sheep-bell

They lay together in the warm valleys, listening to the tinkling of the sheep-bell, and one evening, putting his pipe aside, William threw his arm round her, whispering that she was his wife.

No Sex Please, We're Victorian: A Handy-Dandy Guide to Code Words 2007

Arthur: Meseemeth I hear a faint tinkle as of a sheep-bell.

The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

But some faint sounds over and above the rustle of the ewes in the straw, the bleat of the lambs, and the tinkle of the sheep-bell brought me to my waking senses.

Life's Little Ironies 2006

The sheep-bell tinkled again above her as she went.

Over the River 2004

As she opened it she heard the desolate tinkling of the sheep-bell installed by the antique dealer.

Over the River 2004

In scenes like these she would often linger along, wrapt in a melancholy charm, till the last gleam of day faded from the west; till the lonely sound of a sheep-bell, or the distant bark of a watch-dog, were all that broke on the stillness of the evening.

The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

They had proceeded for many leagues, without seeing a human habitation, and had only heard, now and then, at a distance, the melancholy tinkling of a sheep-bell; but now they caught the notes of merry music, and presently saw, within

The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

Just one sheep-bell tinkled from a fold on the rise; just one magnolia flower bloomed close to her window.

Maid in Waiting 2004

The still air seemed scarcely to breathe upon the woods, and, now and then, the distant sound of a solitary sheep-bell, or of a closing casement, was all that broke on silence.

The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

As they advanced, the valley opened; its savage features gradually softened, and, towards evening, they were among heathy mountains, stretched in far perspective, along which the solitary sheep-bell was heard, and the voice of the shepherd calling his wandering flocks to the nightly fold.

The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004