It is to know which is most advantageous to empires, that their existence should be brilliant and momentary, or virtuous and lasting?
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

At last there was a bustle, a murmur of voices and laughter in the hall—then entered Sylvie, Ida, and their guests—lastly Bryant Van Zandt, on his arm—Mme. Leonie!
— from Little Nobody by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

Proceeding farther, he heard distinctly, mingled with it, a murmur of voices and laughter, and, through the chinks in the broken flags, he perceived a few faint rays of light.
— from The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

A murmur of voices and laughing greeting came to him.
— from Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905 by Various

In these respects he presented a remarkable contrast to Columbus, who was a man of various accomplishments, large minded, enthusiastic, fluent, affectionate, inventive.
— from The Life of Columbus by Helps, Arthur, Sir

I sent these papers to an eminent lawyer (and yet a man of virtue and learning into the bargain) who, after many alterations returned them back, with assuring me, that they are perfectly innocent; without the least mixture of treason, rebellion, sedition, malice, disaffection, reflection, or wicked insinuation whatsoever.
— from The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift

A murmur of voices and laughter grew clearer when the outer door was opened, and the two could hear the returning shooters talking with their host, who had gone out another way to meet them.
— from Thurston of Orchard Valley by Harold Bindloss

Further, chromic acid is an irritant poison which may cause an eruption on the hands and arms of workers handling the hides in this solution, unless they are protected by rubber gloves, or by coating the hands with a mixture of vaseline and lanoline.
— from Leather: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product by K. J. Adcock

From the German of Erwin Andres , Manufacturer of Varnishes and Lacquers.
— from Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, elementary instruction in practical mechanical drawing; together with examples in simple geometry and elementary mechanism, including screw threads, gear wheels, mechanical motions, engines and boilers by Joshua Rose

On the street below, a motor stopped; and there was a murmur of voices, a laugh.
— from His Second Wife by Ernest Poole

“ The one keeping strict lenten fast. ”—By a mixture of vigor and lenity, he had so soothed the mind of the English, that he thought he might safely revisit his native country, and enjoy the triumph and congratulation of his ancient subjects.
— from Heroines of the Crusades by C. A. (Celestia Angenette) Bloss