifluous elocution of a Cicero—free from pleonastic parade—he spoke forcibly, reasoned closely, demonstrated clearly, deduced conclusively. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The glass and the plate being at last empty, the mellifluous rogue showed himself disposed to come to business. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico Why didn't you tell me you were going to-day?' she continued when I had come up, holding my hand in both hers, speaking with emphatic cordiality, an altogether melted and mellifluous bishop's wife. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen When we write the speech which flows mellifluous, we do violence to nature. The Way of the Gods "Never mind them, Mr. Cashel," broke in Miss O'Hara, in a mellifluous Doric; "'tis jealous they are, because you like the officers better than themselves." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Properly spoken, there is no language so mellifluous as Italian. Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists "For Heaven's sake! will he never saw it off and let us get that stone set?" gritted the assistant, when the crowd cheered, and the mellifluous flood, checked for the applausive instant, poured steadily on. The King of Arcadia And then the bathing woman, fearful lest five o'clock should still find her on duty, began mellifluously to persuade. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen Enrique stepped up in front of her, and stopped, saying in mellifluous accents:— "What are you reading, my beauty?" Maximina "Come in," he said, mellifluously, "I am glad to see you." The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel Pike returned mellifluous thanks, while I looked at Walker and smiled. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois If the glory of the promises and the tenderness of Divine entreaty were to be always dropping mellifluously on his ear, as upon that solemn Sunday of the summer, it might be well. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 In a loud tone, which, however, was mellifluous and persuasive, he uttered these words: "You are asleep!" A Modern Wizard Those grand, those mellifluous and rotund phrases rolled out of those skinny lips at a mile-a-minute pace with never a flicker of emotion but a nervous twitching of the drooping eyelids. Cue for Quiet The pronunciation is described as soft and mellifluous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" She had a clear, full eye—a wide, but not unpleasant mouth—and a voice that suited well the mellifluous intonation of a Kerry accent. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago What Dryden did for Pope, Pope did for the next generation, and to compose mellifluous verses became the common attainment of ordinary scribblers. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Two young women, sitting near her, but farther from the chimney-nook, are gossiping idly, but persistently, in the soft, mellifluous brogue that distinguishes the county Cork. Rossmoyne She retired, with signs of disgust on her pretty face, to another corner, and when Borgert joined her soon afterward, she requested him in mellifluous tones to escort her home. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day "I ain't heard 'bout that," he said in a mellifluous voice. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Kubin's Salome is the last word in the interpretation of that mellifluous damsel. Ivory Apes and Peacocks The ideas of Theocritus, Virgil, and Spenser are, indeed, here exhibited in language equally mellifluous and pure; but the descriptions and sentiments are trite and common. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition “Our good Josè dreams below, while His Grace bites his nails above,” said a soft, mellifluous voice. Carmen Ariza In his great passages, respiration is easy and pronunciation simple; the language is a splendid and mellifluous stream. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) He and his partners entered into what your correspondent mellifluously styles “a mutually beneficent partnership” with certain laborers in Spain. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 At the close of the waltz the owl came and took the little gypsy away from Robert, and a moment later he heard the mellifluous voice of his companion of the banquet. The Eye of Dread In almost all his poems the words follow their natural order, and are mellifluous beyond those of almost any other verse writer. The Poetical Works of William Collins With a Memoir "I am much changed," answered the stranger, in a deep, mellifluous voice, that reminded the hearer of sweet, solemn church music. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend “Good morning,” the other replied in a soft and mellifluous voice. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Have a cigar, deluded youth, while I enlighten you concerning this mellifluous couple. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 Often I have heard a kilted chairman quitting his English for a little and giving the audience a mellifluous Ossianic sentence or two. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland The tulip-tree, so called obviously because of the shape of its flowers, has a most mellifluous and pleasing botanical name, Liriodendron Tulipifera—is not that euphonious? Getting Acquainted with the Trees Only when he would chance to meet the full gaze of Electra's "wild eyes," or catch the tones of Emma's mellifluous voice, then, indeed, he would show signs of disturbance. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend With an exclamation I ran forward, interrupting the mellifluous course of Schubert's Serenade, and Barraclough started to his feet. Hurricane Island Then we notice two ladies who rejoice in the mellifluous names of "Bald-head" and "Cockroach," and who are both worthy representatives from Keith's Alley. Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life His advice, therefore, was, that the hunters should conceal themselves behind the trunks of the surrounding trees; and, observing silence, wait till the bruang had finished his mellifluous repast, and feel inclined to come down. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt “Lady,” he said, sighingly, “I kiss your mellifluous fingers and believe myself in Elysium.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel To put the highly wrought, artificial poetry of the Hebrew Dante into mellifluous Italian verse was by no means easy. Jewish Literature and Other Essays In order to fit it to the Chinese ideographs for literary purposes, it was being deprived of its mellifluous polysyllabic character and reduced to monosyllabic terseness. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era They talk lengthily and most mellifluously of love in a garden at night. The Wagnerian Romances Now, list to two men carrying a large deep tub of honey between them, and bellowing in rapid alternation, "Miele, miele," and say if their accents are mellifluous! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. In the story of King Lear and his three daughters, as it is related in the "delectable and mellifluous" romance of Perceforest, and in the Chronicle of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the conclusion is fortunate. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical The husky mellifluous tones of the preventive-service man, who had crept up unnoticed to listen to the conversation, here murmured insinuatingly in her ear. The Light of Scarthey What pleasant satire is here, on the mellifluous “openings” of Counsel, the putting a romantic gloss on the most prosaic incidents. Bardell v. Pickwick In most of the dry and bushy places I found him at my elbow—or, rather, some distance away, but in evidence by his mellifluous song. Birds of the Rockies It would not have been remembered had it not been set forth in a finely studied and mellifluous prose. American Sketches 1908 At last something good, the mellifluous and the true, began to trickle from his brain and pour in with the saliva of his mouth. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Some of his pasquinades are very clever; some of his serious verse is mellifluous enough; but as a poet he is not even a minor bard. The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe A step comes up the balcony, and the mellifluous voice is whistling Schumann's Carnival. Floyd Grandon's Honor Nor strow with Captive Kings the † Velvet Plain; Omit awhile the Silver Peal to ring, Nor talk dulcissant, nor mellifluous sing, Nor hang suspended, nor adherent cling. Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast Myriad pardons for me,” began the Swami in his mellifluous voice. Jewel Weed Back then there was a belief in deliverers who would reach for him while uttering charming, mellifluous words which all of the family members would accede to. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais "Indeed?—er—yes, to be sure, I am pleased to make your acquaintance, Miss Marvin," said Parson Endicott mellifluously, with a glance which seemed to distinguish Hester kindly from the ordinary furniture of the room. Shining Ferry He salutes them in mellifluous tones, and sits down. Nights in London These were cited as proof ‘that the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare.’ A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles He was from Virginia, and adopting the sweet, mellifluous language of his own home, I asked him whether he liked best to stay where he was, or go back to "Old Virginny?" Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses As he did so he heard the Laotian snoring as uproariously as a siren and yet as mellifluously as the enticing song of a Siren. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Her sonnets, here printed for the first time, seem to me to be of great beauty, and her longer piece entitled "Our Casuarina Tree," needs no apology for its rich and mellifluous numbers. Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan To its musical murmur may be traced the mellifluous cadences of the statesman's voice employed so effectually in his appeals to Labour and the Paris Conference. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 Lastly, if thou canst win a kiss From those mellifluous lips of his; Then never take a second on, To spoil the first impression. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children He dreamed a dream with the smell of new-turned hay in it, then awoke to find himself repeating that mellifluous tag of his about man's airy notions. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales No, no; change churlish dreams and braving trumpets to mellifluous flutes. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 They appealed to him as a group of carefully tailored Abstractions bombinating mellifluously in a void. Erik Dorn The waiters were now abjectly admiring, and in the most mellifluous tones that signified their "great expectations," expressed to the heedless Mr Campbell their congratulations on the discovery of his son. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge For her, no lion, tempest-crowned, for her no prowling bear, for her no screaming eagle—but the harp, mellifluous and tender. St. Cuthbert's ‘Sacred mission,’ ‘tenderest joy,’ ‘holiest mission,’ ‘highest vocation’—one knows the mellifluous phrases.” The Daughters of Danaus There was much of this in our great man, whose voice became of the sweetest and most mellifluous key, as he bent before the peer. John Forster A bell warbles the more mellifluously in the air when the sound of the stroke is over, and when another swims out from underneath it, and pants upon the element that gave it birth. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Law was presided over, as I have already said, by the brilliant Cockburn, and the mellifluous Coleridge was palpably preparing to succeed him. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography As a specimen I select two romantic adventures:— The title of the extensive romance of Perceforest is, "The most elegant, delicious, mellifluous, and delightful history of Perceforest, King of Great Britain, &c." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 “Was it not rather an angel than a mortal, whose mellifluous notes accompanied the instrument?” said the magnificent Youantée. The Pacha of Many Tales "Wal, I don' know 's they would, mother; but it 's been a dreadful busy time o' year, ye know," said Captain Leezur, mellifluously. Vesty of the Basins "It doesn't surprise me," growled the Irishman in a surly, short tone, very unusual in that mellifluous voice. The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) Crofter made no further protest; but greeted my desertion with a mellifluous laugh, which made me more uncomfortable than a storm of objurgations. Tom, Dick and Harry Lastly, if thou can'st win a kiss From those mellifluous lips of His, Then never take a second on To spoil the first impression. In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV By the time she had taken in so much as this the mellifluous young man had perceived and addressed himself to her brother. The Tragic Muse He was doing the ballyho oration in front of a side wall circus in a mellifluous style that was just dragging the tar heels up to the entrance. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) "Well, and have we a fair wind?" cried my uncle, in his most mellifluous accents. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth His resolute mien, tall, graceful figure, expressive gestures, flashing eye, and mellifluous voice captivated independently of the substance of his discourse. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The vision steals upon you at all hours,—now rounding its flowing outline to the mellifluous metre of Epic hexameter, and again with its bounding life pulsating with the glorious dashes of tragic verse. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons At the other end of the table, as 'Vice', sits Mr. Fellowes, rector and magistrate, a man of imposing appearance, with a mellifluous voice and the readiest of tongues. Scenes of Clerical Life But on second thoughts, poor little Sally being neither young nor comely, he ventured, and sat down by the bed, veiled behind a strip of curtain, and poured his mellifluous consolations into her open ears. The House by the Church-Yard His voice, in imitation of the "Boy," the "Great American tragedian," alternates between the deep bass of a veteran porker and the mellifluous tenor of a "pig's whisper." The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Great shouts of laughter exploded above, and they seemed to hold their breath to hear more; or Manuel, hanging over, would praise in mocking, mellifluous accents the energy of his denunciations. Romance Such a song as Rosalynde's Madrigal, beginning, Love in my bosom, like a bee Doth suck his sweet: is as fluent, as graceful, and as mellifluous as anything that appeared in that marvelously productive time. Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy He was sociable; had pleasant manners, a rotund figure not yet inclining to coarseness, a pink and white complexion, and a mellifluous tenor voice. Hetty Wesley Hush! hush! thou trembling lyre, Silence, ye vocal choir, And thou, mellifluous lute, For man soon breathes his last, And all his hope is past, And all his music mute. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation "But he was very stiff and proud He said, 'You needn't talk so loud,'" chanted Miss Esmé mellifluously. The Clarion The same dead level of dry personal detail speaks through each chapter; or if occasional relief is afforded, it is "in liquid lines mellifluously bland," and prosier than all the rest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 What in Shakespeare is easy and mellifluous often becomes in Blom so vague that its meaning has to be discovered by a reference to the original. An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway "Does this good lady want something?" inquired Mr. Wilkins mellifluously. The Enchanted April The humorous Dr. King, who has touched on this subject, suspects that many of the Greek dishes appear charming from their mellifluous terminations, resounding with a floios and toios. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Never so much at home as when alone, the mellifluous Sundown's imagination expanded, till it embraced the farthest outpost of his theme. Sundown Slim In phrase, it is mellifluous; in idea, impressively philosophical. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy If he wore his frayed splendor with a certain picturesque distinction, it was the way he did all things, even his delightful brogue which was if anything a shade too mellifluous to be wholly unaffected. Kenny "You can't see Miss Dane, you ragamuffin!" exclaimed the mellifluous tones of footman Wilson. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week Music is a language, a mother tongue, a more mellifluous and articulate language than words, in comparison with which speech is recent and temporary. Beethoven The heavens are a soundingboard devised for the sole purpose of throwing back the mellifluous voices of native orators. A Hoosier Chronicle But when these mellifluous mysticisms are once translated into "the vulgar tongue" they prove to be, strange to say, easily within the comprehension of the ordinary layman. Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration His diction is not so pure and mellifluous, his characters not so various and just, nor his plots so regular, so interesting, and simple, as those of his pathetic rival. Essays on Wit No. 2 And now a specimen of really mellifluous Dutch. A Wanderer in Holland As they drew near my window I heard the words "On the Banks of the Wabash" most mellifluously harmonized. Twelve Men Rather hard to sit up all the way through the Squire's speech; an hour and a half long; bristling with figures; mellifluous with millions, throbbing with thousands. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28, 1892 Lady Sarah bit her lip, and, unable to endure her enemy's triumph any longer, she said in her most mellifluous tone: 'Won't you sing us something, Captain Hibbert?' Muslin Though she had spoken quite sharply at the telephone, her voice was mellifluous when she attuned it to Gabriella. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage The great charm, however, was in the broad, sunny forehead, in the smile of ineffable sweetness, in the low and singularly mellifluous voice, and the manner, gentle and graceful as any woman's. The Missing Bride The Italian sorceress was there, her gorgeous chain earrings tinkling mellifluously as she nodded and gesticulated. Twelve Men Homer with mellifluous tongue Phœbus' glorious light hath sung, Hymning high his praise; Yet his feeble rays Ocean's hollows may not brighten, Nor earth's central gloom enlighten. The Consolation of Philosophy But those who are accustomed to the wood notes of the Bard of Avon, will not admire the scenic compositions, however elegant or mellifluous, of the Batavian Bard. The Life of Hugo Grotius With Brief Minutes of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of the Netherlands The nightingale is universally admitted to be the most enchanting of warblers; and many might be tempted to encage the mellifluous songster, but for the supposed difficulty of procuring proper food for it. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 569, October 6, 1832 "Will you not look at me, darling?" he asked in that mellifluous voice of his which no woman had yet been found strong enough to withstand. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 "Was it not rather an angel than a mortal, whose mellifluous notes accompanied the instrument?" said the magnificent Youantée. The Pacha of Many Tales "Go, my brother," said the driver in a mellifluous and really fraternal tone of voice. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 There are still ladies who feel sure that had they been in Laura's shoes Petrarch might have experienced something more vivid than what comes through his mellifluous but elaborate rime. Since Cézanne When the Psalms were read, you heard the first verse read in a mellifluous and cultured voice. The Parish Clerk "Now your highness desires to know above all things how I can have dared to intrude here at so unusual an hour, and without the shadow of permission," he said with his mellifluous, insinuating voice. The Youth of the Great Elector "A mellifluous, voice, as I am a true Knight!" Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 101, July 11, 1891 Her sonnets seem to me to be of great beauty, and her longer piece, entitled "Our Casuarina Tree," needs no apology for its rich and mellifluous numbers. Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala After a time these mellifluous stanzas droop, and cling to the paper: they have not enough flame-like motion. Essays Æsthetical Reindeer have a parasite living on the back between the skin and the flesh, a mellifluous maggot an inch long. The New North Their only merit, he assured Mr Gosse, lay in "their mellifluous smoothness." Robert Browning The mellifluous sentimentality, too, of the novelist seems to come to a climax in this book; justifying Taine's satiric remark that "these phrases should be accompanied by a mandolin." Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities Though he tends to the mellifluous and the saccharine he has in his better pages a dewy, luminous style, with words choicely picked out and cadences delicately manipulated. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Outside in the darkness a clock chimed, and one of his own treasures repeated the hour with a soft mellifluous note. The Moon Rock "Your niece, father," said Walter, mellifluously, "and the most beautiful girl in Derbyshire." A Perilous Secret At Harvard he is best remembered as Creon in the Oedipus Tyrannus, where his handsome face and figure and mellifluous Greek won much admiration. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe He was still thinking of these things, and prattling mellifluously of quite other things, when the Lolotte luffed up under the lee of the little island of Alcatraz. Overland In the Irish-speaking portions of the country the hedge-schoolmaster was often also a poet who wrote mellifluous songs in Irish, which were sung throughout the entire district and sometimes earned him enduring fame. The Glories of Ireland Yes, as I have said, it must have heard some pealing and tolling of the St. Martin's Church bells—and what charmingly mellifluous and melodious bells they are! A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" I think with you, sir," said he, mellifluously, "that she ought to have a few thousands by way of compensation. A Perilous Secret "Yes, he did," said Mrs. Perkins, the water in her eyes affecting her voice so that it became mellifluous instead of merely melodious. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life "Three days ago, Miss Anna, I hope he'll stay forever and ever;" and Jeffy darted off at a mellifluous sound that dropped down from above. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Eight years later, the author being then in Italy, it was recast with great care in mellifluous blank verse. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. "That's all right, little lady," he urged in a voice as nearly mellifluous as he could contrive with its mighty volume. Within the Law Put upon his good faith, and finding it in collision with his inclinations, Sloppy threw back his head and uttered a mellifluous howl, rounded off with a sniff. Our Mutual Friend The Miss Crumptons conversed with the young ladies in the most mellifluous tones, in order that Miss Brook Dingwall might be properly impressed with their amiable treatment. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Lorna Doone, stand forth from contact with that heir of parricide; and state in your own mellifluous voice, whether you regard this slaughter as a pleasant trifle.' Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor Yet they found the language, as written and spoken by him, full of harmony—rich, mellifluous, and sonorous. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist He seemed to have a theory, rather misty to be sure, about the use of 'm's' and 'n's' and mellifluous vowels and sonorous words. Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 1 Just as I moved the Count's persuasive hand was laid on his shoulder, and the Count's mellifluous voice interposed to quiet him. The Woman in White Some of them, lulled by the narrator's mellifluous voice, began to snore. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution He hymned the old unhappy wars in which he had been Achilles and the mellifluous Nestor, yet gone his righteous ways unheeded by the cruel kings. Main Street XXI Nor jewelled phrase nor mere mellifluous rhyme Reverberates aright, or ever shall, One cadence of that infinite plain-song Which is itself all music. Children of the Night He spoke in a facile, mellifluous voice, and as fluently as if he had been at work for a long time preparing a dissertation on this subject, instead of taking it up now by chance. The Market-Place He was smiling with extreme urbanity, and talking in a low, mellifluous voice to the lady, who evidently was not listening to him. Roderick Hudson Upon the silence there fell the pure, liquid, mellifluous melody of a soft-throated woman singing to her lover. The Damnation of Theron Ware At the conclusion of the sermon the rector with a slight tremor in his mellifluous voice pronounced the benediction. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley The mellifluous Heraclitus can have been no sitter up o' nights, or his pal wouldn't have boasted about tiring the sun by our methods. Mr. Justice Raffles A reader of Ariosto, he had not taken to heart one of his most memorable verses, those mellifluous lines in which the poet dwells upon the laboriousness of intellectual achievement. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" I did not like the wearing of her religion on her sleeve, nor the mellifluous drawl in which she spoke. The Vicar's Daughter His mellifluous tones had somehow the effect of suggesting to Theron that he was an outsider and would better mind his own business. The Damnation of Theron Ware The lady of mellifluous speech shall suborn no more; no more shall lull me into beatific slumbers. Anna St. Ives His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round hole, nearly in the centre of his visage.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Meanwhile Pietro unburdened his neglected soul of strange oily imprecations that might have sounded to the uneducated ear of Standish like mellifluous benedictions, notwithstanding the progress he was making in Italian under Tina's tuition. Revenge! Elements of feudalism survived in the mellifluous and prolix prose of the Habsburg codices and patents. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism The severe contempt of ornament, which characterizes the stern Roman, is totally unlike the mellifluous sweetness of the Attic writer. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities His eyes, seared by the raw light, used to the frantic motley of that drunken savage, could hardly adapt themselves to the half-tints, the dainty and mellifluous harmonies of French art. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House Coming forward among the sailors, she inquired for Max the Dutchman, who immediately was forthcoming, and saluted her by the mellifluous appellation of Sally. Redburn. His First Voyage Christophe set no more store by these poetic dramas than he did by the Italian operas with their shrill mellifluous airs and their ornamental vocal exercises. Jean-Christophe Journey's End In his most resonant and mellifluous tones, he said, "You do me honour—" and took the offered hand, and lifted it grandly, and touched it with his lips. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time Why, the whole place is one mellifluous smudge. The Story of Sugar The waiter came round, and the unhappy man, in confident but mellifluous tones, pointing to the bread, asked for "My donkeys." The Englishwoman in America Lizzie, confounded by the softness of his voice as joined to the harshness of the question, could hardly understand him, and he repeated it thrice, becoming every time more and more mellifluous. The Eustace Diamonds But his voice, which had sounded somewhat irate during the discussion, again rolled out in mellifluous tones. An American Politician In separate cages hung, the same kind roof Sheltered a bullfinch and a raven bold, The one with song mellifluous charmed the house; The other's cries incessant wearied all. Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. I listened going close to the wall, when I discovered the mellifluous accents proceeded from the throat of the missing giant, Sir Tilton. A Heart-Song of To-day It hurled Dyckman against and along the big table, just as he put home one magnificent, majestic, mellifluous swinge with all his body in it. We Can't Have Everything In the ballads and songs, how felicitous again is the poet's work, and how rich yet mellifluous is the strain! Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13 Great Writers; Dr Lord's Uncompleted Plan, Supplemented with Essays by Emerson, Macaulay, Hedge, and Mercer Adam Her parent emitted a low, melodious sort of sound, a kind of mellifluous howl. The Green Mouse Before doing so I soothed his offended dignity by a mellifluous explanation, and he once more, but somewhat loftily, offered me his hand as I bade him farewell. Twixt France and Spain Full of compassion for the suffering, the tender heart of the Poet melts at the sight, and in mellifluous tones he asks, "What is the matter, BUB?" Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 34, November 19, 1870 Those that were rounded at the ends were mellifluous; the jagged ones were harsh; the thick pieces expressed force and vigour. A Voyage to the Moon I seem to hear again his mellifluous voice, repeating at the close of each passage of his argument, "And forthwith came thereout blood-AND WATER!" Hawthorne and His Circle They were all brothers or sisters and accustomed to such mellifluous modes of address. The Happy Adventurers Far wiser is it, they have come to understand, to confine spoliation to action, while in outward speech affirming the most mellifluous and touching professions of solicitude for public interests. Great Fortunes from Railroads Nor should the local color in the delineation of the break of day in the beginning of the third act, and the charmingly felicitous use of mellifluous gongs in the marriage scene be overlooked. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time This larghetto in A flat is a trifle too ornamental for my taste, mellifluous and serene as it is. Chopin : the Man and His Music Mrs. Tarbury presently called Julia, in mellifluous accents, and the girl pulled herself stiffly from the bed, and went blinking down to an improvised supper. The Story of Julia Page It is indescribable how soft and mellifluous his voice had now become. Kennedy Square "I don't know what you mean, Mr. Fountain"; and the mellifluous tones dried suddenly. Love Me Little, Love Me Long So George said, with some hesitation, but in a mellifluous voice, "William was showing me—a trick—he learned at the fair—that is all, Susan." It Is Never Too Late to Mend Nothing could be more satisfactory than the annual report summarised by Principal Nares, whose mellifluous voice and daintily pedantic utterance fell upon expectant hearing with the impressiveness of personal compliment. Born in Exile "So you are the young musician?" he said, in those warm mellifluous accents that I had heard before and that I so well remembered. A Romance of Two Worlds I have had little time to congratulate you, conte," he said, in those mellifluous accents of his which were like his own improvised music, "but I assure you I do so with all my heart. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten In this reply Mrs. Strangeways modified her tone, discarding mellifluous tenderness, yet not going quite so far as Alma in neglect of appearances. The Whirlpool My Nancy comes to me tomorrow—Praise be to Allah! and I shall duly, and in appropriate and prideful language, I trust, present her with your mellifluous lines. Letters of Franklin K. Lane It was the voice of a man who sang baritone, and his accent was an odd combination of the Bush drawl grafted on to the mellifluous Gaelic, from which race he had originated. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life When he spoke his voice was rich and mellifluous, though his accents had a touch in them of grave scorn. A Romance of Two Worlds She moved away,—but started and drew herself back into a shadowed corner, coloring deeply as the sound of a rich, mellifluous voice, which she instantly recognized, smote suddenly on her ears. Thelma A kind of Greek wine I have met with, sir, in my travels; it is the same that Demosthenes usually drunk, in the composure of all his exquisite and mellifluous orations. Cynthia's Revels "No. You know that orator chap, liquid eyes, mellifluous voice, and all the rest of it." The Prospector Then there were words which were beautiful to hear, which had a rich sound—words like "mellifluous" and "brocade" and "Cleopatra." Missy They went from table to table and in mellifluous accents, plus a strain of hyperbole, explained their predicament to each lady, concluding with a respectful demand for a kiss. The Native Son All he had sent had been sent from the castle, and were as gentle and mellifluous as sentences well could be which had neither articles nor pronouns. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day And so there was, and no one lacked, neither of raspberry, open tarts, nor of mellifluous bulls'-eyes, nor of polonies, beautiful to the sight and taste. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh That beak, whence issued many a lay Of such mellifluous tone, Might have repaid him well, I wote, For silencing so sweet a throat, Fast stuck within his own. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 Finch exerted all his mellifluous eloquence in defence of his brother, and contrived, without directly opposing himself to the prevailing sentiment, to insinuate that Russell's conduct had not been faultless. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 "And if not, angelic breasts do not harbor resentment long," said Don Inocencio mellifluously. Dona Perfecta Wada’s face is no longer solemnly long, and Louis’ Oxford accent is more mellifluous than ever. The Mutiny of the Elsinore For twenty years he had advocated a protective tariff so mellifluously, and he believed so sincerely in its efficacy, that he could at any time hypnotize himself by repeating his own phrases. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography The Cooloosa River winds through a range of small mountains, passes Okochee and then blends its waters trippingly, as fall the mellifluous Indian syllables, with the Chattahoochee. Waifs and Strays Part 1 Well, neither those infamous pot-houses nor our most scientific cooks can make us a sauce like this; mellifluous! Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau "I do not know you?" said he, searchingly mellifluous. The Egoist Just after him you have the "mellifluous poets" of the next period on the one hand, with style enough, but with such attenuated ideas that their work has died. Study of the King James Bible His passion for Shakespeare resulted in mellifluous Tswana translations of five plays from "Comedy of Errors" to "Merchant of Venice" and "Julius Caesar". Native Life in South Africa At the same moment the door of the room below opened, and the captain's mellifluous bass notes floated upstairs, charged with the customary stimulant to his wife's faculties. No Name This he filled up with alcohol, and stirred the fiery and mellifluous ingredients together. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West Surcharged with music, he overflows in mellifluous numbers. Select Poems of Sidney Lanier |
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