The venerable chief, with dignified action, measured speech, and great skill in Modulating his voice, held their attention as much by the manner as the matter of his narrative.
"The White Squaw"
Mayne Reid
"Come," you may hear him say, Modulating his tones to persuasion, "come quickly; you see it is a fresh piece of grass into which the cows have been turned only a few hours since; it was too long for us before, but where they have eaten we can get at the ground comfortably.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Valgrand began to speak as he did upon the stage, restraining his effects at first and controlling his voice of set purpose to give full effect to it later on, Modulating it cleverly.
"Fantômas"
Pierre Souvestre Marcel Allain