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  • At length the clarions and trumpets from the top of the tower announced the prelude of departure; though the instruments were in unison with each other, yet a singular dissonance was blended with their sounds; this proceeded from Carathis, who was singing her direful orisons to the Giaour, whilst the negresses and mutes supplied thorough-base without articulating a word.

    The History of the Caliph Vathek 2004

  • Giaour, whilst the negresses and mutes supplied thorough-base without articulating a word.

    The History of Caliph Vathek William Beckford 1801

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