But knockers may be
muffled for other purposes than those of mere utilitarianism, as, in the present instance, was clearly shown.
It seemed A
muffled march of soldiers hurriedly Sped to the night attack with
muffled mouths, When no command is heard, only the tramp Of men and horses onward.
The fuss and bustle were disturbing; then when the train had started, she could not help listening to the noises; then the snow beating on the left window and sticking to the pane, and the sight of the
muffled guard passing by, covered with snow on one side, and the conversations about the terrible snowstorm raging outside, distracted her attention.
She understood French imperfectly unless directly addressed, and the voices were only part of the other drowsy,
muffled sounds lulling her senses.
"Isn't that cunning of the dears?" whispered Rose, as the little troop marched slowly by to the
muffled roll of the drums, every flag and sword held low, all the little heads uncovered, and the childish faces very sober as the leafy shadows flickered over them.
An unwearied pall of cloud
muffled the whole expanse of sky from zenith to horizon.
And the people - ah, the people - They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that
muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone - They are neither man nor woman - They are neither brute nor human - They are Ghouls: - And their king it is who tolls: - And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls
A measured,
muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly's chamber.
Softly the door swung open to admit the
muffled figure of the Swede.
A
muffled silence reigned, only broken at times by the shrieks of the storm.
But that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with
muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical and traitorous.
In the forest the harness bells sounded yet more
muffled than they had done six weeks before, for now all was thick, shady, and dense, and the young firs dotted about in the forest did not jar on the general beauty but, lending themselves to the mood around, were delicately green with fluffy young shoots.