“ Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping. ”
- John Steinbeck- Copy
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“ A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. - Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ The Angels were all singing out of tune, and hoarse with having little else to do, excepting to wind up the sun and moon or curb a runaway young star or two. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
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“ The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan Under my battlements. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching. ”
- Dennis Green- Copy
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“ It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger. ”
- David Hume- Copy
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“ Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue. ”
- William Wordsworth- Copy
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“ The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out. ”
- Annie Dillard- Copy
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“ Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you. ”
- Leo Durocher- Copy
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