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This trust will give us power to meet the prospect of death with calmness, let it threaten in what form it may, whether the summons come in the crash of the shattered car, the bowlings of the ocean-storm, the flash of the lightning, or the quiet of our own chamber.

The Elements of Character Mary G. Chandler

We got the starboard tacks aboard, we cast off our weather braces and lifts; we set in the lee braces, and hauled forward by the weather-bowlings, and hauled them tight, and belayed them, and hauled over the mizzen tack to windward, and kept her full and by as near as she would lie.

The Junior Classics — Volume 5 William Patten 1902

We got the starboard tacks aboard, we cast off our weather braces and lifts; we set in the lee braces, and hauled forward by the weather bowlings, and hauled them right, and belayed them, and hauled over the mizzen tack to windward, and kept her full and by as near as she would lie.

The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites Eva March Tappan 1892

Columbus shut himself up in his cabin, as if to commune with the Deity, and remained there during the increase of the eclipse, the forests and shores all the while resounding with the bowlings and supplications of the savages.

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 1892

In the town unearthly bowlings and volcanic thunders, close overhead, cried havoc in every street, at every cave door.

Kincaid's Battery George Washington Cable 1884

There were no more of the dismal bowlings of the wolves, though, the scattered firing having effectually driven them away; but there were moments when it seemed to the young watcher that the night was being indefinitely prolonged, and he sighed again and again as he strained his eyes to pierce the darkness, and went on trying to form some plan as to his next movement.

!Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War George Manville Fenn 1870

The lads at last lay down, but all night long the wolves kept up their bowlings close to them with snarls and other noises.

Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Then, as before in O'Regan's sheeling, all the fury of the savage came upon him; his eyes blazed fearfully -- the white froth of passion, or rather of madness, appeared upon his lips, and his bowlings resembled the roaring of some beast of prey, while tearing up its quivering victim in the furious agonies of protracted hunger.

Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

During all this time his faithful dog never abandoned him; but his wild bowlings only heightened the horrors of his situation.

The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

Deity, and remained there during the increase of the eclipse, the forests and shores all the while resounding with the bowlings and supplications of the savages.

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Washington Irving 1821