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Yon deep bell tolls no matin -- 'tis the tocsin's hurried blare!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Various
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Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes.
Elson Grammar School Literature v4 William H. Elson
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There was a quality in her voice that might, from what she saw upon his face, have been a tocsin's roll.
This Freedom 1925
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Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes.
Evangeline 1847
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Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes.
Evangeline Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes.
Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes.
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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And again the wild alarum sounded from the tocsin's throat;
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes.
The Children's Own Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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And again the wild alarum sounded from the tocsin's throat. "
Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Jennie Ellis Keysor
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