"High pitch" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... stakes. A song always accompanied this game, a weird, unearthly air,—if it can be so called,—but when heard at a little distance, very pleasant and soothing. At first a scarcely audible murmur, like the gentle soughing of an evening breeze, it gradually increased in volume and reached a very high pitch, sank quickly to a low bass sound, rose and fell, and gradually died away, to be again repeated. The person concealing the bones swayed his body, arms, and hands in time to the air, and went through all manner of graceful ...
— Blackfoot Lodge Tales • George Bird Grinnell
... of the Muscovites, as the Emir of Bokhara regarded it, roused that ruler to a high pitch of fury and fanaticism. He imprisoned Colonel Struve, an eminent Russian astronomer who was on a mission to his capital, and declared a holy war ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... The high pitch of Mrs. Pendleton's voice shattered the quietude like the startling clang of an unexpected bell. "Knock again, Thalassa, more loudly, very loudly," she cried, in the shrill ...
— The Moon Rock • Arthur J. Rees
... and so singularly successful, were just of the kind to delight the eager spirits of the camp, and keep enthusiasm up to a high pitch. Why Philip suffered these ravages, when his army already far outnumbered that of the English, and why the French permitted their foes to repair and cross the bridge at Poissy without stirring a finger to hinder them, are questions more easily asked than answered. ...
— In the Days of Chivalry • Evelyn Everett-Green
... at a high pitch of excitement—as much through sheer desperation as through any appeal inherent in the scheme either to his common-sense or to his ...
— The Lone Wolf - A Melodrama • Louis Joseph Vance
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