| 单词 | alarum |
| 例句 | Watching for resistance, alert with alarums, we progressed past silent residences. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Disturbed by the man’s alarum, we looked up from our labor and found a detachment of Redcoats running in formation for the gates. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But there are horses on the roads and I’ll warrant alarums. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He heard no alarums, no voices, not so much as a footfall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Amidst these alarums, Will pleaded still with men around us to take him back out to the island; that John could be saved; that they had come so far together, he could not leave him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After the alarums and excursions of the past, the remarkable thing is that Boyd and his team have accomplished all this with that rarest thing in theatreworld – a minimum of drama. A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z Performances of La Traviata and Manon in Tokyo and Yokohama were enthusiastically received despite some alarums and excursions involving understudies, and understudies of understudies. The Royal Opera on tour in Japan 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z With President Trump putting economic growth above climate alarums, green activists are turning to progressive states to press their regulatory agenda. Climate of Unaccountability 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z There will be alarums and excursions in the new politics. The SNP's gradual approach begins - BBC News 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z I started the demo about a quarter of the way through the game, where Corporal Winters, along with several other Marines, have recently survived a series of diverse alarums. 87 Bazillion Aliens: A Hand's On Look at Gearbox's 'Aliens: Colonial Marines' 2012-12-11T14:27:31Z In one hand, at arm's length, he held an alarum clock, the ticking of which had made Hook believe that the crocodile was upon him. The Story of Peter Pan Retold from the fairy play by Sir James Barrie 2012-05-22T15:16:50.277Z They will be home fairly early, because of the five-o'clock alarum in the morning, but until then they are so evidently about to enjoy themselves that you sigh if you are unable to join them. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. ~ bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The development of communications and the settlement of the remoter regions will soon relegate such alarums and excursions as are here described to the romantic possibilities of the past. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z I have said nothing of how it may be pleased, of its pride, for instance, in being referred to as an "alarum clock." The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z When the town bell rings the alarum members of the Gild are to go to the help of the Bailiffs only. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z He should have chosen the Brighton Road; for ever since it has been a road at all it has fully realised the Shakespearian stage-direction of “alarums and excursions.” The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I had no resource but to hang on to the rear, despite the alarums of "whip behind," raised by envious and inconsiderate urchins. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Francis Drake, with the national alarum instant in his ears, desired first to win at bowls, on the Devon sward, "and afterwards to settle with the Don." Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z Sitting in the Library reading Mill's "Woman Triumphant," when my electric alarum rang. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872 2011-11-19T03:00:22.947Z So does the toll of the funeral bell become an alarum to rouse us to more active effort and to the nobler service of mankind. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z So the alarum was set, and they went to bed in peaceful anticipations of waking just in time. Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z Latterly there had been an entire absence of the excursions and alarums which had marked the earlier days of the house-party. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z And two of the three were soon gone without alarums or excursions, except on the part of the crime doctor himself. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Mrs. Pryor was, when once unwound, like an alarum, obliged to run off. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z Yet a privileged man was to go about knocking at doors and ringing his alarum—an intolerable nuisance if he did what he was ordered to do. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z The alarum of his mind awoke Bevis about the time he wished. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Prince, now wearing an air of mild protest at all these excursions and alarums, appeared in the doorway to announce: "Mr. Forsyth." The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z In other words, it is an anarchist bomb, of superior construction and capable of being set, like an alarum clock, to go off at a given time. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z The gate has hardly been opened and the murder discovered when the castle-bell begins its hideous alarum. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z I was happily able to escape, at the end of term, from these political alarums and excursions to the Continent. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums chang’d to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Then each went his way perfectly satisfied that others would dance to war's pipings and alarums, whilst they "carried on" as before. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z My eyes went on before him, looking for the telephone he must be going to use; or an electric bell that should sound some great alarum, summoning a legion of police. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z "O yes," said I, quickly and impertinently, "life flies to-day on a minute-hand, like an alarum it winds off; but how shall we form a plan, a good plan?" The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z Have our ancestors not gone out to war, and let their bugles sound the alarum through the world, and have they not fought battles as grand as those of �neas? Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z The alarum was rung too late for the devoted people; they rallied to the watchword of liberty, but their glory and strength were already departed. The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) 2011-04-02T02:00:12.460Z On, on speeds the messenger with the alarum of coming strife. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z At the hour of four the Court-house bell rings out an alarum, long and loud, warning all strange slaves to leave the city. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z It seemed to her that she had lost caste; and, now that all the alarums and excursions were over, she was not a little dismayed at the affront she had put upon the conventions. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z I do not share Moyo's pessimism, but I applaud her brave alarum against our economic and social complacency: her core concerns are sufficiently close to painful truths to warrant our attention. How the West Was Lost by Dambisa Moyo ? review 2011-01-16T00:04:01Z It's only one of those chape German alarum clocks going off at the wrong time. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z "But I don't know yet who the old man is," said Lilly, whom this enigmatic alarum was beginning to make a little uncomfortable. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It's all those sober official types, military and civilian, who pass for "realists," and are now managing "America's global military presence," its vast garrisons, its wars and alarums. One and a half cheers for American decline 2010-09-21T17:01:00Z I don't know about you but my favourite stage direction has always been "alarums and excursions". Bard times 2010-05-14T16:41:00Z There is every reason to believe that, in spite of all alarums and excursions during its construction, it will fulfil both these requirements. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise The former brings the fancy of an audience into playful action—the latter sounds an alarum that vibrates through the tingling ears to the soul and drives back the rushing blood upon the aching heart. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Through the lattice work of the leafless bushes gleamed the lamps lining the more public ways; and on all sides the gongs of the electric trams, shooting hither and thither, sounded like fire alarums. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z It was unsafe to go beyond the hail of sentinels, and the peaceful aspect of nature which had charmed our men so greatly upon their arrival was changed for the stern alarums of war. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 The metal clock, A loud alarum, was also wound and set. On Strike Till 3 It rung in the ears of the dejected monarch, like an alarum. Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 Peace and your honour'd arms: how loathingly I sounded the alarums, witness heaven. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 Faithful to her determination, Dorothy set the alarum in her bedroom for a quarter to six, and had nearly an hour and a half's study each morning before Martha called her at 7.15. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days The shrill horn blew; at that alarum knell His guardian angel took a last farewell. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII But the Inniskillings held on with steady nerves through all the alarums of the night. The Irish at the Front There had been an idea in 'Marsh Hall,' and what with interpolated ballads and poetic excursions and alarums of all sorts, I had found in it matter enough to fill out my four cantos. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. I'll ring through all the court this loud alarum, That they contriv'd the murder of the king, The queen, and me; and, being undermin'd, To 'scape the blowing up, they fled. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 No wind agitated a single dewy petal, and only the blackbirds with intermittent alarums broke the silence. Carnival But it often happens that guilt of conscience is the alarum that awakens moral self-consciousness out of sleep, never to fall asleep again when holiness has found entrance into the soul. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews I found out, by watching the lights at night, that he slept beneath my room, and I borrowed an alarum from a fellow in the office. The Daughters of a Genius An alarum from the pass caused him to look round. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 But his speech was interrupted by the sounding clang of the Gothic alarum, and into the room hurried a strong troop of Gothic warriors, led by Earl Witichis. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Simplex took the trumpet from his shoulder and blew a mighty alarum that re-echoed far and wide through forest and dale, and then he cried aloud: "Run! the soldiers are coming!" Pretty Michal When she rushed in under the black arch of a tunnel, her whistle shrieked with ear-splitting alarum, like a man screeching. Their Son; The Necklace When the nation's alarum beat, his manhood stood erect; he shook himself; all his past frivolities were no more than dust to the mane of this young lion. Cudjo's Cave But her letters need cause no such alarums and excursions. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing Like Goethe or Stendhal, Conrad can write in the midst of war's alarums about the hair's-breadth 'scapes of his characters. Ivory Apes and Peacocks Jonson allowed himself great liberty in personal satire, by which, doubtless, he rung an alarum to a waspish host; he lampooned Inigo Jones, the great machinist and architect. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors A sharp cry ... fearful alarums from the crest of the hill ... next a belching fury of grape.... The Missourian It was the alarum of the new Great Death, the ravening lion under the sheep’s wool of influenza. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Their guide, light-eyed for scares, seemed to know them all, and reserved his alarum for signs in the sky invisible to the party. Love and Lucy The troops had no uniforms; there was a very inadequate commissariat; and alarums, whether by beacon, drum-beat, or discharge of guns, were slow and unreliable. The Fathers of New England A Chronicle of the Puritan Commonwealths Colonel Gray was appointed from civil life, and was having his first experience of "war's rude alarums." Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Your wardrobe shines with all the shapes and shades, That genius can fix in fancy suitings; For levées, false alarums, full parades And shootings. The Battle of the Bays The frantic incoherence of the old alarum gave way to the few solemn, numbered strokes that called to duty in the face of hot danger, like the electric voice of a calm commander. Dr. Sevier At the conclusion of three brief hours, which to the heavy sleeper appeared as so many minutes, the strident alarum woke the apprentice to the stress of life. The Tale of Timber Town The alarums burred cheerily on for about twenty minutes, after which, by Mademoiselle’s instructions, they were replaced in the monitresses’ bedrooms by Hermie. The Madcap of the School The alarum is heard; the bell resounds; but what a panting bell! A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories A wild volley of blasts from The Bonita’s whistle made alarum. Heart of the Blue Ridge What Mrs. Fenwick heard a scrap of in the next room would have been, but for the alarums and excursions of the two enemies aforementioned, a consecutive conversation as follows: "You're gettin' round, Colonel?" Somehow Good Just as the alarum ceased its raucous call, a loud yawn resounded through the empty spaces of the chamber. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Exactly at the half-hour five alarums started punctually inside the cupboard, raising such a din that it was impossible to hear a word. The Madcap of the School These alarums and excursions had not been effected without a certain amount of noise, which was bound to be heard by the inhabitants of the house. The Confessions of Arsène Lupin "By Jove! there's another bite," exclaimed R——, as P——'s reel spread the tidings with the tongue of a Dutch alarum clock. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition There were too many “alarums and excursions” at Groenfontein for much more thought to be bestowed upon the friendly Boers, as the party of former prisoners were termed, in the days which ensued. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War He entered a jeweller's close by: "I want an alarum clock—a small one—the cheapest you have!" Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Tuesday.—A sitting of alarums and excursions, especially excursions. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths, Our bruised arms hung up for monuments, Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings, Our dreadful marches to delightful measures. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature There are endless "alarums and excursions"; some of the not explained supernatural; woods, caves, ruins, underground passages—entirely at discretion. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century Then he astonished the pitmen by attaching an alarum to the clock of the watchman whose duty it was to call them betimes in the morning. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Laughing, Fandor piled up the law books lying on the desk, and placed the alarum on the top; that done, he went to the principal entrance, the only one with double doors. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas M. M. Wake the patient every two or three hours by an alarum clock. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life More musical is the voice of the Wawa monkey, a bubbling like water running out of a narrow-necked bottle, always to be heard at early dawn, and the sweetest of alarums. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak At two o’clock Short, awakened by his alarum clock, made the discovery and aroused the house. The Seven Secrets For about twelve shillings a little German clock with an alarum may be bought almost in every town. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller Then in the thirteenth century, men wake as if they heard an alarum through the whole vault of heaven, and true human life begins again, and the cradle of this life is the Val d'Arno. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving If his sleek "reality" were all that there was�"alarum!" Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Soon as they the Count had slain, Loud the drums the alarum beat; It was Sir Niels Ebbesen From the town would fain retreat. Niels Ebbesen and Germand Gladenswayne two ballads Then she had been freshly under the influence of Mr. Rhys and his preaching; the very remembrance of which, now and here, stirred her like an alarum bell. The Old Helmet, Volume I If the Royalists had, in truth, 'reckoned on 8000 in the North,' or if York had been in danger, soldiers, and not 'alarums' would have been sent into Yorkshire. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Wire communications were arranged so that each discharge of a shell might be reported by an alarum, in order that inhabitants of the threatened quarter might have time to burrow in places of safety. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 The western larks do not utter alarums of that kind, but a harsh "chack" instead, very similar to the call of the grackles. Birds of the Rockies The next night, the pangs of indigestion having completely vanished, she set her alarum clock at the same timeless hour, and had observed exactly the same phenomenon. Miss Mapp Affairs in the forest had settled down; "excursions and alarums" were no longer the order of the day and the dread of the night. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea The sleeping giant of Orientalism is stirring uneasily in its bed, its drowsy senses stirred by the shrill alarum of the locomotive whistle. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It puzzled him, being still a stranger to the habits and customs of these people, to see that life in Hathelsborough went on, amidst all these alarums and excursions, very much as usual. In the Mayor's Parlour Only recently has it been given back one of its earliest powers: it is to ring the alarum if all modern means fail. The Kirk on Rutgers Farm For all which reasons, when the scrub first lined up against the 'Varsity, the alarum of battle that rode on Stover's pugnacious front was equaled by the intensity of his enemy's coldly-calculating glance. The Varmint He has recorded that the Prince confided to him a private, if not very particular, message to her: 'Sub umbra alarum tuarum protegimur.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography At nine o'clock the ringing of the alarum she had taken the precaution to set, awoke her. Fairy Fingers A Novel The gongs of the cable-cars hammered mad alarums, and swarms of people squeezed upon the platforms. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike She loved babies and it struck her as a happy omen that the little arrival was expected on the very day that should mark her son's return from excursions and alarums. Men of Affairs Whose hand, whose essence, what divinity Makes this alarum in the elements, While I here idle listen on the shores In fearless yet in aching ignorance? Keats: Poems Published in 1820 Though rude and sometimes ineffectual, it is a great primitive poem, an alarum or trumpet-note ringing through the American camp. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 Between five and six o'clock all these meteorological alarums and excursions would be over, the sky would be again clear, and the sun again shining hotly, on the drenched earth. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer He had slept not longer than an hour, continuously, for seventy hours, and during the past night had been called up by eight alarums. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Each little party of voyagers would seem to have its own alarums as an inevitable adjunct to excursion. Men of Affairs She runs without an error, Not too slow nor too quick, And better than alarum clocks— She doesn't have to tick! Songs for a Little House Doubtless I aroused certain unnecessary alarums and excursions in the imagination of a useful and already overworked official. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales After an early breakfast we set out, with the din of the waters sounding an alarum in our ears, and directing our steps. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. Not such a bad theory of life, perhaps—to carry in the crises of existence a cushion of philosophy and an alarum of resolution. Pipefuls “Again the whiskered Spaniard all the land with terror smote; And again the wild alarum sounded from the tocsin’s throat.” Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Nor let the alarum bell thy slumbers shake! The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 They will be unaffected by any amount of invasion-scaring, and therefore to try to foster pessimism in the public by alarums about invasion is both silly and naughty. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 You look here, Bommaney'—the merchant's heart seemed to stand still, and then to beat so wild an alarum that he wondered the other did not hear it The intuition multiplied in strength. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Should he lead up to his news by gradual steps or give it forth like an alarum? Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure For about 12s. a little German clock, with an alarum, may be bought almost in every town. A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself. Second Part Yes, gentlemen, I have some difficulty in starting, but, once set agoing, gentlemen, I can keep on like an alarum clock. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables The authorship of the poem, its date, and its relation to previous work or tradition, with all possible excursions and alarums as to sun-myths and so forth, have been discussed ad nauseam. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) There he kept it with his breath subdued, and the alarum severely quelled. Doom Castle Without a moment's delay, I set up an alarum that might have wakened the whole village; at any rate, it woke our whole house. Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain Still, however, amid the loud alarums of this social tempest, the Museum underwent a new birth which proved not to be untimely. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work Loud and shrill and shriller and more piercing, from the west wing of the house, overhanging the garden, the sound reached them—an alarum that set Flora's heart to leaping. The Coast of Chance Then the alarum roused me, and I sprang up before I was thoroughly awake. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 Decidedly there was some menace in the night; danger on hard fields had given him blood alert and unsleeping; the alarum was drumming at his breast. Doom Castle Bruno's last words on top of Charles Minghelli's had struck him like an alarum bell heard through the mists of sleep, and his head was stunned and his eyes were dizzy. The Eternal City Perhaps this will answer sufficiently the accusation of "parade," for even had we been disposed to indulge in an "alarum and flourish of trumpets," the sensation-mongers would have anticipated the absurdity. Border and Bastille Loud alarum, Low alarum, Short alarum, Alarum within. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries So the healthiest men may often erect a law to watch them, just as the healthiest sleepers may want an alarum clock to wake them up. George Bernard Shaw Almost forgotten by the world below, which had its own cares, its alarums and excursions, its strivings and aims, they lived for one another. The Long Night As he did so, the deep, mellow note of a gong filled the place with a gentle alarum. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain All that happened last night, and to-day we have had "excursions," but no "alarums." Set in Silver But in two of the remaining examples, alarum is distinctly said to be trumpets, H. 6. Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries Close at Ramsey's back, in the only seat whose occupant her diligent eye had failed to light on, a kneeler heaved a sigh so piteous that it startled her like an alarum. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi To add to this effect, we are thinking of asking the Anzacs to exert a preliminary pressure on the Gaba Tepe alarum to the southwards. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I An icicle dropped with a keen ring like a knife, and the stream below pealed a shrill alarum. Bohemian Days Three American Tales The alarum bells were rung; the beacons fired; men fancied that they saw at a distance the smoke of the burning cities, and heard the groans of those who were slaughtered in their neighborhood. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. A scared, half-dressed servant ran out into the court, flung up his hands as he looked around him, then hurried back, and suddenly the great bell pealed out its faithful alarum. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes But hark! through the green wood what sounded afar, 'T was the trumpet's loud peal—the alarum of war! Indian Legends and Other Poems That the above saying is invented, is proved by the simple fact that alarums have no strings to pull. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 We have had such a week of alarums and excitements that I had not even time to thank you for the spoons. Gilbert Keith Chesterton "He is very tender," said Rodolphe, carving his alarum, nicely browned. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Deep down in Carrissima's mind, perhaps, was an idea that Bridget might prove capable of an intervention as auspicious as her previous alarums and excursions had been unfortunate. Enter Bridget It is a quiet and a fitting close for our long tale of excursions and alarums. Among Famous Books In this way Smith had spelled out the message, "On Thursday night I will charge on the east; at the alarum, sally you." Days of the Discoverers After the first feverish digging out of accoutrements and tents, however, the men became hardened to these sudden alarums and excursions. Sir John French An Authentic Biography Moreover, there were the camp-fires of Davidson's men on the farther bank to encourage us; and so swimming and wading by turns we got across in time to give the alarum. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Ultimatums and the alarums of war vanished into thin air, like mists dispelled by the sun. The Parts Men Play Madame d'Aulney heard the loud voices, and hurried steps of the soldiers without, and the quick note of alarum, whose fearful summons could not be mistaken. The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World The alarum in his pocket had stopped suddenly with the jerk of his descent. The Astonishing History of Troy Town One happiness came to Mr. and Mrs. Page in the midst of all these war alarums. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II These excursions of a leisure hour sent Sir George fresh, vigorous, full of resource to the alarums that arraigned him in South Africa. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Evenly her life had slipped along with its measure of work and play, its quiet family loves and losses, entirely devoid of the alarums and excursions of which Fate shapes the lives of some. The Moon out of Reach There was all this talk of war—alarums and excursions as the stage-directions had it. The Summons Overcome with the emotions of the last few minutes Mr. Fogo sat suddenly down, and the alarum ceased. The Astonishing History of Troy Town As quickly as possible the bells were set ringing, and from all sides people, roused by the midnight alarum, thronged towards the centre square. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The crescent-shaped handle is of black bone; the pointed blade long and tapering; the three notches in its back catch into the spring with a noise like the alarum of a rattle-snake. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Every man was on his feet, the place in alarum. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Such a preface is ringing an alarum bell for an author. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions The French armies were not far off, and there were alarums and excursions all along the border. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The electrician rose from his seat suddenly, and struck the alarum. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 His denunciations are like the alarum of a war trumpet. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century But the battles of the stage were still fought on; "alarums and excursions" continued to engage the scene. A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character Six baffling years of sortie, and of sally, Sudden alarum, stubborn stand, stout rally! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 13, 1892 And by this canon, so it seems to me, we must judge all these alarums and excursions of modern composers. Recent Developments in European Thought "Why, yes, of course, Lord Raygan," she said, able in the midst of alarums to enjoy the repetition of his title, which made people stare. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Little matter that this was untrue, the bringing in of his name set wild alarums clanging in Richard's head. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay The stage direction "alarums and chambers go off" occurs more than once in "King Henry V." A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character I'm in a state iv alarum all th' time. Mr. Dooley Says While the Imperial Powers were proposing to put back the hands of the clock, an alarum sounded forth, proclaiming the advent of a new era in the history of the Balkan peoples. The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) The duty of a secretary, when the alarum clock strikes, is to get up and visit the houses of all the members allotted to him and to shout for the young men until they answer. 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 Next he counted his slight store of money, set his ‘alarum’ for four o’clock, and, fifteen minutes later, was in bed and asleep, the time then being a little after midnight. Children of the Mist It seems as they could not approach each other without alarums and excursions. Hints for Lovers Her letters written during this period show that she gazed upon them with a prescient eye, and heard with keenest ear the alarum of the legions which were gathering for attack. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs A few days passed: the brigantine drifting hither and thither, and nothing in sight but the sea, when forth again on its stillness rung Annatoo's domestic alarum. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I As I crank the dread alarum Stern resolve I try to fix: My ideals, shall I mar 'em When the awful moment ticks? Mince Pie As we rode along, the countryside was lovely and the smiling fields and hillsides made "excursions and alarums" seem remote indeed. War in the Garden of Eden And in the old English use of the word, the alarum refers more often to a bell than to any thing else. Notes and Queries, Number 46, September 14, 1850 With the exception of the last, they may be considered as a sort of alarum note, sounded to herald the approach of the Latter-Day Pamphlets, which appeared shortly afterwards. On the Choice of Books I will add, however, that it appears that in the words' original sense of an awakening cry, Shakspeare generally, if not always, spelled it alarum. Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 Of the identity of the words alarm and alarum there is no doubt. Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 But on my far-off solitude No harsh alarums can intrude; The terror comes to me subdued And charmed by distance, To deepen the habitual mood Of my existence. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Here was the alarum sounded—here was his doom proclaimed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 On the right, a watchman is striking an alarum, and another may be noticed, half-way up an observatory in the distance, pointing out the direction of the fire. Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs "When she speaks, is it not an alarum to love?" Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 The verb alarm is spelt alarum in old writers, and I have seen it so spelt in manuscripts of Charles II.'s reign, but unfortunately have not taken a "Note." Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 The century numbers fourscore years; You, fortressed in your teens, To Time's alarums close your ears, And, while he devastates your peers, Conceive not what he means. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell First, to lay asleep opposition, and to surprise; for where a man's intentions are published, it is an alarum to call up all that are against them. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Then the times grew hotter; I left the place, and lived with stern alarums; and thither she also came. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 In all these cases alarum means incitement, not alarm in the secondary or metaphorical sense of the word, which has now become the ordinary one. Notes and Queries, Number 44, August 31, 1850 Dr. Johnson says alarum is a corruption of alarm. Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 Feeling faint, she rang the alarum, when her friends came and found her in a swoon on the floor. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Evidently the forerunner of the devilish alarum clock. The Moon Rock In the midst of these excursions and alarums there was a terrible and unexpected catastrophe. Books and Characters French and English For the convenience of the night-watchman, and in order to sound the alarum, a steeple was required, and in the fourteenth century a tower was built. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 How far back can the word alarum be traced in our language, and how far back alarm? Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 But of such themes forbear to tell— May never War awake this bell To sound the tocsin or the knell— Hush'd be the alarum gun. The Illustrated London Reading Book Mr. Lewisham was to rise at five, and that this was no vain boasting, a cheap American alarum clock by the books on the box witnessed. Love and Mr. Lewisham Judith found nothing to say beyond a "huh" in an uncertain accent, and they turned with relief to alarums and excursions from the forgotten and abandoned Sylvia and Lawrence. The Bent Twig Nevertheless, and in spite of these alarums, the Revolution of '99, as Mr. Jefferson liked to call it, took place without bloodshed, and in 1801 that gentleman mounted the throne. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Can any explanation be given of alarum, supposing it to be the original word? Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 Our sub-editors' room is humming now: a low murmur of questions, rapid orders, the rustle of paper, the quick alarum of telephones. Essays in Rebellion The time was six and he had not heard the alarum; as a matter of fact the alarum had not been wound up. Love and Mr. Lewisham The rope, however, was flouncing about in the wind, and the bell itself was still thundering alarums over the town. The Dozen from Lakerim He essayed a more energetic tug, and his previous nervousness was not at all diminished by hearing the bell ringing like a fire alarum. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people I cannot help having a notion that alarum is the original word; and, though I may probably be showing great ignorance in doing so, I venture to propound the following Queries:— 1. Notes and Queries, Number 42, August 17, 1850 The troubling and persistent alarum of rebellion calls from many sides, and as instances of its call I have introduced mention of various rebels, whether against authority or custom. Essays in Rebellion The garrison being well provisioned, I remained within the walls; and he raised the siege at midnight with a prodigious alarum on the bell. Reprinted Pieces She was suddenly startled by the tinkling alarum—high, sharp, and irregular—of a little bell. House of the Seven Gables For where a man's intentions are published, it is an alarum, to call up all that are against them. The Essays of Francis Bacon I would rather at any time talk of love's encounters than of war's alarums —rather bask in the smiles of beauty than mount barbed steeds to fright the souls of fearful adversaries. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 What I did was to set her mind as I might set the alarum of a clock so that at the hour named it would go off of its own accord. The Parasite "Please, miss, do you think I might do something to stop the alarum clock of that Mr. Caw?" Till the Clock Stops As if God should say, “What an alarum, a shrieking, and a loud crying dost thou make, that the whole heavens must ring therewith!” etc. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther Another jangle of alarum Stabs at the engines: Slow. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 I found him as good as an alarum clock myself. A Little Bush Maid As soon as heard, Like an alarum bell on Night's dull ear, Doth it strike louder, and more strong appear 30 Than other words? Poetical Works The tambours sounded now with a great alarum, and the sun was shining. Chronicle of the Cid The prayer of the heart, said Luther, and the sighs of the poor and oppressed, do make such an alarum and cry in heaven, that God and all the angels must hear the same. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther The alarum formerly belonging to Frederick the Great was also missing. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 If otherwise, all these things came but to ashes of dung, If maggots and rats ended us, then alarum! for we are betrayed! Poems By Walt Whitman I attribute this to the fact that princes and dukes are generally more reckless about exposing themselves to the demon rum than to the rude alarums and one thing another of war. Remarks Then they took us into a little closet lined through with alarums, where we were treated God knows how. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 In a calm, it is dumb; in a moderate breeze, it tolls gently; but in a gale, it is an alarum like the tocsin, warning all mariners to flee. Redburn. His First Voyage But Strato— There are more alarums and voices calling to them to run. The Rising of the Court Clarence had unfastened the alarum bell from my shutters, and taken down the bar after the curtains had been drawn by the housemaid, and he now opened them. Chantry House For it was the alarum bell that rang in the battle. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts Let these words of the King ring an alarum for us all, and rouse our sleepy souls to watch, as becomes the children of the day. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII And one syllable of apologetic preparation, so as to meet the suggestion of Horace, would have the effect of emasculating the whole tremendous alarum. Autobiographical Sketches There are alarums, and they urge him to fly, for it's no use stopping there. The Rising of the Court The last parcel had been from Mr. Linton, and had eclipsed all the others—an alarum clock, warranted to drive the soundest sleeper from her bed. Back to Billabong With some alarums and excursions into college life. Courage Alarm -- N. alarm; alarum, larum†, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Happily at this moment there was a sudden alarum among the soldiers, and I was able to dodge the familiar rehearsal of old Benjamin's grievance. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough Having adjusted the helm and set the alarum to wake me in six hours, I lay down upon my bed. Across the Zodiac Ornery days it takes me, an alarum clock, an' Mary, to say nothin' of a wet sponge, to get her out of bed. Back to Billabong III Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells! Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works In houses the difficulty often is to get the servants up in the morning; one cannot wake, and the rest sleep too sound—much the same thing; yet they have clocks and alarums. The Open Air We had a great alarum, but no hurt done. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson One of the things which make life on this planet more or less agreeable is the speed with which alarums, excursions, excitement, and rows generally, blow over. The Head of Kay's Who could equal Mark Twain as a humorous narrator, in his recital of the alarums and excursions, criminations and recriminations, over the story of somebody else's dog he sold to General Miles for three dollars? Mark Twain I wish I could avoid her, for I suppose we shall have an alarum. The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes Volume 12 At The Holms, as may well be supposed, the rude alarum of war, at the very door, as it were, threw the quiet household into unwonted excitement. Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812 We are in alarum, and ready to be gone. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson The left Pavilion of the palace was in flames: Did you not hear the alarum? Don Carlos Still he felt no anxiety, for the alarum of duty had not yet called him. Warlock o' Glenwarlock While he lived opposite me, it was all excursions and alarums. Without Prejudice Tana searched the far horizon, Saw the signal fires blazing On the mountain tops and headlands, Heard the war drums in the village Roll in constant wild alarum. The Legends of San Francisco They came down punctually for a wonder, too; Maria, last but not actually late, brought the alarum clock with her. The Extra Day Their arrangements being constantly interrupted by the white engineer making alarums and excursions amongst them; because when too many of them get on one side the Mové takes a list and burns her boilers. Travels in West Africa It was this state of semi-blockade which gave the Merediths their next taste of war’s alarums. Janice Meredith People still murmur over the last word said on the staircase, or strain, all through their dreams, for the voice of the alarum clock. Jacob's Room They did actually bring out to him a nickel clock of New England make, and out of sheer unbearable boredom he busied himself in trying to get the alarum to work. Lord Jim It was—she knew instantly—the stopped alarum clock. The Extra Day He invested money in an alarum, with a string from it tied on to the bed-clothes, so as to pull them off at whatever time you chose to set it. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green When I was at Gratz last year he was in possession of a costly little alarum, which he had received as a present from a nobleman. Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries It fell like an eye upon the stirrups, and then suddenly and yet very gently rested upon the bed, upon the alarum clock, and upon the butterfly box stood open. Jacob's Room The various kinds of alarums connected with clocks and watches are of this kind. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures All this flashed upon him while the alarum clock ticked off a second merely, for imagination telescopes time, of course, and knows things all at once. The Extra Day And now the bells, which for sixty days had been silent, rang out their alarum, calling all to the last great struggle. Prince Eugene and His Times On the mantelpiece decorated with a mirror, there was an alarum in unpolished bronze, together with two vases in brown porcelain. Balzac The "machine" was Laura's alarum, which ran down every night just now at two o'clock. The Getting of Wisdom I was to have been up at four this morning, but that alarum went off and never woke me. The Mistletoe Bough The boy looked down again at the alarum clock he had been trying to mend, and turned the handle. The Extra Day His mind, attuned to the alarums and excursions of the afternoon, became dimly aware that some excitement of a detached nature was going on around him. The Chronicles of Clovis In Java there is a tiny earthworm which now and then utters a shrill sound like that of the alarum of a small clock. The Golden Bough Some likes war's alarums; and some likes home life. O'Flaherty V.C. : a recruiting pamphlet Obtaining nothing more than alarums and excursions of no great seriousness, I think of modifying the gladiatorial arena and approximating it to natural conditions. More Hunting Wasps Or, perhaps, like the alarum clock, he was too tightly wound to go, and the burden of the secret he contained so wonderfully up his sleeve half choked him. The Extra Day This aged butler lay in bed waiting for the inevitable striking of a small alarum clock placed in the very centre of his mantelpiece. Fraternity His alarum clock, while he knelt in his narrow, monkish little room—ticked the evening hour away into darkness. Saint's Progress When the alarum first was sounded, Marshalling in arms the brave, Forth thy fearless spirit bounded, To obtain thee—what? Mazelli, and Other Poems He was a fine animal with the deep barrel and great shoulders of the Norman breed, and no more than his master did he love this place of alarums and stenches. The Path of the King Mine ears are stopped against your bootless cries:— Sound, drums alarum; draw threatening swords! King Edward III He arrived perhaps ten minutes before the three o'clock alarum, and soon passing through preliminary chaos, the articulate, thin fluting of his voice streamed forth again, broken by the squeaking and spluttering of his quill. Fraternity I had rather have one scratch my head i' the sun When the alarum were struck, than idly sit To hear my nothings monster'd. Coriolanus Ring the alarum bell!—Blow, wind! come, wrack! Macbeth But hark! what new alarum is this same? King Henry V Sound, sound alarum! we will rush on them. King Henry VI, Part 1 This, alternating with the squeak of a quill pen, went on till the alarum clock once more went off. Fraternity Presently the alarum bell tolled loud—the court swarmed with soldiers. Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Sound them their clocks, with loud alarum trump, Or watches ticking temporal at their fobs, You win their pleased attention. Poems — Volume 2 Listen: I hear the sound of the trumpet and the alarum of war. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable Here alarum; they are beaten back by the English, with great loss. King Henry VI, Part 1 The seven o'clock alarum woke him to the preparation of the evening meal. Fraternity Come, let us meet them at the mountain-top, 45 And with a sudden and an hot alarum Drive all their horses headlong down the hill. Tamburlaine the Great — Part 1 When all my joys are thus compleat, The canons loud do play, The drums alarum straight do beat, Trumpet sounds, horse, away! Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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