All 10 Uses of
chord
in
Bleak House
- In short, I was in a flutter for a little while and felt as if an old chord had been more coarsely touched than it ever had been since the days of the dear old doll, long buried in the garden.†
Chpt 7-9
- "And he told me," he said, playing little chords where I shall put full stops, "The Coavinses had left.†
Chpt 13-15
- This Mr. Guppy resents as a liberty, retorting, "Jobling, there ARE chords in the human mind—"†
Chpt 19-21 *
- For there ARE chords, Jobling—†
Chpt 19-21
- As it is Mr. Guppy's perplexing way with boastful misery to tempt his particular friends into this subject, and the moment they touch it, to turn on them with that trenchant severity about the chords in the human mind, both Mr. Jobling and Mr. Smallweed decline the pitfall by remaining silent.†
Chpt 19-21
- But there are chords in the human mind—†
Chpt 19-21
- They then report progress to the eminent Smallweed, waiting at the office in his tall hat for that purpose, and separate, Mr. Guppy explaining that he would terminate his little entertainment by standing treat at the play but that there are chords in the human mind which would render it a hollow mockery.†
Chpt 19-21
- Dash it, Tony," says that gentleman, "you really ought to be careful how you wound the feelings of a man who has an unrequited image imprinted on his 'eart and who is NOT altogether happy in those chords which vibrate to the tenderest emotions.†
Chpt 31-33
- Besides its being calculated to serve that friend in those chords of the human mind which—which need not be called into agonizing vibration on the present occasion—your friend is no fool.†
Chpt 31-33
- This would put Prince in such good spirits that he would sometimes take the kit from his pocket and play a chord or two to astonish the baby, which I never knew it to do in the least degree, for my tiny namesake never noticed it at all.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(chord as in: piano chord) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together