clarions

Ever since the fall of Edessa Christendom had been uneasy in its hopes and fears for Jerusalem, and popes and abbots were stirring in their sleep to consider their beleaguered capital, and raise their voices like clarions calling to the defence of the Church.

A River So Long 2010

It is instructive that the overly vocal right wing Conservatives on the one hand, usually the clarions of personal rights, would tell those less advantaged what rights they do not have.

Matthew Anderson: The Anatomy of a Foreclosure Matthew Anderson 2010

“Turn to me, turn to me,” leaning into love despite the clarions blasting “Danger, danger, stay away!”

In Praise of Improvisation 2008

A squadron of magnificent body-guards, with their clarions at their head, were descending the Avenue de Neuilly; the white flag, showing faintly rosy in the setting sun, floated over the dome of the Tuileries.

Les Miserables 2008

If we are the clarions of freedom, and if we're willing to put the bodies of our young men and women on the line, then certainly the president of the United States should do his very least, which is to put his mouth on the line, because we are paying the price.

CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2007 2007

If we are the clarions of freedom, and if we're willing to put the bodies of our young men and women on the line, then certainly the president of the United States should do his very least, which is to put his mouth on the line, because we are paying the price.

CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2007 2007

When the silver clarions had blown, and under a clear chorus of white-robed children chanting round the organ, the noble procession passed into the chapel, and was hidden from our sight for a while, there was silence, or from the inner chapel ever so faint a hum.

Roundabout Papers 2006

At half-past ten, after coffee, the brilliant warriors of the cavalry were ready; their clarions rung to horse, their banners were given to the wind, their shirt-collars were exquisitely starched, and the whole air was scented with the odors of their pomatums and pocket-handkerchiefs.

Burlesques 2006

Yes! one sees them: the poet sees them still in the far-off Cloudland, and hears the ring of their clarions as they hasten to battle or tourney — and the dim echoes of their lutes chanting of love and fair ladies!

Burlesques 2006

At half-past ten, after coffee, the brilliant warriors of the cavalry were ready; their clarions rung to horse, their banners were given to the wind, their shirt-collars were exquisitely starched, and the whole air was scented with the odors of their pomatums and pocket-handkerchiefs.

The History of the Next French Revolution 2006