It was the music of piano and the pizzicato plucking of strings—there was no pompous organ note, no ore rotundo any more.
They may declare, ore rotundo, that they have no confidence in Mr. Gladstone.
That peculiar form of tone which the Romans called "ore rotundo," which signifies "Round mouth."
When it is pronounced 'ore rotundo' it is susceptible of the most poetic harmony.
