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... . Their feast of Beiram is now an- nounced by firing of cannon at sunset ; and signals respecting their fast of Ramadan are conveyed in the same manner . The call to prayer is proclaimed by the voice of the muezzin from the 10 THE BELL :
... . Their feast of Beiram is now an- nounced by firing of cannon at sunset ; and signals respecting their fast of Ramadan are conveyed in the same manner . The call to prayer is proclaimed by the voice of the muezzin from the 10 THE BELL :
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Its Origin, History, and Uses Alfred Gatty. is proclaimed by the voice of the muezzin from the minaret ; and Lord Byron says that " on a still evening , when the muezzin has a fine voice , which is frequently the case , the effect is ...
Its Origin, History, and Uses Alfred Gatty. is proclaimed by the voice of the muezzin from the minaret ; and Lord Byron says that " on a still evening , when the muezzin has a fine voice , which is frequently the case , the effect is ...
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... voices , where are they , That hymning far up in the listening sky Seem'd issuing softly through the gates of day , As if a troop of sainted sonls on high Were hovering o'er the earth with angel melody ? " Hark again , there is a ...
... voices , where are they , That hymning far up in the listening sky Seem'd issuing softly through the gates of day , As if a troop of sainted sonls on high Were hovering o'er the earth with angel melody ? " Hark again , there is a ...
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... voice of a mother would so immediately subdue to tenderness the worst criminal in Norfolk Island , as the sudden sound of the peal of his native village ! Not remon- strative in its tone , to stir the pride - not com- plaining , to ...
... voice of a mother would so immediately subdue to tenderness the worst criminal in Norfolk Island , as the sudden sound of the peal of his native village ! Not remon- strative in its tone , to stir the pride - not com- plaining , to ...
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... voice trembled with emotion while he said - ' That recalls to me the first years I passed at Brienne . " " Who can imagine the contrast of feelings then excited in such a nature ; and what other sound could have produced it ? Yes ...
... voice trembled with emotion while he said - ' That recalls to me the first years I passed at Brienne . " " Who can imagine the contrast of feelings then excited in such a nature ; and what other sound could have produced it ? Yes ...
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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...