Quotes About Rattle

The nurse, to quiet her babe, made use of a rattle which was a kind of hollow vessel filled with great stones, and fastened by a cable to the child's waist: but all in vain; so that she was forced to apply the last remedy by giving it suck.

Years later, when Idi Amin said and did outrageous things, I understood that his motivation was to rattle the good people of Greenwich mean time, have them raise their heads from their tea and scones, and say, Oh yes. Africa. For a fleeting moment they'd have the same awareness of us that we had of them.

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words, bright red, fresh, blowing about. Then the seedheads rattle, the seeds fall out. Then there's even more language waiting to come up.

Language is like poppies. It just takes something to churn the earth round them up, and when it does up come the sleeping words, bright red, fresh, blowing about. Then the seedheads rattle, the seeds fall out. Then there's even more language waiting to come up.

For example, the Cha Cha—that's straight out of Haitian and Cuban voodooism, chacha being the name of a rattle used in voodoo ceremonies. Or mambo—the voodoo word for a priestess of the supernatural religion.

Everything and all of them were being rattled around like peas inside an enormous rattle that was being rattled by a mad giant who refused to stop.

Tis like unto a tinker's bazaar, which is where I trow thou dost buy thy gold trifles and trinkets with which thee doth rattle like a broken cart." Marcellus Pye looked hurt at his mother's insults.

Compared by one commentator to "the death rattle of a seagull," Costello's voice was later said to have provided the model for Marlon Brando's memorable performance in The Godfather.

I regarded the pumpkin thief's worst nightmare: splotchy coat, tattered ears, sleeping death rattle. "He gums robbers to death?" I asked. "What if they bring biscuits?

I've got lots of brains, said Wombat. You listen to them rattle. He shook his head and it rattled beautifully.

Life, like a child, laughs, shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

So…that's like your pet monkey?" – Nick (The tiny horse snorted flames and whinnied at him.) "Easy, girl. You'd do well to show her respect. She can understand you, and she doesn't take well to insults." – Death "Sorry, Flicka. Didn't mean to rattle your bridle." – Nick

Violence in the voice is often only the death rattle of reason in the throat.

the wind has a purpose - to rattle the window panes, disturb the cat and make me miss you ...

Her chains rattled. Man, if I turned off my ethics I'd probably murder her just to not have to hear the rattling for a while.

He heard Will's startled gasp, the long slow rattle of his breath permitted to slide back out.

She says, he is a great soul.—A great bladder for dried peas to rattle in!" said Mrs. Cadwallader.

She says, he is a great soul.—A great bladder for dried peas to rattle in! said Mrs. Cadwallader.

I'll reason with him, Vito Corleone said. It was to become a famous phrase in the years to come. It was to become the warning rattle before the deadly strike.

He was a small, chubby little man with a perpetual air of sadness about him, making him look like a baby that has dropped its rattle.

Strep. Then what shall I gain, pray? Soc. You shall become in oratory a tricky knave, a thorough rattle, a subtle speaker.

I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.

Although they were hardened and seasoned individual fighters—every male baby born in Afghanistan seems to be given an AK before he gets a rattle—they