"Bear down on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... should have a consistent depth and dignity from its proper degree of connection with the chest. This consistent character in the upper voice is attained by giving the tone a bit of pomp or nobleness of quality. In taking a low pitch there is, among novices, always a tendency to bear down on the tone in order to gain strength or to give weight to utterance. The voice is thus crowded into, or on, the throat. The voice should never be pushed down or pressed back in the low pitch. This practice leads to raggedness of tone, and finally to virtual loss of the lower voice. ...
— Public Speaking • Irvah Lester Winter
... they flew,—axe, club, or spear,— And mimic ensigns high they rear, And, like a bannered host afar, Bear down on England's wearied war. ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, No. 48, October, 1861 • Various
... Flores in the Azores," stood upon the deck of the little Revenge on that memorable August day in 1591, when "he chose to die rather than to dishonour himself, his country, and her Majesty's ship," so also did this Knight of Malta bear down on the ...
— Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean • E. Hamilton Currey
... defeated at the house of care: And only when from purpled orient skies Peered Phoebus forth, did tardy slumber bear Down on my weary eyes. ...
— The Elegies of Tibullus • Tibullus |
