Both Uses of
cadence
in
Middlemarch
- The last sentence was spoken with an almost solemn cadence, and Will did not know what to say, since it would not be useful for him to embrace her slippers, and tell her that he would die for her: it was clear that she required nothing of the sort; and they were both silent for a moment or two, when Dorothea began again with an air of saying at last what had been in her mind beforehand.†
Chpt 2
- There was a melancholy cadence in Dorothea's voice as she spoke these last words.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(cadence) rhythm or recurring pattern of sounds or movements