| 单词 | clapper |
| 例句 | Out of the corner of his eye, Reed saw Marmalade wrench the clapper off the wall, tuck it into her coat, and dash for the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A bell sounds between the explosions, gongs, and metal clappers warning everyone—Gas—Gas—Gaas. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As they approached, she popped to her feet and brandished the clapper like a wand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The post dented, but the clapper let out a dull resounding hum. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Somewhere inside was an old bronze clapper belonging to the bell of the Desert Gold, the ship that had gone down with King Fieldspar on his return from the Trove. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was as if all its little bells had run away and forgotten their clappers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He opens and shuts a black-and-white clapper board and hands it to me. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But whatever you do you’ll be running your mouth like a bell clapper! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He presses Play on his computer and we crack up at all the outtakes, like me crossing my eyes while clapping the clapper board. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Were we going to steal the clapper of the school bell, or would we tether a cow in chapel? A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s an other of Jack and his dad—Jack’s holding one of those black-and-white clapper boards that movie directors use when they shout “Take one!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z His friend who owns the motorcar set off at top speed, full out and going like the clappers, no lights as usual except the waning gibbous moon on the rise. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Plus the boys and Rosa have clappers, and Fiona’s got a horn. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z So do marsh-inhabiting birds like the clapper rail, shore- birds, and even visiting seabirds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She passed the clapper to Reed, who traced the engraving of the rising sun with his fingernail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I try to soak in the happy sounds of her voice, the ecstatic clacking of her clapper. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z People cheer for us, and Rosa waves and clacks her clappers in the air and calls, “Hi!” and “Thank you!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The clapper of each bell was a tiny ruby. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z According to legend, if they were close enough, any sound the clapper made would be echoed by the bell, still lost in the Ephygian Bay with the Desert Gold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I cried quietly as my head beat like the clapper of a bell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Rosa waves and clicks her clapper, but I’m slumping again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z And there, on a hook, was an old brass clapper, dull and green, with an engraving of a sunrise over a desert half-hidden beneath the crust of verdigris. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a mechanical sound like the ring of a holophone but a real bell with a metal clapper. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a sudden screeching cry, and a great flapping of wings, like wooden clappers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The singing is accompanied by string and wind instruments, drums and clappers, and Mr. Tan’s recordings of new music and sounds, which emanate almost mysteriously from speakers hidden in the woods. ?The Peony Pavilion? Gets Modern Touches in China 2010-08-17T22:56:00Z I ended up as a camera assistant and clapper loader for eight years working with lots of cameramen with different styles, so that was my film school. What is a cinematographer? 2011-02-25T09:15:27Z Nor was anyone operating a clapper to help synchronize the audio and visual tracks. Film Hitches a Weird Ride on Kesey?s Bus 2011-07-31T22:21:24Z Method of sounding: Struck by a fixed hammer, positioned outside the bell, rather than a swinging clapper. Big Ben chimes for 2012 Festival 2012-07-24T10:41:14Z Some lepers were forced to wear a heart on their clothes and don bells or clappers to warn others of their presence. The fashionable history of social distancing 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z And then there are the physical changes: ask the veteran skaters, now shaped like bells with robust, voluptuous clappers. Broken collarbone? Just roll with it 2013-06-02T17:00:00Z “This song does mean something to everybody and clearly in a different tempo to everybody in this audience,” Blake Shelton quipped, agreeing with Levine that the audience members were “the worst clappers I’ve ever heard.” 'The Voice' recap: The Top 6 sing for the moms 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The hypnotic mood of the work was unfortunately shattered at its conclusion by an overeager clapper. Music Review: Hearing ?Spring? as Summer Fades 2010-09-05T22:32:00Z Under the spinning disco ball, Maldonado gives Swain last-minute pointers on how he needs to swivel his arms around his head while his hips are banging like a clapper in a bell. On ‘Pose,’ dancing isn’t just about self-expression. It’s a survival skill for trans women. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Did the mine owner take the clappers out? Bob Stanley's guide to writing the perfect Christmas hit 2010-12-16T22:15:01Z His mother used her influence at Elstree Studios to get him taken on as a messenger boy, and he soon graduated to gofer, clapper boy and assistant director. Ronald Neame obituary 2010-06-20T17:38:00Z Amboy Dukes – Journey to the Centre of the Mind The best intro of the week, going off like the clappers before taking a step or two down into familiar psychedelia. Readers recommend: songs with special guests 2010-10-14T23:01:00Z After university studies in philosophy and architecture, she held a series of jobs: technical draftsman, photo retoucher, fashion model and, finally, “clapper girl” at the Czech national film studio. Vera Chytilova Dies at 85; Made Daring Czech Films 2014-03-23T02:16:56Z He had begun with Arvo Pärt's Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten, intending to continue straight into the Four Sea Interludes without a break, but the compulsive clappers in the audience scuppered that idea. Proms 42 & 43: BBCSO/Gardner; St John Passion 2010-08-18T11:03:00Z She holds the Guinness world record as “television’s most frequent clapper,” and in the run-up to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she and Sajak carried an Olympic torch. Vanna White Takes a Spin as ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Host After 37 Years 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z “In 40 hours they used the clapper once,” Mr. Gibney said. Film Hitches a Weird Ride on Kesey?s Bus 2011-07-31T22:21:24Z There’s a warm-up procession of musicians beating drums, clapping wood clappers and piping away on flutes. Art Review: ‘Theater, Life, and the Afterlife’ at China Institute 2012-05-31T22:11:08Z The dedicated film fan worked as a cinema projectionist during his school holidays, before entering the industry in 1932 as a runner and clapper boy at Wembley Studios. Cinematographer Morris dies aged 98 2014-03-19T12:07:57Z The verdict on the French filmmaker Leos Carax’s competition entry, “Holy Motors,” sounded evenly divided, with the clappers trying hard but failing to drown out the vigorous disdainers. Critic’s Notebook: At Cannes, Some Jeers for ‘Holy Motors’ and ‘The Paperboy’ 2012-05-24T22:34:45Z In the Middle Ages, we put lepers into asylums and strapped them with bells and wooden clappers so we could hear them approach. Coronavirus is a test that no one knows how to pass 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Drums thwacked from above like a giant movie clapper, and you understood why Blake is known as a dubstep artist. Concert review: James Blake at the Tractor Tavern 5/19 2011-05-20T18:34:07Z Happy clappers ... what are your favourite handclap songs? Readers recommend: songs with handclaps 2010-07-08T23:02:00Z "It looks graceful on the top, but it's going like the clappers underneath." Ant and Dec: just the two of us 2013-02-23T09:00:00Z And, propelled by the country's undying obsession with outsiders, it's gone like the clappers at the Japanese box office, having become the top-grossing release of the year so far. Thermae Romae: is Japanese film feeling the heat? 2012-05-29T13:56:02Z If nothing else than to see someone use a clapper and say "take one" or someone to shout "cut" in a real situation. Witty or gritty? What ingredients make the best short films? 2011-01-14T16:29:46Z Mr. Reich is well aware of the difficulty, saying in a video on the app that performing the piece is “very nervous-making” because it leaves the clappers so exposed. Steve Reich, Game Designer 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But when he recorded the sequel, a dozen clappers turned out. Jerry Samuels, Creator of a Novelty Hit, Is Dead at 84 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Dotaku bells such as this one still puzzle historians, but we know they were made without clappers and buried in earth, probably as part of a ritual designed to bless crops. How the Silence Makes the Music 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Conservative forces were sufficiently worried about the optics, it appeared, that they were eager to pull in "talented clappers" from outside the community. Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The event includes a cedar weaving demonstration, drum song and dance, and craft making traditional clappers. What’s open, closed, and how to celebrate on Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z They twirled wooden ratchets and batted plastic hand clappers emblazoned with the Unite Here logo. Column: On the picket line, a telling alliance between hotel workers and screenwriters 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Several men held clapper sticks made of elderberry wood and began tapping a rhythm. 'This water needs to be protected': California tribe calls for preservation of Tulare Lake 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The crowd were on their feet as the clapper signalled the final 10 seconds, testament to the efforts of both women. GB's Scotney, Edwards & Hughes win world title fights 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z “There is this secretive marsh bird called a clapper rail,” Mx. Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z An electric atmosphere was generated at King Power Stadium by both the home fans with their 'clappers' and the away supporters through their vociferous backing. Leicester & Everton remain in trouble after chaotic draw 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z When the sound is rolling and the clapper has been hit, I never say “Action.” Ruben Östlund's confessions of a Swedish director who freaks out … a lot 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Fans are also provided with sensory bags that include noise-cancelling headphones, weighted lap pads and fidget toys like plastic clappers and gloves. Stadium sensory rooms allow fans World Cup games experience 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Back at the zendo, several minutes passed by until some zen clappers clicked, and the dozen or so people around her in the zendo rose to their feet and began to slowly walk in circles. Anchorage Zen Community seeks awareness sitting in silence 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The music underscoring the monologue is both haunting and jarring, and it mixes in sounds from traditional Japanese theater like wooden clappers and samisen, a traditional stringed instrument. Why Velina Hasu Houston's timely play 'Tea' continues to be staged around the world 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z There was no such discord in the closing ceremony, which had fans waving plastic clappers, making a sound that approximated either rain or a swarm of locusts. Despite containing the coronavirus, Beijing Games could never escape other problems 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Fans rattled the plastic clappers they had been handed — generally obeying pandemic-era instructions not to open their masked-covered mouths to cheer — and watched her every move. Eileen Gu Gets Silver in Freeski Slopestyle, Adding to Her Gold From Big Air 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Looking out over the river, Dominguez began to sing a “gathering song,” using a clapper stick made from an elderberry branch. In Bakersfield, many push for bringing back the flow of the long-dry Kern River 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Parell threw up his hands in victory as his family cheered, waving noisy party clappers. They set out to hike America's three longest trails in less than a year. What could go wrong? 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z A clapper rail darts for cover in a patch of coastal red mangroves. Mangrove forests: Photography winners show beauty of ecosystems 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z So, I went on back on the belt, going like the clappers of hell. Gleision: The mining disaster that was quietly forgotten 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Then, as the 10-second clapper sounded in the closing seconds of the round, he unloaded a barrage of punches that dropped Swanson and forced the TKO stoppage at the 4:57 mark. Kongo beats Kharitonov at Bellator 265 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z The horse was very skittish with the camera going, "khh," and the clapper board, and we couldn't keep him steady. ‘Braveheart’ Angus Macfadyen recalls filming with Mel Gibson, reprising his role in ‘Robert the Bruce’ 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z As the two jawed, the man with the clippers offered a pretty solid clapper — he simply waved goodbye. Commentary: Did Rajon Rondo's brother talk trash to Rockets? Maybe he knew something 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go. What would Ben Franklin, our first postmaster general, think of Louis DeJoy? 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z The clappers of two bells fell off some time ago, but Rios replaced them with a pair of small keys and a metal lock. L.A. ice cream vendor adapts to life in a COVID-19 world 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z News of Nick Watney’s positive test at the RBC Heritage in South Carolina stopped golf’s happy clappers in their tracks. Watney's Covid case raises questions about PGA Tour's pandemic policy | Ewan Murray 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z In the tower, Dr. McCrady performs with a keyboard made up of a vertical panel of levers known as manuals and a pedal board connected by cables to the clappers that strike the bells. Canada’s ‘Voice of the Nation’ Rings Out in a Capital Quieted by a Virus 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Homo sapiens got where they did by being cooperative and collaborative, and we’ve seen that on a daily basis: the seed sharers, mask weavers, happy clappers, valiant volunteers, community choirs and online orchestras. Has the coronavirus pandemic made us all nicer? 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Fans in Taiwan are notoriously rowdy and devoted, pounding clappers, blaring vuvuzelas and availing themselves of any other noise makers they can find from start to finish. Taiwan Says ‘Play Ball!’ (With Cardboard Fans and Robot Drummers) 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z "Don't tell me it takes two weeks to attach a clapper to a bell," he said. Big Ben Brexit fundraiser given £50,000 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z They looked at four birds: the clapper rail, willet, saltmarsh sparrow and seaside sparrow. Hurricanes May Kill Some Birds, but Humans Are the Real Threat 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z But Warren appeared to enjoy the loudest and longest welcome – with her supporters banging clappers together for roughly two minutes as she took to the stage. Warren says Democrats can’t chose nominee ‘we don’t believe in because we’re scared’, in possible slap at Biden 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z But they were also known as bull-dogs, hawks, lurchers and, from the manner in which they escorted debtors, shoulder clappers. 'Is that bum trap missing a flesh-bag?': a guide to Australia’s convict slang 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z In order for the bells to work again, they need to be cleaned, tuned and installed with new clappers. Woman seeks to save Irish American parish’s historic bells 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z You are starting to see in the intelligence community Brennan and clapper disagreeing with Comey to the extent to which the dossier funded by Democrats was part of the intelligence community's assessment. Trump impeachment push is proof Democrats have an 'empty agenda:' Rep. Matt Gaetz 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z But he neglected to provide “clappers,” the wooden tools editors use to marry sound to image. Review | The Aretha Franklin concert documentary ‘Amazing Grace’ is nothing short of a miracle 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Every time the clapper board goes Mrs. Wilson, it's like, oh God, we're actually doing this.” Ruth Wilson on going bold in ‘Lear’ and her own secret family saga in ‘Mrs. Wilson’ 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He eventually became a clapper loader, or second assistant camera, and worked his way up the ladder from there. Appreciation: Nicolas Roeg, director of 'Don't Look Now,' was a darkly sensual poet of the screen 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Roeg did his National Service after World War Two before getting a job making tea and operating the clapper board at Marylebone Studios, where he worked on a number of minor films. Nicholas Roeg: From tea-maker to director 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Pollack, who died in 2008, failed to use clapper boards, a crucial tool in matching sound with filmed images in a predigital era. Aretha Franklin Gospel Film Finally Has a Release Date, 46 Years After It Was Made 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z This adds to the popular saying that "T. rex was a clapper not a slapper," in the way that it held its hands. T. Rex's puny arms were useful after all 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Funniest moment so far … A Fulham fan with a plastic clapper gesticulating at the Palace away support while pointing to his Liverpool v Real Madrid Champions League final T-shirt. Premier League fans rate the season so far. Part one: Arsenal to Huddersfield 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z His first job was as a clapper boy on “Snow White.” Want your own Dumbo from Disneyland? An authentic Skyway car? Why park history is headed to auction 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Then, at midday, bellringers at each tower across the UK will remove the muffles from the clappers and at about 12.30 they will ring open. Bells will ring out: world to mark end of First World War 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Fans wield all manner of noise makers — clappers, pairs of plastic bats, small vuvuzelas — pretty much nonstop for nine innings. Taiwan Baseball? It’s ‘Hot Noisy,’ and Ingrained in National Identity 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Zhang Shimin kept the beat on a bell and clapper while sprawled out on the floor with a look of utter contentment. In praise of musical tourism: Huayin Shadow Puppet Band and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Leicester weren’t sure whether their fans would prefer plastic flags or paper clappers, so they got both: Leicester City v Chelsea: FA Cup quarter-final – live! 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z "I was one of biggest clappers when he talked about paid family leave," she said. Tammy Duckworth, senator and war hero, takes on President Trump, aka 'Cadet Bone Spurs' 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Byrnes and Karlstrom suspect that when the infamous asteroid crashed into the Yucatán, it hit the Earth like the clapper on a bell. The dinosaur-murdering asteroid maybe also triggered an underwater volcano meltdown 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Officials from a Dutch bell manufacturer installed new clappers - the piece inside a bell that strikes it to make a sound - at a cost of $63,000 in October. Michigan State University updates memorial bell tower 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Officials from a Dutch bell manufacturer installed new clappers — the piece inside a bell that strikes it to make a sound — at a cost of $63,000 in October. Michigan State University updates memorial bell tower 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The bell no longer has a clapper and Bradner doesn’t intend to get a new one, to discourage anyone from being tempted, say, to send a fire call into the wee hours of the morning. 140-year-old bell returns to Albany Fire Department station 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z At that point, no doubt, he told the happy clappers that they were cheering for the wrong guy. ‘That’s why he’s Justin’: Playoff superhero Justin Williams can’t stop being clutch 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The find included the hanger and clapper of the bell. Missing El Dorado church bell found and restored 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z They were given a red bowl and spoon, an itchy sack-like uniform, and wooden shoes the prisoners nicknamed “clappers”. 'I will never be free of it': Auschwitz survivor recalls horror 75 years on 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z The modern ringers are hand-painted, hang from hemp rope and use reclaimed wood clappers. Ring in the holidays with these gorgeous ceramic bells 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Chelsea, going along like the clappers, unsurprisingly name an unchanged side. Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League – live! 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z The ship’s bell lies on its side on the deck, close to where the sailor on watch would have have swung the clapper to mark time. Ship found in Arctic 168 years after doomed Northwest Passage attempt 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z In fact, when the bell arrived from England in 1752, the rim actually cracked upon the first test of its clapper. Ben Carson: What You Don’t Know About The Liberty Bell 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z We find out the origins of the word “dumbbell”: It looked like a church bell without a clapper. What’s on the new frontier of fitness? Hint: It looks a lot like the past. 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Plastic flags, clappers and mobile phones to be replaced by rattles, flat caps and untipped cigarettes. Premier League 2015-16 review: Our writers’ best and worst 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Separately, the nonprofit parkway trust and the embassy will try to raise $1.7 million for upgrades to the musical equipment, including replacement of the clappers in the bells. A long-ago gift from the grateful Dutch, the Netherlands Carillon now needs saving 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z All I, through this little pinhole of my vision, I caught a glimpse of this “Star Wars” logo on the clapper board, and suddenly it hit home what we were doing. Warwick Davis breaks down what it's like to work on three generations of 'Star Wars' movies 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Srivaddhanaprabha pays about $20,000 each home game for fans to rattle their little cardboard clappers while they’re watching the match: it helps make the King Power Stadium one of the league’s noisiest grounds. Leicester City and the greatest underdog story ever told: a primer for Americans 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z The clappers, and the screams, were especially loud on Tuesday. Leicester City Tops Liverpool, and Keeps On Dreaming of Title 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking to boost the numbers of the light-footed Ridgway’s rail - also known as the light-footed clapper rail. New nests for endangered bird installed at Point Mugu 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z This happened frequently, he said, necessitating improvisation to avoid busted pedals and clappers. The ring cycle: Answer Man checks out the Netherlands Carillon 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z McCaffrey introduced a set of convenient “clapper” lights, reportedly hung around their place. Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey is going places in a hurry 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In one, women sing traditional Kashmiri songs accompanied by rhythmic brass clappers. Explore the Beauty of Kashmir 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The cards, known as clappers, were handed out at a game last season, and after the Foxes won the club’s owners, out of superstition, have purchased them for each game since. Leicester City Tops Liverpool, and Keeps On Dreaming of Title 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z In French theatre, groups of professional clappers, known as "claques", were hired by performers to make them appear more popular with audiences. Why are MPs banned from clapping? - BBC News 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Yuma clapper rails, which are endangered, browse the freshwater marshes created by the farm ditches and the canals. California Runs Dry 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Students carried paper megaphones and silver wooden clappers that flashed like flag semaphores and magnified the rhythmic applause, a sound of both welcoming and required exuberance. At Marathon in North Korea, Curiosity Goes a Long Way 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Bureau of Land Management to court in 60 days unless the agencies agreed to more thoroughly review the potential bird impacts of other large solar power plants proposed within the Yuma clapper rail’s range. Solar Farms Threaten Birds 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The daily bag limit for clapper rails and king rails is 15 singly or in aggregate and possession limit is 45 singly or in aggregate. Wildlife agency sets waterfowl hunting dates 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z That was a problem for the clapper rail, because the bird depended on the native Spartina as a habitat. Invasive species aren't always the enemy 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The videos showed that people were strongly swayed by other audience members, or even by just one particularly influential clapper. Applause Can Be Contagious 2013-06-27T17:15:41.397Z Poyet's email also criticised the club's marketing ploy to create more noise inside the stadium by handing cardboard clappers to the home fans. Gus Poyet fuming after excrement found in Crystal Palace dressing room 2013-05-18T18:02:24Z Last week, that long-dead clapper rail stoked a legal action that challenges at least a half dozen additional solar plants planned in California and Arizona. Solar Farms Threaten Birds 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Maybe it's too many shoulder clappers around you. Goal: Klinsmann Explains, and Keeps Explained, His Use of '24/7' 2013-01-24T05:36:31Z Like a Prius in that it combines a petrol engine with an electric motor; but not like a Prius in that this one goes like the clappers. On the road: BMW 3 Series ActiveHybrid 2012-12-22T22:59:01Z The atonal violin soundtrack was going like the clappers. London 2012: China has no interest in synchronised swimming and that gives us a chance 2012-08-06T19:08:15Z The hollow vault rang As the clapper went bang, Ding-dong! Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z “We’d like the FWS to start looking at the potential problem that the Yuma clapper rail may be being attracted onto the sites,” Anderson said. Solar Farms Threaten Birds 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z The hours are 182 marked in the churches by wooden clappers. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z When the new bell was hung it was cracked by a stroke of the clapper. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Hold thy clapper thou—Who are the prosecutors? Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen 2012-03-08T03:00:09.310Z The bell should clear the base, and should be at such a height as to be struck on its edge by the hammer or clapper attached to the armature, Figs. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z Here is the Wake-robin, "a long hood in proportion like the ear of a hare, in middle of which hood cometh forth a pestle or clapper of a dark murry or pale purple color." Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z With bell and clapper the vender of ginger and cocoa-nut pushes his cart before him; peddlers, bending under Delaware baskets or leather trays, stand in the street, calling their wares: "Colours for the races!" Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Staminate catkins.—Two to ten inches long, consisting of a flexile chain of funnel-form bracts, depending one from another; each having six flowers like clappers. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z The flounced bell skirts had swung airily on gracious silk clappers. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z Of course, directly the connection with the battery is broken, the spring which carries the armature and clapper flies back ready to be again attracted, should connection again be made with the battery. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z There were big clappers of wood which were used to frighten the birds away from the fruit. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Then he looked upon Roelandt, the great bell, and hanged from the clapper the fellow who had sounded the alarm to call the city to defend her right. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z The clapper's cousin, the sora, or Carolina rail, so well known to gunners, alas! if not to "every child," delights to live wherever wild rice grows along inland lakes and rivers or along the coast. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z When the current is on, the core becomes magnetized and attracts another piece of iron called the armature with its clapper attached. Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 2011-11-18T03:00:30.487Z This is owing to the fact that the clappers of the bells do not all break or make contact at the same time, so that intermittent ringing and interruptions take place. Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men 2012-03-06T03:00:25.273Z At one time the clapper rail was very plentiful in certain localities in California and furnished abundant sport, though rather of a tame nature, to those who hunted them. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z It is fitted on to the head of the clapper, and a lining of leather is inserted to prevent the creaking of the iron, when the end of the clapper is oscillating. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 86, June 21, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-09-23T02:00:20.637Z No doubt you once played with some mechanical toy that made a noise something like the peculiar, rolling cackle of the clapper rail. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z ‘No,’ answered he, ‘that is no longer considered an honest trade; and the end of that song would be that I should swing as the clapper in a bell.’ Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z And on Thursday evening also—another bad intrusion on the happy week—again the sexton tugged at the rope for prayer and the dismal clapper answered from above. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z The clapper is only a straggler south of San Francisco bay. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z The Blues arrived in several big carryalls with a noisy crowd of “rooters” carrying horns, bells and clappers—anything with which to make a racket. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z The little woman tried to sound the clapper, then fell back exhausted. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z A wagon enclosed with canvas, bearing announcements of existing and coming film features, was provided with a big bass drum, bells, huge board clappers and some horns—all operated by pedals under the driver’s feet. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z Yet regularly, out of a noonday stillness—except for the cries of the butcher boy upon the steps—a dozen clappers of the tower struck their sudden din across the city. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z In the latter they are constantly fired at, if only with blank charges, to alarm them from the seed besides being shouted at and frightened with clappers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In ringing, the bell is swung round; in tolling, it is swung merely sufficiently for the clapper to strike the side. Notes and Queries, Vol. III, Number 83, May 31, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc 2011-07-26T02:00:17.693Z Robed monks and hundreds of soldiers in fatigue were among the throng of patriotic supporters waving the flag and "clapper" balloons popular at South Korean sports events, emblazoned with the bid's logo "New Horizons." South Korea expects huge economic boost from Winter Games 2011-07-07T02:40:08Z He pulled the clapper on the heavy brass bell and in its ring heard a foreboding finality. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z It appeared that at the very moment of the noon, having lagged to the utmost second, the frantic clappers had bolted up the belfry stairs to call the town to dinner. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z This way of ringing, or, rather, chiming, consists in striking the bell with a clapper held in the hand, when a light, dancing sound is produced, something like that of hand-bells. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z By covering this bell of shame with his open hand by way of a damper, he was able to take out the pestle, its clapper, without producing any ring or clang. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z "Mr. Ormsby is very beautiful; I shall hope not to disfigure him permanently;" but as I spoke my tongue was a wobbly dry clapper in my mouth. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z I wears this frame with the bell where I couldn't reach the clapper, day and night. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Certainly the clappers were brawling in the tower and had come to blows. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Any of you chaps got that bell clapper? The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z My heels knocked together like a pair of clappers, an' it seemed to me I could hear my head crack, the same way a whip does when you snap it. Teddy and Carrots Two Merchants of Newpaper Row 2011-01-24T03:00:19.897Z Her heart was beating furiously, like the clapper of a bell. The Secret of Sarek 2011-01-14T03:00:49.903Z The organ's base was against the ceiling; the winged cherubs hovered overhead feet upward; the bells swung with the clappers standing upright, and the choir chanted the psalm backward. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z His heart beat in his chest like the clapper of a bell. 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z I'll get a metal clapper to-morrow, but I doubt its answering; it will clang, and the sapphire has a clinking note like ice in a glass. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The clapper struck the bell with a brazen, booming note; and each stroke was prolonged by an undulating echo, a deep, thrilling vibration. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z After an incident at my second wedding, we banned clappers from my third wedding. 23 things you should know about sports TV 2010-12-20T00:09:00Z The clappers fell still once and for all. | Silencing the Clappers 2010-06-17T20:45:00Z The clappers fell silent once and for all. World Cup Fans in Queens Make Noise for South Korea 2010-06-18T00:32:00Z Oh, this isn't——" Finnerty caught the import of Swinton's gasping cough in time to switch, adding: "This is a clapper the old goldsmith fixed up for me, and it's doing beautifully. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z But with malls and department stores shuttered, sales figures are flat at Versace and Prada, while street vendors selling anti-government red T-shirts, bandanas, flags and hand clappers are raking it in. Thailand Tourism Devastated by Political Unrest 2010-04-18T04:35:00Z One waved a red plastic clapper used at the rallies. Political Standoff in Bangkok Intensifies 2010-04-11T13:43:00Z One waved a plastic clapper used by the protesters from a window of a bus. Thai Military Cracks Down; Protesters Fight Back 2010-04-10T15:53:00Z “Dal thee! don’t set thee clapper going at me,” roared the old man. The Parson O' Dumford Among this insolent brood the most zealous guardians of the law were to be found; they easily learnt some of the tricks of their master, and they carried goose wings, wooden clappers, and short pipes. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Just as soon as a certain quantity got on top of the valve or clapper, it acted effectually as an automatic shut-off for the water. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document In the other hand he bore a kind of clapper formed of two pearl-oyster shells, beautifully polished. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II I soon discovered that he was attracted by the one which contained the clapper. The Speech of Monkeys The blossom is pealing, the tender dew is green, the presence is in the time in between, the sacrifice is that that the bell which rings has a clapper. Geography and Plays Out of revenge the Inspector took the clapper from the bell and cut the ropes so that they could no longer toll the "tempora." Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Eddie's voice was suddenly the lover's, full of that quality which is like unto the ting of a silver bell after the clapper is quiet. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole These great Russian bells are not rung by swinging; a rope is attached to the clapper, or tongue, and the operator rings the bell by this means. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia The bells were all alike, except that from two of them I had removed the clappers. The Speech of Monkeys Larry and Jack for a long time had their eyes and minds on these same bells, and finally they decided to effectually stop the ringing by cutting the ropes off close to the clappers. Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 In 1814 the bulb of its clapper was outside the door of a blacksmith's shop, as you go out of the city towards Dieppe. Notes and Queries, Number 228, March 11, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Two small knobs of brass, which serve as clappers, hang by silk strings, one between each two bells. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments The ensign's first task was to make fast a lanyard to the clapper of the dismal thing, and thereafter their nerves felt steadier. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam On his return he would go to the place he had left, and, of course, get a bell with no clapper in it. The Speech of Monkeys And Brother Wilson held up the sock, and says he, 'My son, can you tell me how this came to be tied on the clapper of the church bell?' The Land of Long Ago Under these an arch, covered with smilax, had been erected, and from its centre hung a large bell formed of the lovely and fragrant orange blossoms; the clapper made of crimson roses. Elsie in the South Therefore, when the two outer bells communicating with the conductor are electrified, they will attract the clappers and be struck by them. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments "We can have another clapper made," his wife declared. Ring Once for Death He would drop this and take another, until he found the one with the clapper, which showed clearly that the sound was a part of the attraction. The Speech of Monkeys Here's a yarn sock tied around the clapper.' The Land of Long Ago The woods had already been beaten by boys with kiaki—a kind of wooden clapper, of which the name describes the noise. Francezka We do not consider it necessary to mention that the bells are struck by a clapper. Logic, Inductive and Deductive "I just put the clapper back in place with some thread," Edith told him. Ring Once for Death The dishes are smoking, the wines perfume the air; and with furiously agitated clapper, the little bell is crying out to him: “Quick, quick, quicker yet!” Devil Stories An Anthology Is it within the reach of any combination of springs, ratchets and clappers? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. Where are the races that danced to the beat of the priest's clapper gong? Through Our Unknown Southwest The wires of the bells were distinctly moved, not only the bells and the clappers. Psychic Phenomena A Brief Account of the Physical Manifestations Observed in Psychical Research As soon as young Sam Kee told us about his father's separating the clapper and the bell, I remembered the central crystal pendant on my necklace. Ring Once for Death The clock goes eight days, and strikes the hours on the great bell, the clapper of which weighs 180 pounds. Old and New London Volume I When I through the sands of Holland Weary drag my sluggish waters, And I hear the wind-mills clapper, Tender longings oft steal o'er me For my early lovely sweetheart. The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. There's a new fog-horn on that point now, Eel, but when I was quite a small shaver, in 1906, the fog signal was a bell, rung with a clapper. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers But what, asks the late Sir James Stephen, the eloquent writer in the Edinburgh is a party, political or religious, without a Review? and he replies, "A bell without a clapper." Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles It is shaped like a bell clapper—we mentioned it once. Ring Once for Death Let's all together make a noise, and shake Our clappers as a sign. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature Then I couldn't think for a minute or two because of old Billy's clapper going, but when I did, his face came back to me atop of his voice. When Ghost Meets Ghost In July of that year the clapper broke and couldn't be used. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers Tellingly sadly, the convent bell hung as silent as an empty dovecote, forcing the penniless Fathers to call to matins with an almond wood clapper!… Letters from my Windmill I guessed right away we had the missing clapper. Ring Once for Death I should predetermine precisely the strength of the thread with relation to the resistance offered by the tied down bell clapper. Death Points a Finger Only this morning she keeps on at me wi' her questions like the clapper o' a bell. Jan and Her Job The clapper of an electric bell is pulled against the bell when you push the button. Common Science To attract attention, they would clash their wooden clappers together. The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses "The bell and the clapper were deliberately separated by my father twenty years ago." Ring Once for Death At the fourteenth ring, the clapper would break loose and strike a nail that discharges a blank cartridge that I had fastened with a small wooden block. Death Points a Finger She had a flute made from a bamboo cane by piercing holes between the joints, while every god in the great orchestra had a pair of flat hard wood clappers, which he struck together. Japanese Fairy World Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan Notice that the circuit is completed through a little metal attachment on the base of the clapper, and that when the clapper is pulled toward the electromagnet the circuit is broken. Common Science A pair of clappers, a stick, a barrel, and a distinctive dress were given to him. The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses Only the original clapper, carved from the same block of rose crystal, will ring it. Ring Once for Death There was nothing for it but to tie a handkerchief round the clapper of the bell.… The Education of Eric Lane Hark, now, it is still wagging like the clapper of a bell.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Notice that a spring pulls the clapper back into place as soon as the iron stops attracting it. Common Science A hand was passed through the bars of the gate at the top of the staircase leading to the terrace and seized the clapper of the little bell fastened to one of the bars. The Frontier The bell and its clapper are reckoned as one. Hebrew Literature But the knell for the death-stroke never sounded; Blanche had climbed the curfew tower and held the clapper of the great bell. Highways and Byways in Surrey All that about its being the clapper of the bell is mere nonsense, and would hardly deceive a child. The Magic World See how this constant making and breaking of the circuit causes the bell clapper to fly back and forth. Common Science They also make a din by beating empty oil-tins, and use clappers as the country boys at home do. India and the Indians If a bell be struck by a clapper on the inside, the bell is made to vibrate. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Whether bronze bell or wooden clapper was used, three preliminary strokes were given by way of warning, and it therefore became inexpedient to designate any of the hours "one," "two," or "three." A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era And the seven big beautiful bells in the belfry were left hollow and dark and quite empty, except for the clappers who did not care about the comforts of a home. The Magic World That breaks the circuit and the clapper springs back. Common Science Two heads in little round nightcaps lay on one pillow, two pairs of wide-awake blue eyes stared up at the light, and two tongues were going like mill clappers. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. The base, by the stroke, is changed into an ellipse or oval, whose longer axis passes through the part against which the clapper is struck. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease Rip.De old woman dead too? den her clapper is stopped at last. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Rip van Winkle Put a stopper upon that clapper of yours; which goes at the rate of ten knots an hour—or look out for squalls.” Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life This completes the circuit again and the clapper is pulled down. Common Science To ring it is impossible; even to toll it requires the united strength of three men pulling with separate ropes the vast clapper; above this are 40 or 50 more. A Journey in Russia in 1858 But I am for the time as though I were within the clapper of a mill; and her passion goes on increasing because she can never get a word from me. The Fixed Period Sir G. The great fiend stop that clapper! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 "I heard a lot of Greek words myself," said Drysdale; "but old Murdock was too pleased at hearing his own clapper going, and too full of whisky, to find him out." Tom Brown at Oxford “Sooner she was pulling yon clapper than my neck,” he says. Puck of Pook’s Hill Also, a plank or foot-bridge across a running stream; also, the clapper of a bell. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The alarm bell was now rung with so much violence that the clapper broke, and some of the passengers continued to strike it for some time with a stone. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. These clappers were ingenious little contrivances, and from each hung a long and narrow white ribbon. Patty's Summer Days Have you seen old Tom walking around Peckwater lately on his clapper, smoking a cigar with the Dean of Christ Church? Tom Brown at Oxford There I stood in the chill daylight, shivering in my pale blue cloak, impetuously clanging the brazen lion's head upon its clapper. The Other Side of the Door They fled at his approach, and he was obliged to warn them of his coming by outcry, or by use of a clapper or bell. A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Overpowered to his very inmost soul by the most fearful anguish, the bell appeared to him the jaws of some immense serpent; the clapper was the poisonous tongue, which it extended towards him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 After the luncheon, each ribbon was apportioned to a guest, and at a given signal the ribbons were pulled, whereupon each clapper sprang open, and a tiny white paper fluttered down to the table. Patty's Summer Days Other seaven a clapper in a bell; Other seven to lead an ape in hell. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series Macnooder would have proceeded to capitalize this imagination by fabricating clapper watch charms and selling them at auction prices. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World The clapper is made of two round disks of gold paper with the string pasted between them. Little Folks' Handy Book An irresistible desire seized him to take hold on the clapper with both hands, when suddenly it became calm around him, but it still raged within his brain. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Over the table was suspended a floral wedding bell, which was supplied with not only one clapper, but a dozen. Patty's Summer Days Cursed be the mill that clappers, the carpenter who drives the nails, the teamster who calls to his jaded pair, the laughter of children, the croaking of frogs, the twittering of birds! The Goose Man Hickey might plan the daring manœuvre which made the conquest of the clapper possible, and revel in the faculty's amazement at the sudden silence of the tyrant will. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World For the bell we are now making, the clapper should be almost one inch in diameter. Little Folks' Handy Book He saw that there was a little clapper over the hole, in one of the sides of the bellows. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] Am I the chap who climbed up sixty feet of waterspout a few short years ago and persuaded the clapper of the college bell to come down with me? At Good Old Siwash By it stands the machine for striking the fog-bell, which weighs three hundredweight, and sounds about every two seconds by means of a double clapper. A Yacht Voyage Round England But the bits of glass made dazzling reflections, the clapper of the wind-mill woke them during the night, and the sparrows perched on the lay figure. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Both sides of the clapper will then be gilt. Little Folks' Handy Book By this time, Jonas had got the leather off so far, that he could get at the clapper to mend it. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] Only on Holy Friday are the bells abandoned and tin pans and bamboo clappers, sticks and stones, resorted to for purposes of lamentation—functions for which these instruments are perfectly adapted. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia It has spotted leaves, large and triangular, and the “bell” is an upright green cup in which stands a tall column, the “clapper.” Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide That night, as on the night before, the old man's sleep was broken and fitful and disturbed by dreaming, in which he heard a metal clapper striking against a brazen surface. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights Commines' voice was clanging in his ears like the clapper of a bell, and would not let him think coherently. The Justice of the King Then Jonas cut a small leather strap, and nailed one end of it down upon one side of the clapper, and the other end upon the other side of the clapper. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] Crécerelle is a diminutive of crécelle, a rattle, used in Old French especially of the leper's rattle or clapper, with which he warned people away from his neighbourhood. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The tongue of the Arethusa of three months ago would have gone like a bell clapper under circumstances such as these. The Heart of Arethusa And how was it that the clapper seemed to strike so fast? The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights For instance, we have it on good authority that Bob, aged fourteen, once climbed into the belfry of a church and removed the clapper, so that the sexton thought the bell was bewitched. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators It was not drawn tight across, but it lay upon the clapper loosely. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] He paid as little attention to the tongue of the Leather-bell as he did to the clapper of the bell that hung in the church tower, perhaps less. The Day of Wrath O Columbine! open your folded wrapper Where two twin turtle-doves dwell; O Cuckoo-pint! toll me the purple clapper, That hangs in your clear, green bell. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children The Decoherers.—For the purpose of causing the metal filings to fall apart, or decohere, the tube is tapped lightly, and this is done by a little object like the clapper of an electric bell. Electricity for Boys One miserable man was hung to the clapper of the same bell that he had rung to call the people to arms. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 The ends were nailed tight, but the middle rested loosely upon the clapper. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] At night the horses were hobbled, and the clappers of their bells were loosened; the ringing prevented the horses being lost. Home Life in Colonial Days A clapper bridge—that is, a bridge formed out of a single slab of granite—over twelve feet long lies across the Wallabrook near the meeting of the streams. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts If two bells are placed on the base with the clapper mounted between them, both bells will be struck by the swinging motion of the armature. Electricity for Boys I tried holding the clappers still, but that was no good, as there were four of them. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. The clapper lifts up a little way, and lets it in. Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] On examining the belfry, it was discovered that some persons had carried off the clapper of the bell. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs The sly thing, shining so quietly under the noonday sun, was a kaleidoscope at heart, and only needed a shake from that great clapper to startle it into dazzling changes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 It hung directly before the helmsman's window, and it had a short rope attached to the clapper of it. Rollo on the Atlantic No, I couldn't unhook the clappers; they were a fixture. The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice From "The New Decameron", Volume III. At d, there is a small projection of the tin upwards, which touches the clapper of the bell suspended above, every time the plate passes up or down, and thus give notice of its motions. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young "The mill-streams that turn the clappers of the world arise in solitary places." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 He was forbidden the highways, and when he went abroad a clapper must give token of his coming and going. A Child's Book of Saints “Hold your clapper, lad,” said the smith, who was at the moment busily engaged with a mess of salt pork, and potatoes to match. The Lighthouse The clapper still trembled with the echo of its last vibrations as he put the receiver to his ear and answered. The Tyranny of Weakness After this they took tambourines, triangles, drums, and clappers, and made a noise, in perfect time and tune. In and Around Berlin He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper. April's Lady A Novel “Well said, doctor,” cried the miller; “less o’ the clapper, my lads, and more of the spinning wheels and stones.” The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias His attitude was such that, as the ship swung upon the swell, his body moved just sufficiently to cause the clapper to strike a single stroke. Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship "If I fail to see its force," he replied, "I, of course, perfectly understand your illustration; and in this case Miss Blanche is of course the belle, you the ringer, and Mr. Beauchamp the clapper." Belles and Ringers A rasping thirst roasted my throat until my tongue gritted and ground as a rusted clapper in a bell. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Skinny Bruce is the best one. he has some bone clappers that jest ring. 'Sequil' Or Things Whitch Aint Finished in the First I began with bird-scaring, and not a penny in my pocket, that wouldn't have held coppers for holes, if I had, and clothes that would have scared of themselves, letting alone clappers. A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son She took the plate, and her hands trembled so that the tin dish played on the plate like a clapper. Young Lucretia and Other Stories The bell responds to the clapper; but who is it that makes the clapper to speak? Belles and Ringers And in the mill there sat twenty millers, who chopped a stone, and chopped, "Hick, hack, hick, hack, hick, hack;" and the mill went, "Clipper, clapper, clipper, clapper, clipper, clapper." The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew Thank goodness, a sailor was standing by the ship's bell, with his hand on a bit of cord tied to the clapper. The Stowaway Girl A huge cylinder revolves, on which are projecting pegs of brass, which as the cylinder goes round catch against wooden levers which raise clappers that in their fall strike the bells. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey It is worth making the trip to San Juan to see the old bells struck, as in former times, by a rope attached to the clapper. A Truthful Woman in Southern California Does the bell ever ring, these days—or have cobwebs grown over the clapper?” On Christmas Day In The Evening He flew far away to a mill, and the mill went "Clipper, clapper, clipper, clapper, clipper, clapper." The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew And in some parts of England the Shepherd's Purse is known as Clapper Pouch, in allusion to the licensed begging of lepers at our crossways in olden times with a bell and a clapper. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure O cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! A Mother's List of Books for Children O Cuckoo-pint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" Once Roger watched an elf trying to mount the clapper, and whenever he neared the top a mischievous comrade pushed him off again. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse "Verse without rhyme," he says, "is a body without a soul, or a bell without a clapper." The Last Harvest They would call the attention of passers-by with the bell, or with the clapper, and would receive their alms in a cup, or a basin, at the end of a long pole. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Yet my clapper Keeps wagging: and I’m my own passing-bell— They knew, who named me ... Krindlesyke The clapper, the valve of a bellows, is called in French the "soul" of a bellows. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary They may, indeed, be compared to those movements which we perceive in the margin of a large bell when it has received a heavy blow from the clapper. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography So he shook it a little, just to show that it was growing limber, and the bone clappers on the end rustled with a sharp, angry noise. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The clapper was an instrument made of two or three boards, by rattling which the wretched lepers incited people to relieve them. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure That tumble’s cracked the bell ... not stopt The crazy clapper, seemingly ... Krindlesyke When this instrument is struck on the ground it digs a shallow hole an inch or more in depth, the clapper meanwhile keeping up an incessant noise. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition These games were played by torchlight, the local band—harp, dulcimer, two drums and clappers—discoursed at intervals; here the inhabitants, unlike those of Rangoon, were early birds. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Rattler opened his sleepy eyes, threw himself on guard with a snap and a buzz, and shook his bony clappers savagely. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. The Emperor was glad when it was ready to be heard, and ordered it to be hung, and the clapper attached. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance The fingers come to resemble drum-sticks, and the thumb the clapper of a bell. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. Everything went on with great harmony till they came to the head-dress of the doll; and here they differed so much in opinion, that all their little clappers were going at once.... Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book Whenever her fingers moved, a little pretty clapping sound came from them—Maida discovered that she carried tiny wooden clappers. Maida's Little Shop Afar off is heard the gurgling water shaking the clapper behind the mill. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Well, at las' th' ould man got mad, an' stuck me 'pon top o' the hedge wi' a clapper to scare the birds away; 'sides which, to make sure, he rigged up a scarecrow. The Astonishing History of Troy Town Its weight is thirty-two thousand pounds—the clapper alone weighing a thousand pounds. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business "And I was keeping away the crows," said Nancy, holding out her wooden clappers. The Puritan Twins As soon as the current flows, the coils become magnetic and attract the soft iron armature, drawing it forward and causing the clapper to strike the bell. General Science He scared them into silence for a moment by striking upon the floor; but the rustle and clipper clapper immediately began again. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Similarly the maanim has been described as a trumpet, a kind of rattle box with metal clappers, and we even have a full account in which it figures as a violin. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Her sense of ruin was like lead, but was somehow the cause of exultation in her heart as the clapper is the cause of the peal of a bell. The Judge A bad tongue is not the clapper of a good heart. Wise or Otherwise So long as we press the button this process continues producing what sounds like a continuous jingle; in reality the clapper strikes the bell every time a current passes through the electromagnet. General Science He's already bin pumping, but the clapper don't work. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The leopard skin and fur clapper seem to have been devised to make no noise, so as not to anger the demon that was to be cast out. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University It was Sunday morning, and Taffy was sounding the bell, by a thin rope tied to its clapper. The Ship of Stars The sense of it shot up his spine of a sudden, and at each stroke of the clapper he felt he had sold his soul to the devil. Nicky-Nan, Reservist It seems to me not improbable, that Shakespeare wrote clam your tongue; to clam a bell, is to cover the clapper with felt, which drowns the blow, and hinders the sound. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies The rattle of coaches, the clapper of a mill, the fall of water, leave your mind undisturbed. Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. Something like laughter, or, as it were, the clapper of a scarer of birds, echoed among the rocks at the rattling of the rowlocks. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance The last we knew of him, he went forth with cup and clapper as they are wont. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 His wonder that his wife's "clapper" could ever be stopped is expressed in the same breath with his real sorrow at hearing of her death. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made "Hold your clapper, lad," said the smith, who was at the moment busily engaged with a mess of salt pork, and potatoes to match. The Lighthouse Now and then there is a clapper connected with a string to the farm-house. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People But there was a terrible confusion with chairs, and a hideous kind of clapper that was used, apparently, to warn the boys to sit and rise. Simon Called Peter These rafts, which with the figures upon them produced a most picturesque effect, were called "clappers," and were used, especially by strangers and summer guests, for orientation and description of location. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 There was a crash of sound, the bell gathered momentum, and now the clapper, like a gigantic pestle, was grinding the great bronze mortar with a deafening clamour. Là-bas They asked if the fire-brigade had their engines in order, and wondered if there were clappers in the church bells, if there should happen to be an alarm. Invisible Links There stood up in every village a high perpendicular ladder with a bell or wooden clapper at the top to give the alarm. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Dotty needed no coaxing to keep on doing mischief, but hit the musical knife harder than ever, giving it a dizzy motion, like the clapper in a mill. Little Prudy's Sister Susy Eating was still in progress when the wooden clapper announced the recreation hour. Abbe Mouret's Transgression These bore the raised effigy of a bishop, and a place in each, worn by the striking of the clapper, shone golden. Là-bas Several years after it cracked, for some unknown reason, under a stroke of the clapper, and its tone was thus destroyed. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 According to the old usage their first impulse was to run to the belfries in order to sound the tocsin, but they found that the royalists had removed the clappers of the bells. The Liberation of Italy "In Burma, there are no clappers to the bells," he said to himself. The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery It was then observed that Hen, having silenced her great clapper, was unobtrusively gone from the midst. V. V.'s Eyes The percussion of the clapper on the sides expresses the idea that the preacher must first scourge himself to correct himself of his own vices before reproaching the vices of others. Là-bas It has no clapper, but is struck on the outside by a kind of wooden battering-ram. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 The bells he also kept in order, examining the clappers and bawdricks and ropes, and reporting to the churchwardens if they required mending. The Parish Clerk The Indian bell-ringer rings them by a rope fastened to each clapper. Stories of California O cuckoo pint, toll me the purple clapper That hangs in your clear green bell! Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. For Hugo of Saint Victor the clapper is the tongue of the officiating priest, which strikes the two sides of the vase and announces thus, at the same time, the truth of the two Testaments. Là-bas If he could have wrenched the clapper from out that bell, the page of his book might not have blurred before his eyes. Reveries of a Schoolmaster The rattan cord attached to the clappers is fastened to a small raft which is then set afloat in the pool. The Tinguian Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe I grasped the clapper and lay flat on the ground, my heart beating like a trip-hammer. The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days When the time set for the alarm comes the clapper will be moved far enough to make the contact. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do They passed a little house shuttered like a Noah's Ark, from which came a monotonous moaning sound as of some one in pain, and the rhythmic beat of a wooden clapper. Kimono At d there is a small projection of the tin upward, which touches the clapper of the bell suspended above every time the plate passes up or down, and thus gives notice of its motions. The Teacher Seven times the clapper struck, and with each stroke Dan'l screamed, still riding and keeping his eyes upon that little doorway. The Delectable Duchy When the afternoon service on Good Friday is over, German children in Bohemia drive Judas out of the church by running about the sacred edifice and even the streets shaking rattles and clappers. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul In the course of a minute the catch on the clapper arm will be released and the clapper will return to its former place. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do He seized the long iron lever near him, by which the enormous clapper of the bell was swung, and moved it like the handle of a pump. Round the Block I would my clapper Hung in his baldrick, a what a peal could I Ring? Beggars Bush From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) Cuffe had never quitted the deck, and he actually started when he heard the first sound of the clapper. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet The clapper on his giant side Shall ring no peal for blushing bride, For birth, or death, or new-year tide, Or festival begun! The Illustrated London Reading Book It consists of a cylindrical chamber, a, ending in a narrower tube, c, which forms the seating for a flap valve, d, to which the hammer or clapper, e, is fixed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 Whenever you come near, the clapper strikes in your face. Armenian Literature When the horseshoe is in the circuit, it is a magnet, and it pulls its clapper toward it with enormous power. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Another great minstrel and lover bought a leper's gown and bowl and clapper from some afflicted wretch. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France If, instead of giving the bell the monotonous tink, the Indian had shaken the clapper irregularly, it would have resulted in the certain capture of the child, beyond the father's power of aid or rescue. The Lost Trail The strips of rawhide attached to the clappers dropped low enough for me to reach, and often tempted me to make the bells speak. The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate His brain was clear enough now for him to understand that he was ill, and to want to talk about it; but his tongue hung in his throat like a clapper in a bell. The Custom of the Country When it is out of the circuit, the next second, it is not a magnet, and it lets the clapper go. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 A clapper of split bamboo is sometimes made to scare away the maya. Philippine Folk-Tales He held the clapper of his bell in one hand, saw ye? that it should not sound. The Black Arrow This done, he removed the clapper, wrapped the bell up in a piece of newspaper, and made his unhesitating way back to the cellar beneath the Chinese laundry. Stories from Everybody's Magazine What noise of viols is so sweet, As when our merry clappers ring ? The Compleat Angler The clapper, oscillating to and fro, imparts a rotatory motion to a fly-wheel, which transmits it to the drivers on the rails. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 “Stop your clapper, Jack,” vociferated a third; “give the boy a junck o’ meat. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean I tried once, but my tongue hit the roof of my mouth like the clapper of a bell. Bab: a Sub-Deb He was not able to fit a clapper to the bell. Stories from Everybody's Magazine The lamp was beating back and forth like the clapper of a great bell. The Mucker Upon the crumbling boards the snow Has drifted deep, the clappers hang Prismed with icicles, their clang Unheard since ages long ago. A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass Still braver he grew, the downy, the dapper; He flew in and perched on the knob of the clapper, And shouted Too-whoo! The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 All day long they watched the grain and rattled their clappers, or threw clods at the black marauders. The Spartan Twins "Can you give me a clapper for this?" he asked. Stories from Everybody's Magazine They sat in silence, except that for Lilly the beating of her heart seemed to record like a clapper against her brain. Star-Dust The bell rung out for company, though we could not find that any one tolled the clapper, and the guards let off their firelocks, merely because they knew not what better to do. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier A woman in this rig hangs in her skirts like a clapper in a bell; and I never meet one without being tempted to take her by the neck and ring her. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 They sat down with the wooden clappers beside them, and ate their breakfast in the company of the scarecrow. The Spartan Twins He slept in an attic, ate in a kitchen, and worked, but was not "responsible;" he was always given "light jobs"—walking with the "clappers," weeding, cleaning sties, "clearing." The Best British Short Stories of 1922 "I choose," she said, mouthing grandiloquently, her little pink tongue waving like a clapper—"I choose—choose—ah—Zoe!" Star-Dust His guest's words resounded in him like the blows of a clapper in a bell. Saint Augustin The bell is green with verdigris, and damp with dew; and the little cord attached to the clapper, by which I toll it, now and then slides through my fingers, slippery with wet. Redburn. His First Voyage You can tie up the clapper of the bell that swings on the black rock, on which, if you drift, you go to pieces. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV The noise was greater than any I had heard before and set my heart a-beating like the clapper of the convent bell. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Would you think it wise for a sea-captain to try to take the clapper out of the bell that floats and tolls above a shoal on which his ship will be wrecked if it strikes? Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII In that large house her spirits rose, and, having a hearty manner and a clapper tongue, she became a general favorite. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day I dropt the clapper as if it were red-hot, and rushed to the side; and there, dimly floating, lay four or five long, black snaky-looking shapes, only a few inches out of the water. Redburn. His First Voyage But there's a nasty sea fog come on, and just as it happens the clapper is gone out of the bell by St. Morval's Head. Monitress Merle My head was like a great bronze bell with one thought for the clapper. Crucial Instances I took some iron rust from the clapper of the stolen bell and placed it in a test tube. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range Had he been condemned to sit for eight days in close contiguity to the clappers of a small mill, he would have learnt as much as he did from the witnesses before the committee. The Three Clerks The mill-streams that turn the clappers of the world arise in solitary places. Friends in Council — First Series If the clapper has fallen out, they should have had it put in again at once. Monitress Merle But her heart, doubled in bulk, pounded against her side like the leaden clapper of a broken bell. We Can't Have Everything "The same color coming in both mixtures from the same strength of chemicals that I used, shows that the iron rust on the duster and that on the bell clapper are the same." Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range On the other side still stands a hand-bell, which, though it has no clapper, neither presbyterian bigotry, nor barbarian wantonness, has yet taken away. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes The tall grass about the borders of the island was alive with clapper rails. A Florida Sketch-Book "Then do you put them plaguy clappers away, and listen to me patiently," says he. A Set of Rogues "Stop that ghost!" roared Mad Jack; "away, one of you, and wrench off the clapper!" White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War "That is from the bell clapper," the young chemist went on. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range The night was as still as only an English summer night can be, and the first clang of the clapper sounded like a million iron girders falling from a height onto a sheet of tin. Mike and Psmith The applause which followed his remarks, was not so vociferous as he had expected, partly because there were no "Especially instructed clappers." Purple Springs Also, he and Moll acquired the use of a kind of clappers, called costagnettes, which they play with their hands in these fandangos and boleros, with a very pleasing effect. A Set of Rogues Hark! it had swayed till the clapper had touched the bell. Dracula's Guest Now the bell metal rusts scarcely at all, but the iron clapper of a bell does. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range And he called their attention to the fact that the clappers of the bells of Eulogius and Eucherius were so fastened up that they could not emit a sound, while that of Euschemon vibrated freely. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The iron clapper laughed aloud, Like clashing wind and wave; The bell cried out "Be strong and proud!" Nets to Catch the Wind To show it was a bell, and had a clapper. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe A little boy with a wooden clapper can set a flock in retreat immediately. The Life of the Fields When the clapper strikes the lip of a bell it produces a sound and sends a tremor out upon the air. Marvels of Modern Science See if I don't set their clappers a going, like those of a saw-mill. Nature and Human Nature The old elephant leader had to trumpet through his trunk as loudly as he could to be heard above the noise of the guns and clappers. Umboo, the Elephant "He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks." Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria Why are the rooks afraid of the little boy with the clapper? The Life of the Fields The waving of the Hall colors, an American flag set in a border of green, came also, with an equal din from horns and wooden clappers. The Rover Boys at School Two brass wires are stretched across the upper and lower breadth, and each is provided with a ring or hinge holding four or five strips of wire acting as clappers. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Into it they rushed, the noise behind them sounding louder and louder now, with more guns shooting and more clappers clapping. Umboo, the Elephant On this wire he hung his cowbell and hooked the little clapper inside. In Secret "Well, put a clapper to your jaw, and come along." Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery The march brought forth a wild round of applause and a veritable shrieking of tin horns and cracking of wooden clappers. The Rover Boys at School A steamer, probably bound for Cardiff, now crosses the horizon, while near at hand one bell of a foxglove swings to and fro with a bumble-bee for clapper. Jacob's Room Katherine laughed, and the music of her laughter seemed to wake faint echoes among the roses as if every blossom were a magic bell with a fairy hand at the clapper. If I Were King The bell still hummed with the melancholy vibrations, but the clapper now hung motionless. In Secret And so after that the second little pig was always called Floppy for his ear never stood up again but always hung down like a bell clapper. Curly and Floppy Twistytail; the Funny Piggie Boys Those two men understood each other as the clapper understands the bell. The Eye of Zeitoon I must tell you that I removed the clapper of the bell, by his Reverence's order, precisely to prevent the tocsin from being sounded. The Fortune of the Rougons Peace, fool!" he said,—"That barbarous tongue of thine is like the imperfect clapper of a broken bell that strikes forth harsh and undesired sounds suggesting nothing! Ardath The lacquey, aware of comment, shook the lolling clapper of his bell but feebly: —Bang! Ulysses It is said she actually brought him one, a huge, bronze clapper made for him by the forger of the gods, limping Hephaestus. Heroes Every Child Should Know He was, alas! as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal; one of those who make no music unless the clapper be silver. Omoo Wherever in the series of your pieces Goethe himself incites your strength, the bell resounds with its natural full tone, and the clapper beats in it as the heart does in the body. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 1 Do you make a better jest than that At once, or have the clappers cut from them. The Lamp and the Bell Tongue when she talks like the clapper of a bellows. Ulysses The great clapper hurled itself against the mighty sides of the bell with a violence which split the nerves and made the ear-drums creak. The Valiant Runaways A third finally condemns the erring Cressid to be stricken with leprosy, and to wander about with cup and clapper, like the unhappy lepers in the great cities of the Middle Ages. Chaucer A long red streamer hung from its clapper, and under it was a great box with bars over the top. The Japanese Twins They are constructed with small pointed pebbles, with no trace of cement, and resemble in shape a long amphora vase, or perhaps, to be more accurate, the clapper of a bell. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples Woman, thy tongue is like the clapper of a bell with the devil swinging from the rope. The Sea-Hawk For half an hour, five tongues went like mill clappers, and there is no knowing when they would have stopped if the little bell had not suddenly rung with a violence that made them jump. Jack and Jill The rhythmic clapper of oars roused Marguerite from this trance-like swoon. The Elusive Pimpernel Beyond these an organ was pealing, and overhead the clapper of the alarm bell was beating more furiously than ever. The Snare That is well! quick! quick! let not thy clapper be seen! Notre-Dame De Paris She remained nearly an hour, planted on a chair, watching with a sort of stupor the turning of the fan of this word-mill, whose clapper kept up such an incessant noise. Samuel Brohl and Company It has a hurdy-gurdy fixed to its waist and a drum strapped on behind, a row of pipes hanging from its face, and bells and clappers from most of its other joints. They and I But all was silence, save that monotonous clapper, which seemed to beat against her heart like a rhythmic knell of death. The Elusive Pimpernel Some genius has rigged a line to the clapper of the ship’s bell on the forecastle-head and clangs it horribly in the big foo-foo crises, though Bombini can be heard censuring him severely on occasion. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The long beam continued to belabor the door, at regular intervals, like the clapper of a bell, the stones to rain down, the door to groan. Notre-Dame De Paris When the large clapper thought proper to say "Twelve o'clock!" all its obedient followers opened their throats simultaneously, and responded like a very echo. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 He hath a heart as sound as a bell; and his tongue is the clapper, for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks. Much Ado about Nothing Presently it seemed to her that above the gentle clapper of the waters she could hear a rustle and the scrunching of the fine gravel under carefully measured footsteps. The Elusive Pimpernel A few jolts of the needle has put a clapper to his eternal moanin’. The Mutiny of the Elsinore The first shock of the clapper and the brazen wall made the framework upon which it was mounted quiver. Notre-Dame De Paris It is the history of a young person who goes to sleep under the clapper of a church bell, and is awakened by its tolling for a funeral. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 The bell when struck by the big wooden clapper emits a deep musical note that can be heard for miles. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening "Here all is harmony; the devastation seems organized," said the colonel, pulling the chain of a bell; but the bell was without a clapper. Adieu He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks. Much Ado about Nothing And the loud laugh of the Russian sounded through the night like the noise of wooden clappers. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse "Take the clapper out of your throat when you are drunk," said Mouche, pulling his grandfather by the blouse, and tumbling him down on a bank under a poplar tree. Sons of the Soil Long vine ropes swung from point to point, hung at intervals with such matters as feathers, bones, miniature shields, carved sticks, shells and clappers: either as magic or to keep off the birds. The Land of Footprints Being asked to ``synopsize'' the Greek verb, he went through the various moods and tenses, in all sorts of ways and in all possible combinations, his tongue rattling like the clapper of a mill. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1 Afar, the watchmen of white men's houses struck wooden clappers and hooted in the darkness. Tales of Unrest He hath a heart as sound as a bell; and his tongue is the clapper, for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks. Much Ado about Nothing But the curtain once down, the clappers tried in vain to obtain a call, while the whole house was already up and making for the doors. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola The clappers applauded the scenery, which represented a grotto on Mount Etna, hollowed out in a silver mine and with sides glittering like new money. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Once again the prearranged applause of the clappers alone burst forth; the public, a little out of their depth, sat waiting. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola But the gang of clappers in the foremost rows of the pit applauded furiously. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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