Softly, Bowen read the final lines: I was very glad afterwards to have had the interview; for, in her face and in her voice, and in her touch, she gave me the assurance, that suffering had been stronger than Miss Havisham's teaching, and had given her a heart to understand what my heart used to be.
You can hear a pin drop as Ms. Thornton opens her copy of Charleston and begins softly to read the passages Mr. Haff chose, passages about a woman re-finding love and losing it again, a child losing a parent, about finding a home back in one's childhood city.
Speak softly, because you are reading my dreams.
Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish clergyman read softly and briefly from the Bible.
Interwoven through the dances are letters and poems written to a mother, brother and sister, read softly on tape by Mr. Brown.
On the fifth night of last week's retreat, as we gathered in deep, shared silence in the magnificence of the Spirit Rock meditation hall, our teacher read softly from a New York Times piece by author Robert Wright (The Moral Animal and, most recently, The Evolution of God).
If your conversation partner is reading lips, speaking more loudly, softly, or with exaggeration will actually make you harder to understand.
With a sidelong glance and softly raised brow, he also took notice of my choice of reading material.
One designed for outdoor venues read, "Speak softly, and carry a big fiber-optic pipe," in reference to the fiber optic cables fortifying Global Crossing's 27-country network.
