SPEAK in Classic Quotes
Simple words can express big ideas - learn how great writers to make beautiful sentences with common words.
Quotes from The Odyssey by Homer
| Search Panel |
Word: | ||
You may input your word or phrase. | ||
Author: | ||
Book: | ||
Stems: | ||
If search object is a contraction or phrase, it'll be ignored. | ||
Sort by: | ||
Each search starts from the first page. Its result is limited to the first 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.
| Current Search - speak in The Odyssey |
3 Thus did he speak, and his words set them all a weeping.
4 Aegyptius, a man bent double with age, and of infinite experience, was the first to speak.
5 As soon as they had had enough to eat and drink, Nestor, knight of Gerene, began to speak.
6 Thus did he speak, and they did even as he had said, and yoked the fleet horses to the chariot.
7 In our councils of war before Troy he was always first to speak, and his judgement was unerring.
8 Thus did he speak, and the others applauded his saying; they then all of them went inside the buildings.
9 Hear me, men of Ithaca, and I speak more particularly to the suitors, for I see mischief brewing for them.
10 Hear me," said he, "aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians, that I may speak even as I am minded.
11 Ulysses was glad when he found he had a friend among the lookers-on, so he began to speak more pleasantly.
12 Thus did they speak, but I answered sorrowfully, 'My men have undone me; they, and cruel sleep, have ruined me.'
13 I have not got wind of any host approaching about which I would warn you, nor is there any matter of public moment on which I would speak.
14 Thus did he speak, and they all held their peace throughout the covered cloister, enthralled by the charm of his story, till presently Alcinous began to speak.
15 He was so overcome with dismay that though he tried to speak he could find no words to do so; his eyes filled with tears and he could only sob and sigh, till at last we forced his story out of him, and he told us what had happened to the others.
16 Arete was the first to speak, for she recognised the shirt, cloak, and good clothes that Ulysses was wearing, as the work of herself and of her maids; so she said, "Stranger, before we go any further, there is a question I should like to ask you."
17 I am no prophet, and know very little about omens, but I speak as it is borne in upon me from heaven, and assure you that he will not be away much longer; for he is a man of such resource that even though he were in chains of iron he would find some means of getting home again.
Your search result may include more than 17 sentences. If you upgrade to a VIP account, you will see up to 500 sentences for one search.