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A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.
A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.
 A sweet voice, a little indistinct and muffled, which caresses 
and does not thrill; an utterance which glides on read more 
 A sweet voice, a little indistinct and muffled, which caresses 
and does not thrill; an utterance which glides on without 
emphasis, and lays stress on what is deeply felt. 
 The voice is nothing but beaten air.
 [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]  
 The voice is nothing but beaten air.
 [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.] 
 I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of 
their wits, they would have no more read more 
 I grant you, friends, if you should fright the ladies out of 
their wits, they would have no more discretion but to hang us; 
but I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently 
as any suckling dove; I will roar you an 'twere any nightingale. 
 I thank you for your voices, thank you!
 Your most sweet voices! Now you have left your voices,
 read more 
 I thank you for your voices, thank you!
 Your most sweet voices! Now you have left your voices,
  I have no further with you. 
 The voice so sweet, the words so fair,
 As some soft chime had stroked the air;
  And read more 
 The voice so sweet, the words so fair,
 As some soft chime had stroked the air;
  And though the sound had parted thence,
   Still left an echo in the sense. 
 Her silver voice
 Is the rich music of a summer bird,
  Heard in the still night, with read more 
 Her silver voice
 Is the rich music of a summer bird,
  Heard in the still night, with its passionate cadence. 
 The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear
 So charming left his voice, that he awhile
  Thought him read more 
 The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear
 So charming left his voice, that he awhile
  Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear. 
 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in read more 
 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of 
the Lord, make his paths straight.