| 单词 | babel |
| 例句 | And through the babel he heard cries of: “Whip, whip, the whip!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Half a minute, if you please!’ shouted the man over his shoulder, and vanished into a babel of voices and a cloud of smoke. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z There was a hoot of snarling horns and a babel of baying voices. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The babel of foreign languages spoken by tourists visiting it bears a rough sonic similarity to those around Castle Garden in 1885. An Immigrant Named Trump 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z It is like a vast living room for spontaneous conversations in a babel of languages: Spanish, English, Russian and Hebrew. Hotel Review: Tierras Enamoradas 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z There must be a veritable babel of questions bubbling around your brain. We are not gay, but we secretly kiss and sleep in the same bed | Dear Mariella 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z The documents date to the ninth century and contain a babel of poetry, prayers, recipes, legal and family correspondence, doodles and accounting tallies, in languages including Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic and Judeo-Arabic. The Cairo Geniza, Under Piecemeal Restoration 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Avant-garde … There’s a bewildering babel of labels used to try to classify artists who are defiantly unclassifiable. SOUNDbox kicks off this month, offering a platform to Seattle’s vibrant new-music scene 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Too bad there was such a babel of shouted suggestions that she recognized only a few. Pianist Gabriela Montero combines classical improv with a spicy Latin beat 2011-02-05T15:53:00Z Poetry is a constant conversation that resonates throughout the babel of millenniums, and one of small presses’ crucial tasks is publishing translations of little-known foreign poets — poets like Polina Barskova, born in Leningrad in 1976. Books of The Times: Poetry by Luljeta Lleshanaku, Lightsey Darst and Others 2010-07-22T22:18:00Z The babel of voices and accents, their snarls, their drawls, their short, clipped phrases or long, flowing rambles, their clarity or muddle, their eagerness or depression, reveal their regional origins, their class, their temperament. Modernity Britain: Opening the Box by David Kynaston – review 2013-06-15T07:01:01Z In a babel of tongues, ordinary Europeans vented their pandemic fatigue. Europe, already beset by Delta surges, now confronts Omicron 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “It is too fitting that the Trump presidency concludes amid a babel of bluster and bravado,” the unbylined authors, representing the viewpoint of the paper’s management, wrote. Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Review-Journal twice endorsed Trump. Now it’s advising him to admit he lost. 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Michael Howie, one of the three leaders on the project, said most of the musical playgrounds include tubular chimes with mallets, a large babel drum and sambas. Kiwanis project brings music to Hastings playgrounds 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Chung’s erudite, restrained reading morphs into a babel of international voices, including fluent Mandarin. Did you hear about that international crime spree? Follow 7 audiobook mysteries across the globe 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Gold, who deservedly won a Tony for his direction of the musical “Fun Home,” doesn’t seem to mind the babel of accents or the hodgepodge of acting approaches. Review: Glenda Jackson battles through a brazenly busy ‘King Lear’ on Broadway 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Still, if we’re ever going to get to the babel fish from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, awkward neckbuds are probably a necessary step along the way. LG’s new neckbuds have a button for Google Assistant and Translate 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Many of the voices speak English, but alongside them are a babel of other tongues – Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Azeri, Hindi, Turkish, Urdu. Shilpa Gupta: the artist bringing silenced poets back to life 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Democracy depends upon a certain idea of truth: not the babel of our impulses, but an independent reality visible to all citizens. Perspective | Fascism is back. Blame the Internet. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z A babel of languages mix on the the streets. A journey through Colombia's heart of darkness on the way to America 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But the people’s voice is a shouting babel of narrower and narrower interests. We’ve become a shouting babel of narrow interests 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Pompeii in the first century was a community of multicultural neighborhoods speaking a babel of languages, lunching in fast-food restaurants, and indulging at home on costly imported delicacies. Bringing the Ghostly City of Pompeii Back to Life 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Sitting atop his tower of babel of knowledge, Wales describes himself as little more than a figurehead. Jimmy Wales: digital champion of free speech 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z There were so many different kind of accents heard cheering for the U.S. team at the 5 Line Tuesday, the place was like a bleacher of babel. It's over for U.S. at World Cup, but America hopes it's just the start 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Flattening the world into an online babel of competing voices is a poor strategy for improving one’s own ability to listen to and digest complex ideas. Viewpoint: Ban Laptops from the Lecture Hall 2013-10-09T09:45:24Z The "babel" of far-flung languages spoken in Europe and Asia, perhaps resulting from the fall of the Biblical tower, may derive from a single common ancestor. English May Have Retained Words From an Ice Age Language 2013-05-06T20:55:00Z There is a babel of opinions among analysts about what this does or doesn’t mean. Person of the Year Runner-Up: Tim Cook 2012-12-21T14:15:00Z Calling and laughing, the babel of their voices like the rattle of the pebbles that roll back with the retiring wave, they passed and passed and passed. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z A crash, a loud shriek, and a babel of shouts showed that a disaster had occurred. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Immediately, on sight of the two young men and the dog, the babel of voices fell to a hush and the men all squared about and stared. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z They were to him what the loving words of the dying thief were to the Saviour, amid the babel and blasphemy of Calvary. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Heavy firing was proceeding from the direction of the stadt, and there was a confused babel of voices. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Then I stepped back, and under cover of the babel that instantly poured up the staircase I drew Mademoiselle into the room behind us, and, closing the door which faced the stairs, stood listening. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z I tried to call out, but my voice rose little above a whisper, and the banging and shrieking, the babel without went on endlessly. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z From the whole room arose a babel of voices—cries of surprise, exclamations, merry laughter. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z I want the Czar to be surrounded by a babel of mistrust and espionage. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The guard came, and immediately there was a babel of explanation. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z A rush of feet and the babel of many voices filled the passage with a tide of sound, which drew rapidly nearer. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z This street runs into the Forum, and is in easy hearing distance of the babel of noise which issued constantly from that centre of the city. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z The theatre was filled with a babel of voices. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z It may become a double-edged weapon, this ‘babel of distrust.’ The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The cries of the enemy are suddenly drowned in a babel of yells behind them. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z In the next breath he was gone through the doorway, his spurs rang on the stairs; and the babel of the crowd, unchecked by the great man's presence, broke out anew, and louder. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z In that babel no man could make himself heard without shouting. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z It roared with the babel of a great multitude. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The crowd at one corner of Catharine Canal was a babel of excitement and violence. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z They sprang up as Samba approached between his guides, and a great babel of question and answer arose, like the chattering of monkeys. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z Until again above the babel a man cried "Silence!" and again they listened. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Loud was the babel about the yards of the inns, loudest where the taprooms poured forth those who, having dined well, had also drunk deep, after the fashion of our great-grandsires. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The babel of unknown tongues rose on every side. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z I'm all for cultural diversity but wouldn't a world that's more relatable be better? a sort of reverse tower of babel effect. Digital tools 'to save languages' 2012-02-18T15:18:12Z In such a babel of voices there was no danger of being overheard. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Such a babel there was when Hinpoha recognized the strange comedian and presented her to the others! The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z While they were still perplexed as to the best course to follow, they heard a roar and a crash from the direction of the commandant's house, followed by a babel of cries. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The roar of the ways, choked with soldiers and citizens, the babel of strange tongues, the clamour of bells and trumpets, deafened us. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Why does he not put a stop to this babel? The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z A moment's silence, then a babel of voices, a clamor and rush. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z This the alderman suppressed as mere babel: whereas it was a worthy trait. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Then amid a babel of exclamations and a chorus of blame and praise, the ladder was brought, and Vaughan made haste to descend. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The sound went unheard, in the babel of noise all around him. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z The conduct of the man whom Vlaye had left on guard, the increasing disorder and babel of the half-drunken troopers, awoke in him neither indignation nor anger, nor astonishment, but only fear. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Again Bart made the explanation, and then there arose a babel. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z From a small house at the corner a very babel of sound issues forth. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z While the babel without deafened and distracted them. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z And a large part of other cultures as well — which I realized when I heard a babel of foreign languages on Hollywood Blvd. after the tour. How a Los Angeleno Survived a Tour of Homes of Hollywood Stars 2012-01-07T05:15:00Z A babel of voices rose from the door. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z The hours went by, but the streams of motley pedestrians and the babel of vociferous vendors and chattering buyers did not slacken. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z When this great crowd of two or three thousand are assembled the babel begins. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Then at last the shouting of the rival bands sank to a confused babel of jeers, abuse, and laughter. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Above the babel of voices and the rattle of wheels arose the sounds of lamentation and modified cuss words. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z Then Micky managed to make himself heard above the babel in a demand for quiet. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The discussion was a true babel of diversity, which continued for a long time and came to nothing. South-African Folk-Tales 2011-12-20T03:00:27.703Z The whole sky is streaked with columns of strange forms, and the still air resounds with the babel of discordant croaks and cries. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z For presently, in a momentary lull of the babel outside, a voice he knew rose above those in the room. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z "What do they find to talk about?" is the question that comes to one every time he hears the babel of excited voices. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The gavel fell in vain; only a cannonade could have been heard in that babel of sound. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The babel of shouting, screaming, laughing voices that instantly sounded from the helpless pile of humanity frightened the nervous horses. Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z How long he remained in that condition of half stupor he did not know, but he soon heard a babel of voices, and saw everything about him as bright as day. The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman 2011-11-07T02:00:17.100Z Wild hurrahing and an indescribable babel of shouts, mingled with the rushing roar of the flames, rose from the Square. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z When they flagged our train because of a broken rail, I stepped down out of the crowded car, With its clamour and dust and heat and babel of broken talk. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z The pavilion rang with laughter and was filled with the babel of tongues. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z A babel of oaths and sporting outcries shook the place, pierced from the street without by the strains of an emulous organ-grinder jocularly jerking out the tango. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z The babel all of a sudden rose into so much noise that it was evident that the heights to which popular feeling had risen were going a bit higher yet. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z At this their eyes lighted up with hope, and a babel of cries arose, all shouting assent, and I think I heard one voice say, "God bless you!" Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z It took her a little time to unravel what was said amidst such a babel of voices. The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy 2011-09-18T02:00:22.467Z The babel of talk and of light-hearted laughter, the shifting of many-hued garments under the intense blue arch of the sky, reminded Ariston of the fickle sunlit waves of the �gean. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z For the sedate calm of the afternoon call was suddenly interrupted by a tremendous uproar beyond the closed door that was blocked by the writing-table—a babel of confused voices and the shuffling of feet. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z There came a babel of voices, followed by a loud pounding upon the door. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Suddenly the crowd that had attached itself to the railings began to melt away, and the babel of clattering voices died down. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z For a long minute the babel of shouting continued, for that eighty-yard sprint had changed the complexion of the game in a handful of seconds. The Turner Twins 2011-08-28T02:00:36.990Z In the midst of the babel I sent out a few thoughts to a few people on the island. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z As the gallant sea-and-air ship rose, her three occupants waved their hands in farewell in rejoinder to the babel of shouts beneath them. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z Char heard her open the door of the next room, which she knew must be the sitting-room, and a babel of voices immediately became audible. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z No sooner were they clear of the silence bounds than they broke into a perfect babel of chatter, discussing the pros and cons of the election. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z About me was a babel of sound, of which I heard, the whole time, no intelligible word. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Something throbbed up in her throat, she gathered them with a desperate grasp, threaded her way through the great enclosure, and passed out into the street amid a babel of voices. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z The sudden banging of the strong-room door, with the babel which immediately followed from within, would in themselves have been enough to alarm the household; but Mildred was determined to leave nothing to chance. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z The low babel of a multitude of tongues fills the air. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z The babel of abuse around the unfortunate mate was going strong all the time. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The confused clatter and buzz of a babel of tongues at length began to suffer abatement, then gave way to the rasping pandemonium of chairs pushed back by the dozen along the polished wooden floor. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z An immense blaze of lights flashes before his dazed gaze, together with a very babel of voices and a wild roaring and a rush of white foam—then another wave rolls over him. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Staggering up, he clambered into the lower bunk, and spent an awful hour of misery with a babel of sounds racking his brain, and every possible motion threatening dislocation to his body. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Parrots, toucans, and scores of other birds keep up a constant babel, and it is no longer such a novelty to me to hear a gorilla near my fort. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z For over an hour I waited impatiently, the air of the place being stifling and the babel of tongues deafening. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z A babel of comments, loud, profane, excited, relieved, arose. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z A babel of harsh voices debated the situation in loud tones, each man forcing home his argument with a mighty power of lung, a never-failing method of supporting doubtful argument. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Instantly, there was a babel of talk and exclamations at this unexpected turn in affairs. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z In the middle of a wild babel, in which everyone was shouting his opinion as he could, this great man arose to his feet and discarded his kaross. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z "Aw, that's too easy," yelled another, making a megaphone of his hands so that his voice soared above even that deafening babel. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z The angry babel of howling dogs filled her ears again. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z "Open the door!" roared the voice, and the cry was taken up by others until it grew into a perfect babel of shouting and cursing. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Half an hour later these are reached, and at once a babel of sounds succeeds the previous silence. Dorothy's Double Volume III (of 3) 2011-06-10T02:00:18.697Z Instantly there was heard a babel of sounds. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z "It c-can't be morning," stuttered Bart, while a babel of questions and answers arose all about them. Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z In one of his poems he described a landscape of metal, of marble and water; a babel of staircases and arcades, a palace of infinity, surrounded by the silence of eternity. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Shrewd, keen men of the speculative type, judging from the babel of talk going on about him. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The babel of many tongues broke on the ear afar off. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z He turned his head and said something, but the remark was lost in the babel of noises. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z Another followed, and a veritable babel of shrieks betokened that something untoward was happening in the village. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z What a babel it was!—what a scene for a painting!—what a life's remembrance! Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The crowd was thrown into confusion; a babel of excited voices arose, and the race was forgotten in an instant. A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism 2011-05-15T02:00:10.653Z The usual babel of sounds reigned in the bay as singers and divers and dealers in fruit and other articles of Neapolitan production were clamorous to sell them. Cities of the Dawn 2011-05-13T02:00:10.047Z Every one was talking at once, the result being a perfect babel of sound. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z For an instant they hesitated, as a confused babel of sound came from the black interior of the cavern. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z The hot air vibrated with the constant babel of voices, the frou-frou of silk paniers, and brocaded skirts, mingled with the clink of swords and the rattle of dice in satinwood boxes. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z A sudden tense silence, which was heightened by the clamor outside, followed the babel of questions, while one of the men who had grasped the paper opened it. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z We were surrounded by a babel of voices, and Miss Hershey led in Mrs. Claybourne. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z From the adjoining chamber a curious babel of sounds proceeded. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z As the confused babel of sound echoed faintly across the plain, the three scouts stopped and made an earnest appeal to the Great Mystery. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Where did this babel of tongues come from? Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The music grew softer as the babel of talk grew in volume. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z The usual babel of question and comment broke out at the close of the story, till at last Pietie’s decided young voice detached itself from the general chatter. Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales 2011-03-14T03:01:04.340Z The noise increased, and subsided at intervals, sometimes it became a perfect babel, and harsh animal-like cries quivered through the din. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Bugles blared; a babel of voices arose in the street; the wagons of the engineers went through at a gallop; lights appeared in every house. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z The women all kissed each other, and those that could talk Spanish made a soft pretty babel of sound that suggested perpetuity. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z The stillness, the gentleness of the night in a moment became the wildest babel of confusion. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Before he is able to finish his sentence his attention is arrested by a perfect babel of sounds from the dining-room. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z What a babel of tongues, and what confusion of characters! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Soon there were flames roaring up the ancient chimney, a babel of talk, and the going to and fro of men who saw themselves supping handsomely for the first time for many a day. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Jansen was an extremely powerful man, and, amid the babel of tongues that were let loose, I heard one trader say, "By ——! he's got the best of the Captain." A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z This it is that is being dethroned in our day, and is being supplanted by a babel of clashing, irreconcilable utterances, often proceeding from the same quarters, even the same mouths. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z We hear a babel of confused voices coming up from the past, "pelting his memory with their unsavory epithets," but all is vain; he may not be disposed of in such manner. Joseph Smith the Prophet-Teacher A Discourse 2011-02-24T03:01:00.270Z Following this, they came within hearing of human voices, high-pitched in a babel of commands and exhortations and calls, drowned at times by the trumpet of Bahadar. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z And pretty soon the happy babel of voices kept time to the swift fingers as each boy took up the piece of work that Ben or Polly gave to him. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z The men grew lazy from sheer weariness of these messages, so that they were mutilated as they came and had to be repeated; and there was this babel always. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z The passengers huddled together lost their terror and a babel of excited, hopeful, joyous voices sounded out. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z Then babel broke forth, as the hounds, converging from every quarter, flung themselves shrieking on the line. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z And from beyond was now coming a babel of animal voices from the zoo. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Clare picked up the dangling thing, made a grimace, and set to work again, while the bustle and happy hum of voices became quite a babel. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z Between their yells and shouts to the oxen and their noisy salutations passed to those they knew, there was a babel indeed. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sea was lashed into a tremendous fury, the waves sweeping mountain high and breaking with a detonating roar that added to the babel of the night. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z Through the babel Cottrell tried to make out the sound of footsteps. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z They moved together through the big, comfortable hall to the room from whence issued a babel of voices and music and laughter. Capricious Caroline The minister turned aside his face to look out of the window, pretending to see something very attractive in the drear winter landscape, and so the babel went on. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z After they had greeted him with astonished respect, a laughing babel of voices began to explain to him the newly invented sport. The Undying Past Not that I know much of the place, but the babel of the bazaar brought to mind the Fleet. The Great Mogul Here you might hear the roar of the great babel without; and from the same point see one or two of its churches aspiring above the ‘chevaux-de-frise’ of the prison walls. In Jail with Charles Dickens One could scarcely hear the music of the orchestra for the babel of voices. The Hillman To the steerage the life of the great ship was as a thing apart; no news, nothing came to the steerage—sufficient to the steerage was the babel of its own hundred-tongues. The Belovéd Traitor A peal of light, sweet laughter rang out above the babel of conversation. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 Above the babel of the hotel criers, and the slow, muffled puffs of the inert engine, a new sound now throbbed through the air—the clanging, tumultuous notes of a sharp-toned bell, rung with fury. The Man from Jericho And through the dreadful dark and the fury of the babel the wind howled in a gale and the heavens poured a flood. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories Your ears are pierced by a rising babel. Woman The intervals between the bursts of laughter grew longer and longer--the babel of voices changed to a steady, dull buzz. The Wish A Novel It was early dawn when Winn stepped from his train and into the ceaseless babel of the city. Rockhaven There was no sense of companionship in the babel of sounds and languages that came up from the wicked little town. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 There was music of a sort; a plaintive chord long-drawn from the violin occasionally made its sweet wail heard above the babel and through the reeking smoke of the room. The Key to Yesterday To the girl it seemed an intolerable babel—a dissonance of profane fury and menace—and she could feel her heart pounding like a muffled drum. The Tempering And then from all who surrounded those fresh comers there arose a hubbub, a babel of sound that drowned everything like intelligible question or answer. In the Day of Adversity Children with the faces of old men and women cry to each other the undertones of a babel of profanity. Stand Up, Ye Dead Then they entered the hall, from which was issuing a perfect babel of feminine squeaks and chattering. Nancy of Paradise Cottage Moreover, by this means the master, who is supposed to keep track of the babel of sound, is instantly able to detect any mispronunciation and correct it in the bud. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Amid that babel of 1,500 men, many of them may not have heard the command; they may not have believed that their lives would have been spared. The Unveiling of Lhasa Patricia did not take part in the general babel, beyond pointing out, when Gustave was coming under discussion, that it was he who had gone to the top of the house to call her. Patricia Brent, Spinster Almost all the faces to be seen there were young, and such a babel of voices and disorder constantly prevailed there that it was difficult to hear. Maximina So they flung themselves into the cabin, and tore round and round, amid such a babel of shouts, laughter, barkings, and crash of overturned furniture as was never before heard in that orderly apartment. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 A perfect babel of words greeted their appearance as the cowboys burst into a running fire of jokes, salutations and comments. The Orphan A perfect babel of tongues, and louder, more obstreperous and broader mouthed than all others rose the gleeful negro laughter. A Daughter of the Union While all about the ready dinner-table The children's voices raise a merry babel. The American Country Girl They were answered by a perfect babel of shouts and the firing of thousands of guns, showing clearly the strength of the enemy. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War From morning till night no one noticed her, no one spoke to her, she herself had no need to speak, yet all around was a babel of tongues, an endless, ever-passing stream of fellow-creatures. Lady Cassandra The dim room was jammed with tables crowded with patrons whose babel of tongues made an unceasing din, to which a three-string guitar somewhere added a wailing undertone. The Door into Infinity Before the arrival of their chief there had been a babel of tongues in the council, but all discussion ceased as he joined the circle in the firelight. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn There is a perfect chorus of shrieks and laughter, a babel of voices, a torrent of questions. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks There were only about forty altogether, but it was seven weeks since most of them had met one another, and the babel of tongues that ensued would have suggested a hundred children at the least. The Head Girl at the Gables The sound of music and laughter, and the confused babel of many voices, came to Gerry's ears as soon as the far door was opened. The Golden Amazons of Venus Then they leaped toward the door of the Hindoo's caf�, from which still streamed ruddy light and the babel of many voices. The Door into Infinity Amid all this seeming babel of baas as they streamed over the hills every mother and child recognized each other's voice. My First Summer in the Sierra There followed a babel of released thoughts from which Chet got only a confused impression of conflicting emotions: curiosity, rage, hate, and a cold ferocity that bound them into one powerful, vindictive whole. Brood of the Dark Moon But the babel of conversation was finally hushed by an attendant who announced the entrance of the Judge by pounding with an ample fist upon the panels of a door. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients There was a babel of yells from the throng as the shot sped among them. Barclay of the Guides She held up her hand to stop the babel, and began to dictate the passage again. Loyal to the School Pat's voice broke into the midst of the babel produced by the discovery of the socks and their contents. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp They all could, and promptly proceeded to do so, a perfect babel of talk ensuing. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea For an instant, with an unspeakable babel in my ears and a picture of human battle in my eyes, I knew only the chaotic confusion that comes of panic. The Portal of Dreams Altogether there was a perfect babel of tongues adding to the confusion incident upon the landing of passengers and baggage. The Pearl of India The babel of waters made conversation a matter of difficulty, and after a mute exchange of congratulations, we turned our attention to examining the river in detail above and below the Falls. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It seemed as though he had been hovering mentally in a dimly-lighted cellar cafe, where there was a babel of voices speaking continental languages, and Standskill was there. The Psilent Partner The place was crowded with sea-faring men and the human sediment that is found in and around the docks of all shipping cities; it resounded with a babel of coarse, discordant voices. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia It led him aside into the woods on the eastern slope, and it was accompanied by an indescribable babel of noises. A Daughter of the Forest A babel of fierce snarling and yapping proceeded as the ruthless beasts tore at the still warm flesh. In the Brooding Wild A chorus of denials, a babel of confused explanation. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea The acrimonious and strident voice of the Frau Colonel floated above all this babel of feminine noises. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day From the babel of yarning emerges the voice of our licensed liar— "So I told the General he was the sort of bloke who ate tripe and gargled with his beer." Cavalry of the Clouds Even Joseph’s face now showed some emotion, of dismay and bewilderment, and her own courage died in that babel of noises and the crowding rush of people, everywhere. A Daughter of the Forest And slowly out of the babel of voices came a deep solemn: “Donnerwetter!” The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted But though their words were a babel, their actions were plain enough. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 His face as blanched as a dead man's, his voice pealing out above the babel like a bell, Oliver stood to windward of the double furnace, giving quick orders on right and left. The Plow-Woman A babel of voices in the darkness to one side guided me to a log cabin where I learned from a sentry that the gas scare had just been called off. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Noisy as was this babel of discordant voices, one friendly greeting rang clear. Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today A babel of voices resounded in my ears. Miss Cayley's Adventures “It can’t matter,” I replied, making him hear with difficulty, for I was unused to speak in such a babel, “since it is all fun.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) What every prophet wants, in the babel of latter-day thought, is a magic sounding-board which shall make his voice carry to the ends of the earth and penetrate to the dullest understanding. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' From the swing and sway of the crowd, and the babel of yells, oaths, threats, and explanations I could make nothing. Gold And faintly, from far in the rear, came a babel of shrill calls—weird, inhuman!—the voices of the men-things of Venus. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 As the "At ease" order snapped out a babel of tongues rose on the air. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 The long street winding from the Court House to the churchyard on the farther edge of the town was a mass of moving colour and a babel of sound. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Then, after a moment, the humming broke into parts and became a babel of shouts. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The appeal, which might otherwise have had its effect, was lost in the cries, accusations, and counter-accusations that arose like a babel. Gold But now above the babel of tongues the great bell of the Cathedral boomed out the hour of eleven. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts I have never heard any sound even remotely like the babel of angry, sibilant whispering that beat against the walls and roof of that cavern. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 How long the babel lasted Cavendish could not have said. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel An hour later the town hall was a babel of clacking tongues. Carmen Ariza A babel of brutish sounds rose from them. Hawk Carse But neither the expectant executioner nor the self-important master of ceremonial looks down, or distinguishes the cry in the babel of savage sounds. Orphans of the Storm There were moving lights behind now, too, pouring out onto the metal paving by the waterway, moving to and fro as though in confusion, with a babel of hissing cries. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Downstairs the auction was over, the drawling monologue was succeeded by a babel of voices, and glancing through the blinds, I saw the real estate men untying their horses from the young maples. The Romance of a Plain Man The reflex of the shock was manifested in a very babel of incoherent shouts, jostlings and stumblings and sharp collisions with the furniture. Officer 666 High above the babel Moossy could be heard crying encouragement, and demanding whether the "mices" had been caught, but nothing would induce him to come down from his fastness. Young Barbarians He entered a big hall in which babel with modern improvements and complications reigned. Westward with the Prince of Wales From the camp arose a babel of uproar, men shouting against each other, curses and threats alike aimed broadcast. The Pirate Woman A gruff-noted babel of dissent arose among his kinsfolk, supported by the men from Glasgow. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba As a rule, a war council of Highland chiefs was a babel and a battle, when their jealous pride and traditional rivalry rose to fever height. Graham of Claverhouse A babel of sound burst about him like a bomb. Slaves of Mercury He could hear the babel of tongues from his security. The Law-Breakers The room was a perfect babel of sound. The Harbor A clamor came from distant buildings, a babel of howls and shrieks, inhuman, unearthly. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 The yells of the civilian mob below, struggling helplessly in the packed crowd that wedged the great stairway, made babel. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Through an open slide window giving out on the terrace, a confused roaring, a babel of sounds came filtering through. Slaves of Mercury As the evening wore on these gradually drew everybody’s interest in the matter, until the stirring of passions raised the babel of tongues to an almost intolerable clamor. The Law-Breakers The room was a babel of talk, when a few minutes later the doorbell rang in orthodox fashion, and Chung ushered Cummings in upon the general confusion. The Million-Dollar Suitcase As they stood there, with the big miner 189 in front, a sudden hush invaded the babel of noise, and men began to look in their direction. The Plunderer They came closer, flocking curiously around the two men, with a babel of voices quite meaningless to the two. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 More whispered words, but they were lost to Chet in the babel of sound that engulfed them. The Finding of Haldgren She even listened to each word that rang out like a cathedral bell, above the babel. The Princess Virginia The receiver clicked insistently and Bucks endeavored to follow the message, but the babel of talking made it almost impossible. The Mountain Divide But to the cowmen it was like all hell broken loose, a confusion, a madness, a babel which roused every passion in their being and filled them with a lust to kill. Hidden Water The glare of the burning canvas and a noise of distant shouting, which could be clearly distinguished above the other babel of sounds, showed the quarter from which they had come. Soldiers of the Queen The ship was filled with a confused babel of many voices and trampling feet. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main These troubles began at once; for scarcely had they landed when they found themselves surrounded by the lazzaroni, and the air was filled with a babel of exclamations. Among the Brigands But above the confusion of the surprise and the babel of voices, Bucks heard the sharp tones of Jack Casement giving orders. The Mountain Divide As the discordant babel drew nearer and nearer his passion rose up like a storm that has been long brewing, his eyes burned, his dirty face turned ghastly. Hidden Water But out of the grumbling babel of voices one question predominated. The Web of the Golden Spider As he pushed it open, a babel of other voices made continuance impossible. Ghetto Comedies In the midst of a babel of voices the big bell rang for afternoon school. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life A fusillade of shots and a babel of yelling from outside interrupted his words. The Mountain Divide But the timid sheep turned back behind him, landing below the fence against all opposition, and the babel of their braying rose higher and higher, as if in protest against their unlucky fate. Hidden Water Sixteen jolly faces were grinning under sixteen school hats, and at least a dozen excited voices were pouring forth a perfect babel of exclamations. The Madcap of the School It went on day after day till the school became a babel. A Boy's Town This conclusion accounts for the word "babel" in our language, and its equivalent in all others, as well as for the existence of a multitude of words too tedious to mention. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 There was a constant babel of snarling, chattering sound as the things called back and forth to each other. Devil Crystals of Arret Such a confusion and babel I shall never listen to again in any house. The Man Who Drove the Car There was an instant babel of voices, a rushing of feet and a general rumpus below. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise There was a babel of nonsense in the returning car. Seven Miles to Arden There is literally no end to the variety of stitches, as they are called, belonging to this group, and their names are a babel of confusion. Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery He flogs the keys, and above the babel of talk sounds some rag-time melody, once popular, now forgotten or despised at home. A Padre in France At early morning on August 22nd, a great jabbering outside the ship, as though a colony of monkeys had encountered another babel, announced that we were at Malta. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Even the shrieks of the wounded went unheard in that hellish babel of sound. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Their departure set free a babel of chatter, a great part of it addressed in personal remonstrance to the presiding officer. Making People Happy Then surprise, amazement and consternation rose in a babel of sound, but over all Lady Barbara’s voice rang once more. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 The strange old-world cries from the natives came out to us in a babel of sound. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines This dining-car was a perfect babel of tongues, for there were collected Russians, English, French, Japanese, Germans, Swiss, Chinese and Italians, generally all talking at once. Through Siberia and Manchuria By Rail A babel of voices arose; the arena, filled to overflowing with excited men and women, was comparable only to some gigantic ant-hill. The Doomsman What they lacked in equipment, however, they made up in noise, one and all combining to raise an indescribable and deafening babel. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula The babel brought the four sleeping men out of their blankets. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 During these pauses the fret and jar of the labouring train gave place to a babel of voices—shouting, expostulating, denunciating in every conceivable key. Captain Desmond, V.C. The Agora scene had little to interest, the same buyers, booths, and babel as in Athens, only the citadel above was the mount of Acro-Corinthus, not the tawny rock of Athena. A Victor of Salamis But as Lucy turned down the driveway and the door of the Howe homestead closed, a tragic babel of voices reached her ear, piping in shrill staccato the single word: “Jane!” The Wall Between There was "Riot of roses and babel of birds, All the world in a whirl of delight," when the three baby kingbirds opened their eyes to the June sunlight. Little Brothers of the Air More moved than he knew, and thinking himself secure in the excited babel about him and in the fact that the others spoke in Spanish, Roddy had raised his voice. The White Mice Followed a babel of talk and laughter, in the midst of which Honor, who had moved a little apart, became aware that Desmond was at her side. Captain Desmond, V.C. The commands shouted through trumpets in a dozen strange tongues—the shrill pipings of the oar masters, the hoarse shouts of the rowers—went up to heaven in a clamorous babel. A Victor of Salamis If game had been shot, or from scarcity the caravan had come to a land of plenty, there was a perfect babel of voices. The Explorer Foster's voice cut through the babel in the room until he gained everyone's attention. The Cavern of the Shining Ones A babel of voices sounded in our ears. The Blue Germ It was a veritable babel—the mournful intonation of the East Coast, the broad guttural of the Broomielaw, mingled with the shrill Gaelic scream of the Highlands, and the occasional twang of the cockney tourist. The Mystery of the Green Ray If the prisoner had understood Greek,—which was doubtful,—he could scarce have comprehended this babel. A Victor of Salamis It is louder than the babel of voices or the strains of instrumental music, and more conspicuous than any object upon which the eye may fall. Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance And there was a babel of voices that certainly were not English. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City It was a very babel of sounds, of groans, of weeping. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea The pretty vision greeted him with the air of a privileged child of the house, interrupting only for an instant the babel of cross-purpose explanation about carriages and trains. The Convert From the round Tholus at the south to the long portico at the north all was babel and traffic. A Victor of Salamis After ten minutes of babel, Marjorie suddenly squatted herself on the floor, and began to write furiously. The Children of Wilton Chase Leaving the hall and the babel of voices, he hurried up the road. The Unknown Wrestler There were frequent stops to greet one another, and a babel of voices expressing pleasure at this reunion. Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall Out of the babel came the question, 'What do you know about it? The Convert Amid a flutter of handkerchiefs and a babel of parting cries, each 'bus-load of girls departed from the Hall to the station singing the farewell song of the school. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation About him was a roaring babel of sound, voices urging him on, shouts of dismay, imploring shrieks from behind. Left Guard Gilbert Presently Jake raised his hand, and the babel of tongues ceased. The Unknown Wrestler “You've been in my room,” shouted Joel in a loud, insistent voice, “and taken my——” The rest was lost in a babel of voices. Five Little Peppers at School All was a babel to the girl's dazed sense: laughter, curses, yelling, whooping, quarreling. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time In the midst of this babel he continued to speak, his black hair thrown back, his face flushed, and his eyes blazing like suns. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Positive assertion, followed by flat contradiction and personal abuse, terminating in a babel in which everybody shouts and no one listens. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories Denis began to read slowly and deliberately, but the opposing councillors prevented him with a babel of cries. Grey Town An Australian Story In the babel, it was somewhat difficult to locate the boy who had screamed out. Five Little Peppers at School "Are you ready?" he shouted to the engine-man, above the babel of voices. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Louder than ever came the babel of voices from the road. Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold Suddenly Sylvia's voice rose trembling above the babel, quaveringly she struck up the refrain of the sailor's hymn: "O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea." Fifty-Two Stories For Girls The floor manager, a tall young Irishman named O'Connell, raised his voice above the babel of talking and laughing, and proclaimed the opening number. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road And Miss Salisbury sat in the midst of the babel, and smiled as much as her anxiety would allow, at the merriment. Five Little Peppers at School One end of the table resembled a bee swarm: a babel of voices sounded as those nearest the pile of letters shouted the names of the addressees and tossed the missives back over their heads. The Long Trick In listening to the babel of chatter and laughter, she forgot utterly her companion in imprisonment. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls The ladies' handkerchiefs were in the air, with a babel of voices both small and deep. The Rapids Then, while the husband and wife talked in subdued tones, Nancy listened to the babel of clanging gongs and footsteps of many people on the pavements over which they were passing. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road “Goodness me, Joe, what a dog!” which luckily Joel did not hear for the babel going on around. Five Little Peppers at School He had descended about half way when a babel of voices sent him scuttling back again, and a moment later a voice commanded. A Dixie School Girl "And mine's on the other man," Walker said quickly; and a moment later a babel of confusion reigned as each man sought to make the other one put up the stakes. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush From both carriage and wagon, now, came a babel of eager chatter. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch While she slept a babel of meaningless voices kept clashing in her ears, and her own voice haunted her perpetually. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Opinions flew about like papers in the wind, and Mrs. Dering could not make herself heard in the babel of tongues. Six Girls A Home Story Amid a chorus of eager welcome, a babel of questions and answers, the travellers were helped out and escorted to the verandah. The Merryweathers "What sort," he yelled, and his voice went through the babel of sound like the shriek of a syren through mist. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush A babel of gleeful shouts and laughter greeted their ears. The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch At that moment I heard cries and laughter and a great babel of voices from the tavern. The Reckoning But when that was done, everybody broke into a babel of fun again, and a merrier meal was never witnessed anywhere. Six Girls A Home Story The cots were hard as rocks but every one fell asleep without complaints that night, and in the morning the mad babel of sounds roused the campers without alarm clocks. Polly and Eleanor Then followed a babel of orders and the quick clanging of signal bells in the engine room. A Voyage with Captain Dynamite The orthodox missionaries seem only to increase the babel by organising their own meetings under the protection of the local authorities. Modern Saints and Seers But even so it is particular, because, though each may enter and depart in peace, when all enter together there is anarchy and a babel of voices. The Approach to Philosophy "Give us the book, Jew," yelled a deep voice above the babel of sound. The Book of All-Power That started such a babel of voices that Sam Brewster got up and left the room. Polly and Eleanor A babel of voices arose; Rita could not have made herself heard if she would; and, indeed, for the moment no words came to her lips. Rita There was a confused murmur in the Hall of the Assizes: disjointed words punctuated the low babel of sounds: "Exile!" The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus But out of it came a confused babel of shouts, as if a whole army were there and had been suddenly alarmed. A Prisoner of Morro In the Hands of the Enemy In the mean time babel reigned around the ship. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude For a few moments, there was a babel of comment; then Mrs. McAlister rose and took her hand. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen General Synod has always been a babel of doctrinal confusion. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) From the lower deck came a confused babel of sounds, a harsh jab10bering of foreign languages that grated roughly on his ear. The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa The clatter of the dishes, and the babel of many voices, made it impossible for us to speak freely on the subject nearest our hearts. Mushrooms on the Moor In all this babel of jangling cries and cat-calls not one voice was lifted in decent protest. The Root of Evil Not even Phebe's cutting remarks could blunt the edge of Theodora's happiness, three days later, as she went gliding into the vast babel of the Grand Central Station. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen For a few moments there was a babel of congratulation and rejoicing; then Mrs. Burnam put an end to it all by asking quietly,— "And when shall we have to leave here?" In Blue Creek Cañon When I entered the church I found a babel of worshippers. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure It took some little time to get it owing to the babel that was going on. The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale At last he heard a commotion in the hall, the clatter of arms and babel of voices telling him that at last Arabi Pasha had arrived. Under the Rebel's Reign There was a babel of rejoicing and exclamation; but it was to Billy that the doctor had turned. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen It drifted in at the cabin windows, along with the babel of sound and the all-pervading stench of the port. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance In the midst of a babel of tongues the telephone rang imperatively. Men of Affairs Beside pranced two Airedales and a white Sealyham and to their babel of barking was added the shrill, sympathetic note of five or six Pekingese, one of which Mrs. Crowninshield carried under her arm. Walter and the Wireless The variety of strange fruits there to be found, the grotesque dresses of the Malays, and the babel of uncouth speech exercised a fascination the memory of which has never faded. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer They sailed away with the same rustle of garments, the same babel of high-toned voices, and Peggy stood alone in the middle of the deserted room. About Peggy Saville These, with raucous voices shouting in a babel of languages, made a pandemonium exciting enough for the most adventurous. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The boat, however, passed the gap, and drifted straight underneath the cave, from whence came a confused babel of sounds. Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo There was a babel of talk from behind each of the eight chairs. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge From the surly ones beyond an angry babel of protest went up. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros There was a babel of voices on the steerage deck, more cries, and shouts, and screams, and people surged in a solid wave toward the rail to look over. Lady Betty Across the Water Accompanied by this babel of cries, the Georgia steamed up along the shore. Gold Seekers of '49 Loud oaths and abusive epithets were heard on all sides; it was a perfect pandemonium, a babel of evil sounds. Monte-Cristo's Daughter However formidable the uproar, however deafening the babel of merry-andrews, it cannot carry beyond a certain limit; it grows faint and dies away. The Simple Life But one exclamation, more or less, in such a babel of voices possessed but little significance. The Dean's Watch "Keep your head, Simon," counselled Boone, in the babel of exclamations, "and tell us what it is the ghost of." The Phantom of the River Quite an interesting crowd when you come to think of it, for its size and babel of tongues! but, my certie! From Edinburgh to India & Burmah THE chime of the bells, and the church clock striking eight Solemnly and distinctly cries down the babel of children still playing in the hay. Bay A Book of Poems It was Apple Newton who spoke and his speaking was the signal for a perfect babel of suggestions and guesses. The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters The Lost Treasure of Buffalo Hollow Next day it became known that San Martin had left Peru for ever, and instantly men's tongues were loosed in a babel of talk. At the Point of the Sword Her voice sounded clear and strident above the babel of tongues, which hushed suddenly that their owners might hear it. Danger! and Other Stories All about him was a babel of voices and laughter, boisterous and profane; now and then an altercation, short and violent. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Here a man in corduroys and a rabbit-skin waistcoat called in a stentorian voice for order, and the babel gradually died down. Despair's Last Journey The ungracious retort Steve offered was lost amid the babel of laughter that followed, and the skaters darted away up the pond. Steve and the Steam Engine I stayed there, heard his voice in the hall, and then a confused babel of questions and exclamations from the others. Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story The din of battle at the main scene of conflict was heightened by the babel of shouts and screams that rose throughout the town. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt It rose silent in a smother of confusion and a babel of noise of men shouting, and horses neighing, and the songs of boatmen on the Tamesis which bounded the southern end of the island. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain But we were recognized in a moment, and in another moment were swept asunder from each other amid such a polyglot babel of voices as I had never heard before. In Direst Peril But directly afterwards babel would break out, to be sternly quelled by the heavy-jowled man. The Grell Mystery The red men broke forth in a babel of excited jabbering and then they were crowding into the cave, hundreds of them it seemed, shrieking their rage as they attacked the hapless prisoners. Creatures of Vibration To the silence of a moment before had succeeded a babel of shrieks and hisses. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Through the babel of voices came the regular pink-pank of a banjo in the parlour below. The Second Chance Thirty or forty people made a very babel of noise outside my door; but by-and-by Hinge came in, wide-eyed, in a very short night-shirt. In Direst Peril Refusing every demand for an encore, Ivan rose, in the midst of a little babel of "Bis!" and, taking the virtuoso of the world by the arm, led him to the piano. The Genius All uttered shouts of welcome, and a babel of questions arose. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition With a sweeping gesture he stilled the babel of voices that was beginning to rise. A Son Of The Sun And had he not been a very able operator, he would have been so confused by the babel that he would have understood none of it clearly. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol A thundering crash in the hall was followed by a babel of oaths, screams, triumphant yells. Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Afterward, Jack had a confused memory of walking over a wide gang-plank that led into a babel. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way My own experience is that on these occasions Ministers have such a lot to say that the expert is likely to be overlooked in the babel unless he flings himself into the fray. Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 They were not, however, destitute of lungs, as the babel of sounds proved—nor of tobacco, as the clouds of smoke demonstrated. The Garret and the Garden The continual noise of manly voices hailing, exclaiming, chaffing, or conversing, and the general babel of sounds is indescribable. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan But the babel that followed is beyond the powers of description, therefore we won’t attempt it. Ungava The carts and donkeys, and dogs and fowls, and boys had the curious effect of reducing the babel of voices and discordant sounds to something like a grand harmony. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Still, there are those that find means to labor and to work at repairing shoes or clothes in the midst of this babel of sin and tumult. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Suddenly from out the babel about him a voice spoke that fell pleasantly on his ear and in the sound was something that he remembered. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear He heard rats in the walls and a babel of jeering voices on the stair-case. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant It was a congress of nations and a babel of tongues. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country A babel of wild shouts went up at the sound of the first shots, followed by a burst of firing. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War A voice separated itself from the confused babel, and struck on Darsie’s ear, but even as her heart leaped upward another voice spoke. A College Girl The great crowds, the blare of bands, the gala dress and the babel of voices all reminded him of the country fairs that he had often attended with Pedro, in the old dancing-bear days. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear A moment’s breathless silence was succeeded by a very babel of questioning. Sisters Three Mademoiselle thought that she had not seen such a merry assembly since leaving her own dear land, or heard such a babel of tongues. Pixie O'Shaughnessy The babel of talk went on with even greater energy when the last note had died away, and Peggy pursed up her lips in doubtful compliment. More About Peggy By daybreak next morning the whole house was astir, and, oh! the babel of sound and confusion that reigned therein. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War We slept well at night in spite of the babel of sounds which rose and fell around us; awoke in the morning refreshed and hungry; and so entered upon another day. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron They were met by a babel of questions. Just Patty In her opinion Bridgie’s explanation had been singularly inadequate, and she was filled with indignation at the babel of sounds which drowned her conclusion. Pixie O'Shaughnessy For an hour the dull roll of carriages came and went on the drive, and the cheery babel of departing voices broke the still morning air. Roger Ingleton, Minor “Now,” said Mr Rimbolt, who had made no attempt to take part in the babel outside, “will you please tell me everything?” A Dog with a Bad Name And even the irrespectful admiration was a good deal distracted by the babel of voices which was going on all round them. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth Here, at any rate, in the midst of this noisome babel, seemed to come a whiff from the old country, and I felt like a castaway in sight of land. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 The younger girls looked inclined to cry, one or two stamped on the floor with irrepressible anger, and there was a very babel of indignation. Pixie O'Shaughnessy At a given signal from Tempest, all were simultaneously lit, and in a perfect blaze of glory, accompanied by a babel of cheers, we concluded our programme. Tom, Dick and Harry The babel went on as one after another fought for the spoil. Brother Copas There was a terrific babel of thought, worse, even, than voices in similar case, in being so much faster. The Galaxy Primes When the warning bell rang out, it was drowned in a confounding babel of voices,—fragments of the oft-repeated messages, admonitions, lamentations, blessings, farewells. The Promised Land By this time, the big room in which they were meeting had become a babel of voices, everybody trying to convince everybody else that they'd known it all along. Space Viking The first inarticulate roar was followed by a babel of voices, like a tropical cloudburst on a prefab hut. A Slave is a Slave Around them, a babel of noise and confusion held sway. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life A babel of tongues arose from the sweeping, creaking bob-sleigh, and rose into the silent air like a mighty peal of laughter. Prairie Folks When we enter the bathing-room we are confused by a babel of sounds—shrill voices of women, hoarse voices of attendants, wailing and yelping of children, and rushing of water. The Promised Land Men had come across from the court, and from the crowd outside; a babel of talk arose from every corner. The Borough Treasurer "Take away his sword!" said Squire Gedney while the old Captain grew red and wrathful at the babel around him, and at the indignities to which he was subject. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem At last the babel died away, and another cry arose: "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny Fletcher's out of it." A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life In the babel of voices I thought I had heard some one call my name. Lords of the North Exaggerated by the situation, it sounds a babel. On the Heels of De Wet There was a babel of yells and screams and callings for help. Ranching, Sport and Travel Such a din and babel as the "afflicted" kept up! Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem His words became drowned in a sudden babel which made ordinary conversation impossible. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Then a babel of voices broke loose, all laughing and talking at once, and in triumph Tabitha and Gloriana were escorted to Ivy Hall Camp. Tabitha's Vacation Song The rustle and hum of spinning top, Wild laughter and babel of sound-- Hear the roar of the waves at Pu'u-hina! Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Truly, a religious babel! and 10% of all the inhabitants28 of the globe, about the same number of people who profess to Protestantism, are Animists. The Necessity of Atheism Within was a great darkness, partially dispelled by hanging oil-lamps; and babel enough to wake the Seven Sleepers. The Great Amulet A subdued babel of conversation in the big south room followed, in which his father's deep bass took a prominent part. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life These latter spoke to each other in whispers, but such a babel of sounds swelled up around them that they might safely have screamed without fear of being overheard. The Lion's Brood When he had gone a babel of tongues broke forth, and there were loud and angry cries for Le Brusquet, whose "fool's prank," as they called it, had caused this storm. Orrain A Romance Heaven help many a young attorney in this "babel" of money-getting. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II There was a babel of shouting, a quick surge forward and then the crowd gave back. Rimrock Jones The old schoolhouse was crowded with young people when we arrived, and a babel of voices burst on us as we drew rein at the door. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's They were followed by at least a score more of men and women, and for the next half hour there was a fearful babel of tongues. Jack Haydon's Quest The tones of the different ones are so different that the cries of nearby individuals may be plainly distinguished amidst the babel of voices coming from the distance. The Human Side of Animals Then there was a babel of voices, scolding, complaining and accusing, but the man sat blubbering and took no heed. The Drummer's Coat There came from below a babel of shouts and screams. The Eternal City There is every note in this babel of voices, mad notes, plaintive notes, angry notes, whimpering notes. The Dark Forest By-and-by the shrill vixenish cries rose louder, he caught the sound of voices in altercation, and of hoarse orders: and slowly and reluctantly the babel seemed to pass away. The Long Night Suddenly it ceases and like myriads of echoes it is repeated in hideous intensity—a babel of cries weird beyond description—so fierce and screeching as to be almost blood-curdling. The Human Side of Animals Then it started, first an inarticulate roar, and then a babel of unprintabilities. Four-Day Planet The tiger had ceased to struggle, the crowds were writhing, a babel of sound that was confused and confusing filled the air. Frank Merriwell's Reward He tried to push their babel off from him. The Dark Forest She broke off; close to her sounded a heavy breathing, that even above the babel of the street caught her ear. The Long Night There was the babel of excited voices, the shouting as the horses rushed down the picturesque "straight." The Forfeit After awhile a babel of sound broke in upon his ears. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Gibraltar is the greatest babel in the world, or, at least, the greatest I know. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer We waited then for our orders, looking down from the windows on to what seemed a perfect babel of disorder and confusion. The Dark Forest Grim pitched his above the babel so that every word fell sharp, clear, and manly. The Lion of Petra Then into her ears poured a babel of voices. The Forfeit On glided the Saucy Sally, almost the only one on the great water way which spoke not, in the midst of a babel of confusing sounds. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Already the drawing-room was crammed with perfumed people and too fragrant flowers, and a babel of chatter. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley On the Frenchman's decks arose a babel of sounds, the shouts of officers, the tumult of the men's voices. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes At six the players were assembled in the big reading-room, and there was a babel of exultant conversation. The Young Pitcher The evening was cold and, as the natives felt the grateful heat, fresh exclamations of pleasure broke from them; and gradually a complete babel of tongues broke out. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main To their ears came a babel of shouts, the grating of trees, long sleet-bound but stirring now to the thaw—the roar of blasting powder and the rending of solid rock. A Pagan of the Hills A babel of laughter, of chatter, every now and again men tumbled against one another, like cubs in a cave, and rolled upon the floor. The Prelude to Adventure A babel of voices came up from below. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon That was the word which again ran through the babel of conjectures. Wolf Breed But the breast of one had struck a dozen lengths ahead of the other, and through the echoing babel the judge's voice was lost as he shouted: "Wayne Shandon on Little Saxon wins!" The Short Cut In the babel of voices are frequently heard pitiful cries of poorly fed children, shrieks of more lusty ones, and groans and wailings of mothers who still seem stunned and stupefied by their frightful experiences. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 The market was at its liveliest, the sunny air laden with a babel of sounds. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead In the babel of sounds Miss Wycliffe's voice detached itself, by its peculiar quality rather than by its power, causing his heart to vibrate as a string trembles to the touch. The Mayor of Warwick Amid the half obscurity Ralph saw a jumble of swart, brutish faces and wildly gleaming eyes, and heard a babel of guttural sounds suggestive of a savage Bedlam where violence was restrained only by fear. Ralph Granger's Fortunes And to this came an answering babel of cries and expostulations and counter-cries. Never-Fail Blake But no words can describe the babel of sounds which there and then filled the Doctor’s room; no words can tell how patiently the blind man listened. Polly A New-Fashioned Girl You were a coin imported, alien, strange, Here valued at another rate of change, Not passing current in that babel mart Of poetry and butter, cheese and art. Love's Comedy A babel of voices, in dispute; then, clearly, the voice Benson had come to label as Gregory, cut in: "I will never give up!" Hunter Patrol It was all an infuriated babel, the smoke thickening until we gasped for breath, barely able to see. My Lady of Doubt There was such a lively clatter of dishes downstairs and babel of voices that he did not hear a sleigh drive up in the soft snow. Big Brother A babel of Chinese words came from the unventilated room which was lighted by an old kerosene lamp, and the crowd pushed to the gangway to get up on deck. The Shipwreck A Story for the Young Just then there burst upon the warm, soft air a babel of shouts and yells and loud hurrahs. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories And the place was loud with a babel of voices and the clatter of teleprinters. Time Crime Oaths, yells, cries of sudden fear, made a perfect babel. My Lady of Doubt Such a babel—a distraction of noises and shouts of hilarious impatience were amusing in the extreme. Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton Very early one morning a great commotion and a babel of unusual sounds on deck awoke the travellers, and the stewardess going from room to room brought the welcome news, "We are at Havre." A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel The sudden report crashed through the babel of shoutings, a veritable babel into which half of the tongues of Europe mingled with Chinese and Japanese sing-song. Under Handicap A Novel It was a pandemonium, a babel, an unspeakable hell. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France Everywhere the eye swept over a riot of color, and the ear caught a babel of sound. My Lady of Doubt And after that everything was confusion for a few minutes, and I can scarcely remember what happened in the babel of voices all crying out and rejoicing at once. The Story of Bawn Some one opened the street door, letting in a babel of noise, and walked heavily across the office floor. The Strange Case of Cavendish There was a ring of metal, a sudden babel of fierce cries, the flash of a rifle-shot, and the clap of the report, followed by shrieks. In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa At the instant a voice spoke, ringing above the babel, which ceased suddenly. Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France He was dimly conscious that dinner was announced, and that amidst a babel of tongues he was being led by, or was leading, Lady Durwent into the dining-room. The Parts Men Play But they were brought back to prosaic matters harshly by a babel of discordant noises that grated on the sensitive ears of the two musicians. Great Violinists And Pianists When the applause had finally died down, the hall was still noisy with a babel of voices; those who could, moved about in the crowded space, and little groups formed and broke up. The Black Pearl A moment later the two boys stood at the ready with their rifles, and amid a babel of cries the skipper signaled "Stop her." In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa Then Newman spoke in low, measured tones, and at the first word the babel of noise stopped in the foc'sle, and all hands watched his lips with bated breath. The Blood Ship I only know that this war found us potentially a nation, but actually a babel of tongues. The Parts Men Play She was very weak and faint, and the increasing babel of tongues was like little triphammers beating upon her aching head. The Adventures of Kathlyn Tom slipped off, and there arose a babel of voices, everyone saying how sorry they were, Dolly especially, explaining eagerly how she herself had personally superintended the shutting up of the dog. What Timmy Did The music and the babel of tongues had become murmurous and indistinct. Arms and the Woman Newman and I had stumbled into the port foc'sle the previous night, and as I sat up, I discovered that the babel of sound came from the starboard side of the partition. The Blood Ship It is a confusion of sounds, a babel of voices; and sounds like a distant conversation carried on by a large number of people. Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills Then a babel of voices ensued as they discussed how much money they had, and what kind of a motor-boat they should buy. Rod of the Lone Patrol Astronomy oppresses us with the gulfs of space; geology with the gulfs of time; history and travel with a babel of vain existence. Is Life Worth Living? From the kitchen came the clatter of dishes and pans and a babel of women's voices, the shrill commands of old Mrs. Bolum rising above them. The Soldier of the Valley When the babel had somewhat subsided, Mr. Brown came forward and laid a hand on William's shoulder. More William Down in the hollow was a babel of sound, men yelping with fright, officers calming and cursing them, and the shouting of the forces behind. The Half-Hearted From the bars, which were frequent, came a babel of laughter and shouting. In the Roaring Fifties The people were a riot of ethnicities and their speech was a riotous babel of accents, idioms and languages. Eastern Standard Tribe Beyond the open doors sounded a babel of voices and he could see the men lined two deep before the bar. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country |
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