Both Uses of
mellifluous
in
Of Human Bondage
- Though her French accent was so much part of her that it remained, all the mellifluousness of her manner left her when she was engaged in teaching.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- It has not the mellifluousness of Italian, Italian is the language of tenors and organ-grinders, but it has grandeur: it does not ripple like a brook in a garden, but it surges tumultuous like a mighty river in flood.'†
Chpt 85-86
Definition:
pleasing to the ear