The Bell: Its Origin, History, and Uses |
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... summons at the same hour a multitude of persons to take their seats in the railway train , for a demon - like scamper across half - a - dozen counties , through the storms and darkness of a winter's night ! The word " bell " is thought ...
... summons at the same hour a multitude of persons to take their seats in the railway train , for a demon - like scamper across half - a - dozen counties , through the storms and darkness of a winter's night ! The word " bell " is thought ...
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... summoned the people to the solemn meetings of religious festival ; and the watchman blew his trumpet on the citadel when danger from the enemy was apprehended . For a series of ages , and even to the present day in some ITS ORIGIN ...
... summoned the people to the solemn meetings of religious festival ; and the watchman blew his trumpet on the citadel when danger from the enemy was apprehended . For a series of ages , and even to the present day in some ITS ORIGIN ...
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... summon their servants by clapping of hands . In short , research into this matter leads us to the conclusion that the small sorts of bells , which were wanted for ornament or private convenience , are of great antiquity ; but that with ...
... summon their servants by clapping of hands . In short , research into this matter leads us to the conclusion that the small sorts of bells , which were wanted for ornament or private convenience , are of great antiquity ; but that with ...
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... summoned to congregational worship by any public signal whatever ; as , in consequence of persecution , they could only meet by stealth , and chiefly at night , at the tombs of their martyrs . And it is shown by Bingham , that after the ...
... summoned to congregational worship by any public signal whatever ; as , in consequence of persecution , they could only meet by stealth , and chiefly at night , at the tombs of their martyrs . And it is shown by Bingham , that after the ...
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... ; -human breath cannot quit the body , but the bell must intrude its notes of mock condolence ; -nor is the worship of God attended without a summons from the bell . In forth the well - known monkish couplet , no vain boast 14 THE BELL :
... ; -human breath cannot quit the body , but the bell must intrude its notes of mock condolence ; -nor is the worship of God attended without a summons from the bell . In forth the well - known monkish couplet , no vain boast 14 THE BELL :
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1817 LIBRARIES accustomed ancient audible belfry bell metal bell-the bells of St betwixt bishop called Campanalogia canonical hours cast Cathedral celebration centuries change-ringing changes Charles CHARLES LAMB CHIGAN chimes church bells clapper clepsydra clock coach Coligni Complin curfew custom Dodona eight England feet festival fire Gay go Greeks hammer hear heard holy honour hung iron tongue Ivan's Church John of Procida knell large bells Lord ment MICHIGAN mould muezzin never night Nola notice o'clock occasions old church origin parish passing bell Paul's peal persons Pope Pope John XIII practised prayer produced purpose railway re-cast reader ringers ringing match rope rung Say the bells seemed Shrove Tuesday Sicilian Sicilian Vespers Sicily signal small bells solemn sound of bells spirits street strokes struck summons suspended sweet thou art tolled tone tons tower town turret UNIV Vespers voice weighs whilst
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Page 42 - Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 18 - I could never hear the AveMary bell* without an elevation, or think it a sufficient warrant, because they erred in one circumstance, for me to err in all, that is, in silence and dumb contempt ; whilst therefore they directed their devotions to her, I offered mine to God, and rectified the errors of their prayers, by rightly ordering mine own.
Page 98 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls; and, in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept (As 'twere in scorn of eyes,) reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 41 - Why hang the sweet bells mute in Magdalen Tower, Still wont to usher in delightful May; The dewy silence of the morning hour Cheering with many a changeful roundelay ? And those pure youthful voices, where are they, That, hymning far up in the listening sky, Seemed issuing softly through the gates of day, As if a troop of sainted souls on high Were hovering o'er the earth with angel melody...
Page 79 - Halfpence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel.
Page 81 - THE cheerful Sabbath bells, wherever heard, Strike pleasant on the sense, most like the voice Of one, who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion: chiefly when Their piercing tones fall sudden on the ear Of the contemplant, solitary man, Whom thoughts abstruse or high have chanced to lure Forth from the walks of men, revolving oft, And oft again, hard matter, which eludes And baffles his pursuit...
Page 23 - And when any is passing out of this life, a bell shall be tolled, and the minister shall not then slack to do his last duty. And after the party's death, if it so fall out, there shall be rung no more than one short peal, and one other before the burial, and one other after the burial.
Page 79 - say the bells of Old Bailey. " When I grow rich," say the bells of Shoreditch. " When will that be ?
Page 44 - Even the soul of the conqueror who had devastated Europe was stirred in its inmost depths by the simple sound. " When we were at Malmaison," says Bourrienne of Napoleon, "how often has the booming of the village bell broken off the most interesting conversations ! He stopped, lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which charmed him.
Page 19 - Soft hour ! which wakes the wish and melts the heart Of those who sail the seas, on the first day When they from their sweet friends are torn apart ; Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way As the far bell of vesper makes him start...