| 单词 | fife |
| 例句 | People were coming into the square from all sides, and down the street we heard the pipes and the fifes and the drums coming. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Their fife was not questionable; it was dictated. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Corporal listened with great intensity, as if the sound of fife and drum brought a special message to his ears. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z But someone else he knows must, someone he cares enough about to risk his fife for. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z "You warned me that only death could pay for fife. I thought you meant the horse." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mark watched, and hoped for a day when fife could be good and safe again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Drums beat and fifes blew and beneath everything was the steady clockwork blast of the British cannons firing at the troops stationed north of us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon, especially with so much labor needed for the tobacco fields, Africans were brought to Virginia and sold as slaves for fife. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I suppose I wanted to bring her back to fife. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d never forget the feeling of looking over the railing, down at the roiling, dirty liquid as it slowly ascended, thinking that his fife had almost ended in its depths. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When Lori came out, she was mute and bald as an egg for the first three years of her fife. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z While I lamented the state of fife in Alexandra, waves of men, because of rampant poverty in the tribal reserves, continued coming illegally to the ghetto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Or did fife just flicker out like a dim candle? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Oh bang the drum slowly and play the fife lowly . The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a hurrah went up and a fife began to play. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Morrie would walk that final bridge between fife and death, and narrate the trip. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The great luxury of my fife is the freedom to sit at this desk. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We heard the whistle of fifes on the green and the rattle of cheap drums. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Hessians moved closer yet, their lines unbroken, their bayonets thrust forward, their drum pounding, their fife screaming. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z There was work, sleep, and a fife shaped around computing, technology, and the Net. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he entered in haste, and made a bed of furs that he took out of an old chest, and built up a fife, and cleaned Therem’s wounds and bound them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z By reputation, the Overseas park is a nest of crime and crack, and I am hoping at least for some vibrant multicultural street fife. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z All around us I see candlelight flickering to fife from window to glassless window, and here and there the locals light small fires along the edges of alleys. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The disease had advanced very quickly, and had taken him to the point where he was nearly incapable of leading a normal fife. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Death is a part of fife,” he said simply. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z A band came by, playing an incoherent song, fifes and bugles. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve spent my fife taking care of other people,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her gentle efforts to guide the hand of destiny, by decoying her master with fertile tricks or by reticent considerations these had not bean strong enough to be recognized in the despotism of fife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the window, Nat heard a fife shrilling and the thud of a drum. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Then slyly, the fife music slid into a playful tune, poking, plucking at their brittle senses. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Paper and ink, poems and my postbox are medicines that heal the wounds of a fife without freedom. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “If someone is treated as if his fife is worthless, he begins to believe it.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Johnny’s fife with the Laphams had been so limited he knew little of the political strife which was turning Boston into two armed camps. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bang of drums and a shrill of fifes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “First thing, I’ll hire a fife and drum and have a one-man parade down Derby Street!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the open window he could hear a fife and drum, and a man shouting. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z One man played along on a little twinkling flute called a fife. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The band played, and even though there were more fifes, clarinets, and flutes than booms and brass, Fern held on to Pa tighter. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Las Casas, a conquistador who repented of his actions and became a priest, spent the second half of his long fife opposing European cruelty in the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A whispering wind, carrying the echo of the fife, floated high. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z After a while—faintly at first and then louder—came the shrilling of fifes and rat-a-tat-tat of the drums. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A boy no bigger than Dusty Miller had put a fife to his lips, was trying to blow it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To it was added the high, piercing squeal of a fife. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Only then did Jonathan realize how much closer was the sound of fife and drum. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z A repeating pattern showing the famous trio of drummer boy, fife player, and lame old man. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “For most of my friends, fife is liquor, drugs, and bad jobs with no hope of escape,” Jesse had told me. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition, the image of a seagoing people fits into a general rethinking of paleo-Indian fife. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He knew that soon fife would be altered forever one way or another, but nothing in any cell of his being allowed him to back away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Beyond that, he heard the tap-tapping of the drum, the nagging, relentless curl of the fife. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z At a very early period she had apprehended instinctively the dual fife— that outward existence which conforms, the inward life which questions. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had a right to take such frightful risks with his fife. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The drums marched ahead, and there was music on the fifes, and behind the men who carried the coffin walked the wife and two children.... The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The heavy dragon marched on its thousands of feet, and now above the drums came the shrilling of the fifes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “All your fife you’ve lied, manipulated people, and tried to avoid consequences,” she said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Although it is not staffed by guides, if you press a button on the porch, a comprehensive account of the building’s history plays to the tune of fifes and drums. History buffs trace the steps of a young George Washington through the DMV 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z There was a fife and drum parade at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. Museums Special Section: Free Passes: A Museum Salute to the Military 2011-03-17T05:14:49Z One evening, I followed a fife and drum group from Basel as they barhopped across town, breaking into a full-on musical march between each stop. Switzerland’s Once-in-a-Generation, Over-the-Top Party 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Within a year, she had graduated to fife, tenor and sopranino recorders. Why Cerys Matthews wants to teach the world to sing 2013-06-01T05:59:01Z He played drums as a teenager for the St. Joseph’s Brigade, a Catholic fife, drum and bugle corps. Jimmy Van Bramer Is City Council’s Arts Champion 2014-04-07T22:18:36Z You heard the muffled drums and the fifes that played lowly. The Rambling Glory of Bob Dylan’s Nobel Speech 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z When Daudet is unsuccessful in discovering the source of an old proverb, a fife player advises him to seek it in “the cicadas’ library,” meaning a field where one lies on one’s back and contemplates. Cicadas, Average Human Lifespan and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z We saw regiments march to their places on the battlefield, accompanied by fife and drum, as it started to rain. Fort Ticonderoga Re-enacts Dramatic Battles 2013-09-12T19:44:27Z That means items on view include everything from hobbles and bog shoes for horses to bayonets and fifes for Minute Men, along with great displays on the local events that led to American independence. Frugal Traveler: History Beyond Boston 2010-12-22T04:00:50Z A lute twangs, a fife pipes up, fiddles do their thing, and the revellers clap their hands. David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night. Who is Vivek Ramaswamy and why did so many of his GOP presidential rivals attack him? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The two presidents celebrated the “ironclad alliance” amid fife and drums on the White House lawn ahead of their high-level meetings and a state dinner. U.S., South Korea escalate efforts to deter North Korea nuclear attacks 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Look for fifes and drums, decorated automobiles, tractor-pulled floats, marching dance teams and pageant winners. How to celebrate Independence Day in the Washington, D.C., area 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Items up for big include a private fife lesson with the resident fifer on the premises, table linens, getaways to other historically-minded spots, toy soldiers, golf packages, china, books — well, you get the idea. Few Americans want to be president, poll finds 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z A fife and drum corps perform at King and Market streets before the parade passes through. How to celebrate the Fourth this weekend, from a small-town parade to a front row seat at the fireworks 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Moses said he hadn’t found any record that Wheaton fought in any of the battles but still played a key role by relaying commands in the fife and drum corps. Michigan Revolutionary War veteran won’t go unnoticed 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z A soundtrack absent of bagpipes, fife and drums and marching bands. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The holiday began as it typically does, with thousands streaming out of Metro stations and lining Constitution Avenue to watch a parade of fife and drum bands, Boy Scout troops and Miss District of Columbia. Trump’s Fourth of July celebration thrills supporters, angers opponents 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Here camp and its covert campaign of subversion feel wonderfully urgent and necessary: the gap-toothed fife player in the march toward “nonbinary.” At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, camp is in the eye of the beholder 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z They dressed in their starched white uniforms, behind fife and drums, and marched with the U.S. flag. ‘All indulged’: Puget Sound’s wildest Fourth of July party was its first one — in 1841 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Giroud, by the way, has his head taped like he had to put down his fife and drum to come on. France Passes First World Cup Test. So Does V.A.R. 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z On Gravel and Springs Fife and Drum, a 16mm short film portrait of farmer and fife player Othar Turner, the music and dancing builds to a dizzy, hypnotic rhythm. William Ferris: the folklorist who made black America immortal 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “Many of the ceremonies that are now associated with the White House—formal welcoming events on the South Lawn, fife and drum, people in colonial costume—were begun by her.” The Secrets of a Great First Spouse 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z “Reenactors are always disappointed when they can’t cross, but safety is always the most important thing,” Smith said by phone as a fife and drum played in the background. Reenactment of George Washington’s river crossing is canceled 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z A procession led by fife and drummers then marches from the historic meeting house to the nearby waterfront. New political frustrations aired in Tea Party re-enactment 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z As the man struck a martial tattoo on his drum, another man in period costume began playing a fife and leading Heather’s class in circles outside George Washington’s iconic white-columned home. She was born on July Fourth to undocumented parents. Even now, they refuse to cower. 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Park officials say 20 immigrants from around the world will become new U.S. citizens during a ceremony that also will include fife and drums, a color guard and musket firings. July 4th citizenship ceremony being held at Saratoga park 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Its roots predate the academy itself, going back to the fife players and drummers serving as field musicians since George Washington established an Army post here in 1778. West Point Band at 200: From Fife and Drums to Live Streaming 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “It’s like they’re coming at us with the fife and drums.” Philip Murphy’s Election Day of Selfies, Door Knocks and a Victory Speech 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z A fife and drum corps provided an 18th century soundtrack as re-enactors marched to Independence Hall. AP PHOTOS: American Revolution Museum opens in Philadelphia 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z I started scribbling lists of names in my notebook, fingerpicking guitarists, men from the Mississippi hills who played fife and drums. 'The blues still stands for authenticity': my Mississippi road trip 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Similar to a flute or piccolo, the fife was used in the Civil War as a signaling device and to provide field music to help the soldiers march in unison. They fight for the South but not for the reasons you think 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z A 10 a.m. ceremony includes a presentation of colors, a fife and drum performance and a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, June 30 to July 6, 2016 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Old Line’s bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland! She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb — Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum! She breathes! Maryland moves to finally scrub 'Northern Scum' from state song 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Earlier, Obama welcomed Xi in a White House ceremony, complete with a 21-gun salute and military fife and drum corps. U.S., China vow not to engage in economic cyberespionage 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z The list of ceremonial details is long — there will be the plane landings at Andrews, the arrival ceremonies on the South Lawn with the fife and drum corps, the exchange of gifts between leaders. Pope Francis, President Xi and the ambassador of handshakes 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z One re-enactor on the Union side was even playing a fife as he marched with his unit onto the recreated battlefield. They fight for the South but not for the reasons you think 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Historians say Gen. George Washington personally ordered that a young officer be “dismiss’d with Infamy” and literally drummed out of Valley Forge, pursued by a fife and drum troop. Gay Veterans Push for Honorable Discharges They Were Denied 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z As a fife player and drummer led the way, he lifted his tricorn black hat to acknowledge the applause of several hundred in the audience. Wiliamsburg’s George Washington hits the campaign trail 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Still, many festivities in Washington proceeded as scheduled, including a fife and drum corps, parade and concerts on the National Mall. U.S. Celebrates July 4 With Parades, Hot Dogs, Cold Beer 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The ceremony at the historical park, scene of the Revolutionary War’s Battles of Saratoga, will include fife and drum music, and a musket and cannon salute. New citizens being sworn in at 3 upstate New York locations 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z A procession of freemasons marched up Beacon Hill as a fife and drum corps, clad in Colonial garb, played on the Statehouse lawn. Time capsule returned to Statehouse cornerstone 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z We owe a lot to the young men who wielded bugles, fifes and drums, as well to those who fired weapons and charged the ramparts. There Is One More Thing We Need to Remember About the Civil War 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z On the first Tuesday of November, the court held a ceremonial session in honor of Judge Duane’s first court, complete with a fife and drum corps. Judges Playfully Dispute Whether New York’s Federal Court Is the Oldest 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Parade organizers say a vast majority of the marchers were veterans and included members of American Legion and VFW posts, other veterans groups, marching bands and fife and drum corps. 3,000 march in Connecticut Veterans Parade 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Here’s a little Thursday update on the Dodgers’ fife and drum corps: Checking in on the Dodgers' swelling injury list 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Field hands socialised to the sound of the cane-carved fife leading a troop of drummers at family gatherings and "picnics" which went on late into the night. End of an era? Mississippi fife and drum 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums will then join featuring 14 fife and drum units from the U. S. and Canada for a grand march on Saturday. Fife, drum units celebrating military music in Va. 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z A fife and drum corps performed in traditional Revolutionary garb, wigs included, and marched with the crowd to “Yankee Doodle.” Healed, Landmark Again Beckons: Come On Up. The View Is Terrific. 2014-05-13T00:48:22Z Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly, I thought while I looked at the set, lyrics from “Streets of Laredo,” a song I know from my time working in Texas. End of the Ride for Lance Armstrong 2014-03-01T18:42:43Z “There are some people who will be screaming and going down with the drum and fife,” he said. Dunes Fight Sets Neighbor Against Neighbor in New Jersey 2013-09-04T16:31:38Z Sharde Thomas is 24 and is thought to be the last of the region's fife players. End of an era? Mississippi fife and drum 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Smith, a drummer and hobbyist who restores musical instruments, was profiled by a Pennsylvania newspaper about 30 years ago when he started a fife and drum crops in western Pennsylvania. 150 years after Gettysburg, drummer to recreate reunion march 2013-05-25T16:22:04Z Then came the scarlet Grenadiers, the Scots Guards, with their drums, pipes and fifes, and the visitors to England learned what a precision of marching can be attained even in a peace-loving and democratic land. 1948 Olympics: King George attends opening ceremony of Austerity Olympics 2012-07-27T09:30:00Z The fife struck up, and the elephant, protesting strongly but uselessly, was gradually lifted off his feet. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z Then came intelligence that a large body of the Swiss guards had just entered Paris, and were seen marching rapidly down the Rue St. Honor�, with their fifes silent, and their drums still. Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z She was taught by her grandfather, the most famous name in fife and drum blues - Othar Turner. End of an era? Mississippi fife and drum 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z A troupe of musicians followed with trumpets, clarions, tamborines, and fifes. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Silver trumpets of the old Frankish fashion, German drums and fifes, were playing in every quarter. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Betty had a son in the army, and her deaf old ears were quickened by the fife and drum. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Let not the fiddler play the fife, Nor fifer play the fiddle. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z The girls and boys, we jovial noise, The fife and drum did play; For every one would have some fun On this eventful day. Random Rhymes and Rambles 2012-03-21T02:00:31.003Z Besides the buglers, a corps of drummers formed the other part of each military band, together with players upon the hautboys, Chinese fifes, and serpent horns. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z With drums beating and fifes squealing they marched up the road, dragging a small cannon, with which they opened an ineffectual fire upon the fort. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z As he ran down the avenue the shrill fifes kept stinging his ears and making him feel as if needles were running up and down his back. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Bodies of their troops, often dispensing with what they denominated the carnal drum and fife, marched to the harmony of David's Psalms, sung to the tunes of Mear and Old Hundred. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Is it not by the shrill notes of the fife united to the loud beat of the drum? Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z In perfect stillness you thread your way slowly through the tangled tracks, your horse arching his neck and pointing his toes as if he were stepping to the drum and fife. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z At that moment the drum and fife sounded from the green; the Lexington company, arms trailing, came marching into the Bedford Road, Indian file, Captain Parker leading. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z In the pauses of the music fifes shrilled out, and the roll and rattle of drums covered the rhythmic tramping of the soldiers. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z I love the din of beating drums, The bellowing pipe, the shrieking fife: The discord and the dissonance is my blood, my breath, my life! The Mountainy Singer 2012-02-20T03:00:20.273Z Trumpet crash and cymbal clash; Flute, and fife, and violin, Squeaking, shrieking, clattering; Clarions ring with deafening din; Now hell's chorus shall begin, Now the fiends of madness reign; Gentle child-like peace is slain. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z They march to battle with the bagpipes instead of fifes; but they have few drums, and they use the musket and cannon as we do. The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 2012-02-11T03:04:02.107Z But dawn was shining in through the loopholes of the casemate ere I unclosed my eyes to the world again, and the drums and fifes were playing, the sun above the horizon. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z No man standing under our flag should follow after the fife and drum of a party. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z They have followed the fife and drum of some party. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z But soon the clamor of drums and fifes ushered in another long array of Roman soldiers, a rainbow host in red and pink and blue, crimson plumes alternating with white, and golden shields with silver. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z G. A queen seized by two Deaths, one of whom plays on a fife. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z A light haze hung near to the ground, the sunlight touched the green alleys of trees to gold, and far off across the Park soldiers were marching to the drums and fifes. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z With his assistance we had made a very respectable band; now we were to be only a wandering drum and fife,—the fife particularly shrill, and the drum particularly solemn.... Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The music for the festivities is provided by the drums and fifes of the French soldiers. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z But a splendid show they made as, marching to drum and fife, they filed down Las Sierpes and stretched "in never ending line" across the plaza. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z It's like a drum and fife band; it's like the bagpipes; it's like a military march. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z He then showed me a beautiful mossy place in the middle of the garden, for them to skip about in, with a great many golden fifes, and drums, and silver crossbows. Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history 2012-01-12T03:00:13.267Z Now with its joyful prime my age is rife, I quaff enchanting wine, and list to fife; Chide not at wine for all its bitter taste, Its bitterness sorts well with human life! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z That mask you saw—which prejudiced you—is to hide burns she got in saving a slum-child from death in a great fife. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z A boy of eight, in glittering costume, next performed a dance, in which he was accompanied by a grown-up Cingalese who sung, occasionally accompanied by drum and fife. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z He was master of the elements, death heard and obeyed his voice, and he held the avenues which led from fife to the grave. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z All this while there rose to heaven the groans of pilgrims, the sounds of fifes, viols, rebecks, and bagpipes, and, like a pure incense, the savour of frying. 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 Bob-white and ruffed grouse are the fife and drum corps of the woods. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Then he cracked his whip; the fife and drum struck up a merry tune, the dogs steadied themselves on their hind legs, and the dance began. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z In vain the fiddle strikes up anew, the fife squeaks, the guitar tinkles, and overseers upbraid. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The drum and fife should play all the more bravely because her heart was hollow. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The rebecks, fifes, viols, and bagpipes, and the groans of the pilgrims made the music for the dance. 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 With charming faith she extends her cup of water to Gerald, but at this moment he hears the fifes and drums of his regiment. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Most of them think that the cavalry won the war 10 and that we went over the top to the sound of fife and drum. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z She wanted now neither trumpet, drum, nor fife, bagpipe nor tabor.... Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z Calls, a nasal note and a rolling twitter; song, a high fife like whistle of rarely more than eight or ten notes; without gurgles or grace notes. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Suddenly the drums beat, the fifes squealed, and the soldiers resumed their march. 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 Tambourines and fifes predominate in the next orchestral prelude. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A sharp action began, but Mercy hearing the drums and fifes of the French infantry in the Glotter Tal broke it off and continued his retreat in good order. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z These sacred rites of the Phœnicians proceeded from those of the Syrians, as the solemn use of fifes and drums among them will prove. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z A glance at his watch showed him that in ten minutes the morning gun would fire and the post wake up to the shrill reveille of the infantry fifes and drums. A Trooper Galahad 2011-10-12T02:00:53.977Z Among them were some that played the fife, the rebeck, the viol, and the bagpipe with a mighty din. 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 Soon the fifes and drums of the relief guard are heard in the distance. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z Their priests made use of fifes and cymbals; they were crowned with wreaths of ivy, and a vine wrought in gold was seen in their temple. Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z Such battles for humanity require good generalship as well as those of cannon, fife and drum. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z By Artevelde! what are drums, cymbals, fifes, viols, and bagpipes worth? Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z The provost and the stocks-knechten were likewise preceded by fifes and tambourines beating and squealing. 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 drums and fifes are hammering noisily down along the color line as he reaches his own company and his first sergeant comes forward and, saluting, says, "Did young Lawton find you, sir?" From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z The Prince seemed much surprised at this great propriety of expression and behavior in a magistrate, whose people seemed such a rabble, and whose whole band of music consisted in a drum and fife. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z Men were collected in groups engaged in excited conversation, torches flared in every direction, while at brief intervals all voices were drowned in some lively tune from the silver cornets or the fife and drum. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z And now it’s you and only you that shall play upon our ship the fife of deliverance! The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z They travelled on, eating and drinking, playing the fife, the bagpipe, and rommel-pot, and picking up by the way the goodwives they thought comely. 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 streets no longer resounded with drums and fifes. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The Old Line bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland! Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z On the moors, ostlers build fires and play on fifes. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z She kissed him on the mouth, saying: “Wild head, strong arms, God bless my fife and your sword.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z From the regiments standing nearer, the breeze brought the odor of horse sweat, and the shouts of commanders, the shrill note of fifes, and the deep sound of kettledrums. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z At the same moment he heard up the avenue the faint tapping of drums and the shriek of the fifes. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Break of day—the morning gun, Wakes the rebels—the fife and drum, Breaks a soldier’s sweet repose— He tumbles out—puts on his clothes. Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental 2011-09-27T02:00:19.517Z He sang and offered toasts, and played on his fife and capered until we were breathless with mirth. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z And where once in the days of our liberty Sounded the violas, screamed the fifes and the bagpipes, Now there is silence and death. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z While the boy was being stripped and re-dressed in dry clothes, the dog threw herself in front of the kitchen fife. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Ned took them into the now deserted lunch room and produced several comical false faces, some paper hats of odd design and a number of tin fifes. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z The firing of cannon, discharge of rockets, playing of fifes and drums, made satisfactory noise. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Sometimes Nick played upon his fife; and sometimes we all told stories and roasted chestnuts. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z In the second wagon will follow the musicians, the players upon the drum, the fife, and the shawm. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Wait and come over with the rest of the bunch, and we’ll give you a grand welcome, fifes and drums and things. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z “All ready!” called Ned, and then, every one playing a different tune on his fife, they marched out on the campus. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Then the musicians struck up, and began a concert of fifes and lutes, exceeding sweet and mournful. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z At which Nick obediently tucked away his fife, and de Golyer, who had a thin voice like a tree-cat, held his songful tongue; and presently we all lay flat and rolled us in our blankets. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z The provost and his lieutenants were likewise preceded by a band of drums and fifes, beating and screaming. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z She even introduced into her religious worship a military band, in aid of the organ, consisting of trumpet, drum, fife, bagpipe, and tabor. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z Toot!” sounded shrilly on the fifes and then the band of masqueraders, followed by scores of other boys and girls, began circling the seniors. The Heroes of the School or, The Darewell Chums Through Thick and Thin 2011-09-03T02:00:19.963Z Then we hear the fife and drum afar off, and young Pierrot, if he has lived unworthily for himself, can at least die worthily for his country. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Well, we got away from Stoner's, marching in double file, and only the little creatures of the forest to hear our drums and fifes. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z They were decorated with flowers and every kind of greenery, with flags flying, and drums and fifes, bagpipes and shawms playing most joyfully. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z One can distinguish the spikes of helmets, the barrels of muskets, the little drums no bigger than tambourines, and the fifes which are playing a march. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The sound of drum and fife was heard once more in the countryside. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z As the light faded, from the meadows and the hills sounded the drums, fifes and bugles in the retreat, or sunset drum beat. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z "How's old Wall?" cried Nick, resting his puckered lips and wiping his fife. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z And in the chariots were none but men and women dancing and drinking and playing most joyously on fifes and drums and bagpipes and shawms. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Drums and fifes, and muskets and rifles, filed along in confusion,—ambitious companies in uniform—common militia, who were out according to law. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z They wanted beer and ’baccy, and other little amusements, more in accordance with their independent position in fife. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z Here and there a sentinel was pacing his short limits, and occasionally the roll of the drum, or the flourish of a fife told of some ceremony of the camp. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z It was easy for our boys to die in battle while guns were thundering, fifes screaming, drums beating and the banners waving. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z And then suddenly the drums began to beat, the fifes screamed, and the soldiers fell in again. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Some of them seemed to be blowing a flageolet; others drew their bows across their violins; some played the fife; while here and there might be heard grum twangs, like the twanging of bass-viol strings. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Slavery fostered industrial waste, and coupled with a tropical climate, produced a manner of fife which undermined character; drinking, gambling, immorality, and sloth were common vices. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Then again I seemed to hear the sounds of village fifes; at moments, instead of the clock which hung opposite my bed, I saw a face look out of the wall and draw back again. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z And hark! the thund'ring drum, and fife's shrill tone, With brazen trumpet's clang, proclaim the day our own. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z The drums and fifes and bagpipes struck up once more and the cavalcade moved off without any let or hindrance. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z I tell ye there's a big, silent army, marshalling without fife or drum, and if ye persist in ignoring it, as the grandees of France did before their Revolution, ye'll maybe have a revolution, too. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Tobacco soon became the only export, its cultivation absorbing the economic fife of the colony. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z A Turkish boy hath torn it, Hungarian boy will heal it, With fiddle, fife, and drum. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z A little later there was a grand shouting at the entrance to the field, and into sight came a large automobile truck containing a drum and fife corps and carrying a large Roxley banner. The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College 2011-05-24T02:00:14.887Z We have heard the noise of drums and fifes, and we have seen their banners in the distance. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Then up came one with fife in hand, quite out of breath, and in great fright. The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable 2011-05-23T02:00:10.807Z The victory of the mountaineers is justly looked upon as the turning point in the war in the South, for it gave new fife to the waning cause in the Carolinas. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z And where are found the fife and drum Discoursed with goodliest zest? Hoosier Lyrics 2011-05-20T02:00:38.353Z Owing to the warmth of sun outside the window stood open, and from the barracks along the Albrechtstrasse came the strains of the drum and fife band of the approaching relief guard. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z After dinner, as Sancho was entertaining the company with some of his relishing conversation, they suddenly heard the dismal sound of an unbraced drum, accompanied by a fife. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z They kept step to the sound of the drum and fife, and raised a great cloud of dust, for there had been quite a drought. The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable 2011-05-23T02:00:10.807Z Bang, whang, whang, goes the drum, tootle-te-tootle the fife; No keeping one’s haunches still: it’s the greatest pleasure in life. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z Here we find the condition of immaterial fife. The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus 2011-04-19T02:00:18.493Z Tom had a little more trouble with him—that’s all; and the prayers he said was to give Tom a fife that nobody could help dancing to when he was playing it. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z This dialogue about duennas would have continued, had not the sound of the drum and fife announced the approach of the afflicted lady. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z By sun-rise the next day the troops turned out in fine style, and marched off to the noise of drum and fife. The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable 2011-05-23T02:00:10.807Z Tom had a little more trouble with him—that's all; and the prayers he said, was to give Tom a fife, that nobody could help dancing when he was playing it. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z It brought the throb of drum and scream of fife, and roar of wild beast. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Bodies appeared in procession, in regular company order, with arms, banners, drums and fifes, the officers wearing side-arms. When the Ku Klux Rode 2011-04-06T02:00:03.767Z The fife and drum was the popular music. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z When a small boy he was often found running barefooted along the road after a drum and fife band, greatly to his mother’s dismay. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z Drums and fifes, violins and banjoes, and even jews-harps, all lent their aid to swell the burst of joy and gratulation. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z The noise of drums, fifes, psalteries, harps, and sackbuts was heard. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Sometimes they came to tiny villages where they were "suspected;" and at last, on getting up one morning, they heard the tread of somewhat irregular marching, led by a drum and fife and bagpipe. In the Days of Queen Victoria 2011-03-17T02:00:14.783Z The rattle of their drums and the screech of their fifes could be heard shaking and piercing the sultry air. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z The stage was now to be the tented field, their music, the roll of the drum and the ear-piercing fife. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z The pitch of the fife lies between that of the concert flute and piccolo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Here broke in the shrill-tongued fifes:— 'We shouldered arms, We marched—we marched away From Phoenix Park We marched to Dublin Bay. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z While we were shaking off the dust of travel, we heard the sounds of drum and fife. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z In turn came armorers and swordsmiths, makers of spears and axes, manufacturers of musical instruments,—fifes, trumpets, drums, harps. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z Hark! the drum and fife awake to new life The soldiers who—“Can’t get away;” Who wish, as they wave their hats to the brave, That they were the—Ordered away. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z The modern fife has, in addition to the six finger-holes, 4, 5 or 6 keys. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The drums and the fifes, Oh, sweetly they did play, As we marched—marched—marched—with the Mulligan Guards!' Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z The drum and the fife were the instrumental outfit of the town; so, led by these, my father and I marched with the magnates of the place to the church. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-10T03:00:45.530Z Then as the pageant wound upon its way, with banners flying and with music of the fife and drum, they passed a building where the sick were tended. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z The Old Line’s bugle, fife and drum, Maryland! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z Drum and fife bands in a short time became common in all infantry regiments, while among the cavalry the trumpet prevailed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The fife and drum were continually heard in the streets; and flags were flying from houses in different parts of the city—indicating the localities of “recruiting stations.” Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z The Flute, a cheap kind of fife, and the Concertina are the favourites. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z Then one day in his wanderings Punchinello awakened to the music of the fife and drum. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z I'm wandering down to Graybrook Town, Where the drums and fifes are beating The Americans have gained the day And the British are retreating. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z For the acoustics, construction and origin of the fife see Flute. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Soldiers instead of citizens," she murmured, "war horses instead of wagon horses; that screaming fife! that braying, blustering drum! A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z The top of the music is not always supplied by fifes. Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes 2011-02-28T03:00:31.280Z He heard the clattering arms of the dispersing soldiers, and the drums and fifes beating merry time in marching off the ground, but he felt utterly unable to help himself. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Bang, whang, whang, goes the drum; tootle-te-tootle the fife; Oh, a day in the city-square, there is no such pleasure in life! Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z Animation was added to the scene by a drum and a few fifes executing with liveliness "The York Quickstep," "The Reconciliation," and "The British Grenadiers." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Then Neil rose and went out again; there seemed no peace anywhere, he had scarcely reached the street when he heard in the distance the mocking strains of the drums and the fifes. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z They also hastened the retreat of Sheaffe's white troops to their defences in the direction of the village, while the drum and fife of the pursuers were briskly playing Yankee Doodle. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z His heart beat quick as the rattling drums and the shrill notes of the fife summoned the garrison to parade. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z The fifers and war drummers marched two by two at the head of the said Swiss Guards, beating upon their drums and blowing their fifes in funeral notes. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z They immediately charged them with all their force, goring many to death, and scattering the remainder, who flung away their drums and fifes, and fled as for dear life. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z Although first interested in the workmen, toward the end he began to complain of the fifes and drums with which the soldier workmen urged themselves on as they wound their way up the hill. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Presently they drew nearer, and at first they were confused, like hundreds of people gently humming through closed lips; but at last she began to recognize different notes, like tiny drums and flutes and fifes. Half-Past Bedtime 2011-01-23T03:00:13.247Z “Or maybe it was the Legion fife and drum corps having a night practice.” Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z Talk of drums and the fife; the echo of coin of one's own earning is more inspiring than all the trumpets of Sparta. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Elephants, horses, and an immense number of men with drums and fifes, and palkis formed the procession. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z On every hand she saw preparations for war, and at every street she turned, she was confronted with armed soldiers, whose measured tread kept time to the music of fife and drum. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z Isn’t a man with a harelip an infernal fool to learn to play a fife?” King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Bang the field-piece, toot the fife, and beat the rolling drum, for ruse number three has succeeded. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z Captain Cook, in his interview with them, had caused the bagpipes and fife to play, and the drum to beat. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z A still more imposing array than the former started with elephants, horses, drums, fifes, and palkis, and in due course arrived at Jhore’s residence. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z The next morning, the familiar notes of reveille on the fife, accompanied by the bass and snare-drum of the side-show, which Andrews used to detest so, brought us again to consciousness. History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: A prisoner's diary A paper read at the officers' reunion in Boston, May 11, 1877 2011-01-11T03:00:31.687Z Early next morning a party, headed by a fife and drum, patrolled the town with a cart, in search of delinquents. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Whether Newt actually believes this rubbish, or is merely following the Tea Party fife and drum corps around the bend, strikes me as of little interest. No, GOP, you can't have the car keys back 2010-05-20T00:20:00Z New arrivals were greeted in August with a fife and drum troupe and a barbecue on the school's front lawn. U.S. prep schools push to recruit foreign students 2010-03-30T04:00:00Z In a short time they were on their way accompanied by elephants, horses, drums, and fifes. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z They have a literary institute, a drum and fife band, hold swimming classes, etc. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone A band of ‘musicians’ marched before them, beating frying-pans with marrow bones, banging gridirons and kettles with pokers, tongs and shovels, and two playing on a fife and drum. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The fifes struck up "The girl I left behind me," the men stamped round the capstan with a cheerful, steady step, and in a very short time the cable was nearly up and doun. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 "Hoist away!" was the order; and, with a quick and steady tramp, a hundred feet kept time with the merry notes of the fife. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Gay flags flying down the street; Comes the drum's insistent beat Like a fierce, gigantic pulse, And the screaming fife exults. Challenge Forward marched the cadets, keeping step to the lively air of the fifes, and the accompanying rattle and boom of the drums. Dick Hamilton's Cadet Days The Handicap of a Millionaire's Son Lutes, fifes, cornets, trumpets and violins, instead of an organ, constituted a most agreeable concert. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The roar of the action had become general—through its din I at intervals heard the sounds of the drum and the fife. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Before the beginning of the course, a pritschmeister went over the shooting-ground with fifes and drums, and called the marksmen by divisions to their stands. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. Gay flags flying down the street; Comes the drum's insistent beat Like a fierce, gigantic pulse— And the screaming fife exults! Challenge It often happened that individuals made great booty, but it was almost always dissipated in wild revelry; according to the soldier's adage: "What is won with the drum will be lost with the fifes." Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Drums and fifes told him of the guard coming on duty and of the guard that was being relieved. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster "You hear then, O people," cried the little princess, straining her feeble voice to its utmost pitch, till it resembled the squeaking of a fife; "you hear that the venerable arch-priest has recognised me." Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I But I cannot admit that plain men, in their religious moods, are not concerned with the ideal of fife which I thus reflectively formulate. The Sources Of Religious Insight Up on the roof their bags jolted and bumped one another; milk carts were rattling their empty cans as they returned from their round; far away a drum and fife band played an acid air. A Bed of Roses In a moment both gates were hewn down, and the whole detachment marched with trumpets, drums, and fifes, into the city. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The latter was brought back to the sound of drums and fifes. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Harmonious sounds, as those of human voices, and other sounds resembling those of the fife, drum, trumpet, etc., have been produced without any visible agency. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters At this moment, the heavy and regular tap of the drum, struck at equal intervals, and a mournful note from a fife, reached the prisoner's ear. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency In like manner I have converted the sounds of the voice into a very perfect piccolo, flute, fife, and into a fairly good imitation of a whistle sound. The Speech of Monkeys Through the street of St. Germain March the tattered hosts of rain, While the wind with vagrant fife Whips their chilly ranks to life. Later Poems Here a kettledrum; there Polish viols, elsewhere lutes, harps, zithers, hautboys, bassoons, Swiss fifes, etc. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster Husking Frolic: song and tales; fellow who plays the fife for the dance; tale of the Quoddy Indians; description of Sacobezon, their chief. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Take another cup on it, my merry fellows, and all will be as pleasant as the music of a fife. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency When the violins, the flutes, and the fifes began the overture, a new sense seemed given to him, which was not pleasure but the intensest dread. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance So setting to work to embark their people, and covering their masts with flags and streamers, they celebrated their victory with flutes and fifes. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The team on the bench sounded like a fife and drum corps without the fifes, and Coveleski got no peace. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside At 5 A. M. we moved out, marched through the sleeping town with drum and fife playing, colors flying. An Artilleryman's Diary Drums were beating, and fifes were piercing the air with their high notes, and, ever and anon, the trumpet brayed from the further extremities of the field. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The deafening noise of drums and the shrill notes of the fife, announced the arrival of the criminal. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Then through dark boughs its stealthy flight An owl took; and, at sleepy strife, The cricket turned its fairy fife; And through the dead leaves, in the night, Soft rustlings stirred of unseen life. Shapes and Shadows “I’ll hire a fife and drum corps if the tip is worth anything,” declared McGraw. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside A cheer burst from the ranks as the loyal strains filled the air; but scarcely had the loud burst subsided, when the Louth militia advanced with a quick step, their fifes playing "Vinegar-hill." Jack Hinton The Guardsman Here and there a sentinel was seen pacing his short limits, and occasionally the roll of a drum and the flourish of a fife announced some ceremony of the camp police. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The shrilling fife, and the roll and rattle of the drums! Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction They drilled faithfully day after day under the command of their enthusiastic Sergeant, and the discordant sounds from the fife and drum became a nuisance to the neighborhood. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 Soldiers and martial music—bugles, drums, fifes, playing their loudest—picnics, and fire-crackers galore signalized the day, which was further endeared to children by cherry-pie at dinner, and ice-cream following fireworks in the evening. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 Hard upon them were the Federals entering the village with flags flying and the fifes playing the now despised "Yankee Doodle." Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia All were charged to keep to their ranks, carry their arms well, and step in time to the music of the drums and fifes, collected in the centre of each brigade. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Riley was a master hand with the fife, and we had never known it, had never even suspected it! Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction At half past eight that same evening the Raleigh Reds, with fife and drum silent, marched through the lane leading to Mr. Scott's field. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 Here groups of strange-looking people were bustling 49 about, and there were shrill fifes sounding, and drums. Mopsa the Fairy In the place of the rolling drum and piercing fife, would be heard the clink of the hammer and the merry laugh of untrammelled spirits. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time Fitchett has ere this sounded the clarion and filled the fife to good purpose, but he has never done better work than in rescuing from oblivion the narratives which appear in this volume.... To Lhassa at Last Then the piping of fifes could be heard. Sube Cane Then, turning to the smiling and embarrassed line, he cried, "Squad, salute!" and every hand went up while the demoralized fife and drum favored Mr. Scott with their wildest and most discordant tones. Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895 The Colonel was armed and the drum corps had only drums and fifes, formidable for offence but not for defence. The Story of the Raising and Organization of a Regiment of Volunteers in 1862 Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the District of Columbia, War Papers 46 With his assistance we had made a very respectable band; now we were to be only a wandering drum and fife,—the fife particularly shrill and the drum particularly solemn. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 At the same instant M— fired to his right, and springing past me, shouted, “Run for your fife!” Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa I could just see him with a sword buckled to his side, getting on a big war-horse, galloping off to the music of fife and drum. Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks I have heard him say that his heart used to beat, in his boyhood, when he heard the sound of a drum and fife. The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) "Combativeness" might come out in the drums and fifes. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) His ideal was that performed by the drum, the fife, and the bugle. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The moment the Indians were descried, out sallied from Fort Union a band in full regalia, with drum and trumpet and piccolo and fife—wonders that would have lured the astonished Indians to perdition. The Story of the Trapper "Look now!" they said, "we shall have two little Blowers in the family,—perhaps a flute and a trombone; perhaps a cornet and a fife,—who knows?" The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers Tom had a little more trouble with him—that’s all; and the prayers he said was to give Tom a fife that nobody could help dancing when he was playing it. The Irish Fairy Book What was it in youth that made everything into twilight, even with the drum and fife calling to wars and victories? Rose MacLeod Then the tramp, tramp, as of soldiers on the march, and the music of the drum and fife seemed to draw nearer and nearer. Elsie in the South The yacht was now rolling and pitching on the heavy seas, and the blasts of wind were becoming stronger and more angry, whistling through the rigging with the shrill sound of a gigantic fife. Frontier Boys in the South Seas They were too busy blowing,—practicing on the flutes, trombones, trumpets, bugles, fifes, horns, oboes, cornets, bassoons, and piccolos which their father had bought them, hoping that they would be Musicians. The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers It was there my eyes were open to the delights of a "town muster," and my steps taught rhythm by fife and drum. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Speaking generally, the voices of German boys are thinner than those of English boys, more like fifes than flutes. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. The music continued and seemed to come nearer and nearer, the dogs barked more and more furiously; but presently the drum and fife became silent, the dogs ceased barking and all was quiet. Elsie in the South He thinks that if the Chaplain had taken a fife and stepped out and played “Yankee Doodle” it would have a better effect. Company K, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Roster and Record Unless the children could help him earn a penny he must sell their flutes, trombones, trumpets, bugles, fifes, horns, oboes, cornets, bassoons, and piccolos; but what then would become of their wonderful talents for blowing? The Flower Princess The Flower Princess; The Little Friend; The Mermaid's Child; The Ten Blowers Drilling was done in Penn Square to the inspiring accompaniment of fife and drum, which gave the town a decidedly warlike appearance. Eleven days in the militia during the war of the rebellion A journal of the 'Emergency' campaign of 1862 The moment he gives up his after-dinner cigar I can hear the fifes in the distance—he is making himself agreeable to someone with whom he intends to pass the evening. Eden An Episode A procession of dirty priests, preceded by a drum and fife, passed hither and thither before an altar upon which incense was burning. The Pearl of India Both the drum and the fife were of English manufacture. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment No echo of the drum or fife, No hint of conflict entered in Our thoughts then. Idyllic Monologues Old and New World Verses Whilst the kind and honest poor may do as best they can for their children, the vicious have had theirs maintained, taught trades, and the drum and fife; and fairly started in life. Some Conditions of Child Life in England From the square beyond came the beat of drums, and on the breeze was borne to her the shrill treble of retreating fifes. Eden An Episode Ivory horns, tom-toms, fifes, and the rudest sort of bass drums are the instruments most in use with the Singhalese, a few Chinese stringed contrivances being occasionally added, simply increasing the horror. The Pearl of India Presently the fifes and rums played tattoo, and the boys began preparations for turning in. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro The patriotic fires were lighted up and burning brightly: drums and the shrill notes of the fife were heard in almost every direction. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles The eastern bird plays the fife but the western uses the flute, and its bubbling grace-notes are easily distinguishable from the straight whistling of its eastern cousin. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war! The Tatler, Volume 3 And the garrison enlivens, With its neat and healthful barracks, With its drum and fife and bugle, With its tents and lofty flagstaff, With its officers and soldiers. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. Shall I ever forget the tunes played by the shrill fifes and the buglehorns which disturbed that night! A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle When the day came for them to leave, they marched with the flag presented to them by the ladies of the town proudly waving, and with drum and fife making all the noise possible. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles "Mr. Leggett, in what similitude does you means you plays de fife?" John March, Southerner Sir Walter Scott was right when he said: "Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, To all the sensual world proclaim: One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name." The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children One fine sunrise on the morning of Palm Sunday I heard the sharp sound of a screeching fife, the metallic clash of cymbals, the shouts of boys, the rattle of a little drum. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. The drum and fife band practised in the tiny square before an enthusiastic audience of gamins. Cavalry of the Clouds I was therefore dragged in this procession swiftly through the air, drums playing, fifes lamenting. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Then came the distant music of fife and drum, augmented by cornet: "Yankee Doodle;" and in the traditional Revolutionary regalia, the musical minute-men led a parade down the aisles of the Choral Guard. Telempathy Whereupon the lively young French general ordered his fife and drum corps to strike up "Yankee Doodle." Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools The drums and fifes of his regiments, as they marched up to the point of attack, could be easily heard; how distinctly, then, sounded his cannon in our ears! A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital We had been in camp a few days, and were engaged in building our tents, when we heard the sound of a fife and drum approaching. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House “From every valley and hill there come The clamoring voices of fife and drum; And out in the fresh, cool morning air The soldiers are swarming everywhere.” Peggy Owen and Liberty Monday night.—The drums and fifes up in the castle are sounding the guard-call through the dark, and there is a great rattle of carriages without. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) The drums and fifes played "The White Cockade and the Peacock's Feather"; everywhere the stars and stripes were flung to the breeze; and ladies threw flowers from the windows. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools In a few minutes more the procession started, headed by two boys carrying torches and followed by a youth with a bass drum and another with a fife. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields The drum and fife started up and the ballet commenced. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 I got leave from Captain Bickford to have the band of the Katoomba come up, and they came, fourteen of ’em, with drum, fife, cymbals and bugles, blue jackets, white caps, and smiling faces. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) Nearer and nearer every moment came the sharp shrill notes of the fifes and the quick detonation of the drum-stick taps. Famous Firesides of French Canada Some of them were playing the fife, others clashing cymbals, others danced, others yelled, others rolled their heads, and others flogged themselves. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century "Somebody got a drum and fife!" and immediately several of the cadets ran off to do as bidden. The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields Every time he heard the fife and drum he would run out on the square, slip between the spectators’ legs and watch, with the closest attention, the trained dogs performing their exercises. My Private Menagerie from The Works of Theophile Gautier Volume 19 I follow gaily to the fife, Leave Wisdom bowed above a chart, And Prudence brawing in the mart, And dare Misfortune to the knife, Since I am sworn to live my life. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) Their notes are varied and musical; many of them resembling the high notes of a fife, and are nearly as loud. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897 Feet, not hearts, lifted to the fife’s thrilling note. The Missourian The Dahomans use a reed fife, on which they play music of several notes. History of Human Society Yours are only the drum and the fife And the golden braid and the surface of life! Collected Poems Volume Two For a moment, think of yourself sitting next to a flagon of sweet-smelling wine, listening to the old fife player giving forth. Letters from my Windmill Nell was particularly charmed by the sight of paradisaical fly-catchers and rather large, black birds, with a crimson lining to the wings, which emitted sounds like a pastoral fife. In Desert and Wilderness The fife and drum and the stupid little cannon simply made him the merrier. The Missourian In a wedding procession in a village, the musicians lead with fife and drum, and "the virgins" follow in all the finery they can muster. Our Moslem Sisters A Cry of Need from Lands of Darkness Interpreted by Those Who Heard It The lure of fife and drum has become a thing of the past. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association There was hardly a sound to be heard; a fading fife, a curlew calling amongst the lavender, and a tinkle of mules' bells from somewhere along the track. Letters from my Windmill The tumult without—and the music—the boom Of the canon—the blare of the bugle and fife?— Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) The time-keeping steps of the soldiery upon the marble floor mingled with drum, fife, and organ. Due South or Cuba Past and Present Soon they heard in the distance the sound of the drum, and the merry note of a fife. The Eye of Dread But theirs is a cheap patriotism which depends for its expression upon the thrilling note of fife and drum. Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association Nobody, not even Francet Mamaï, my fife player, who knows the Provencal legends like the back of his hand, has been able to tell me. Letters from my Windmill I come!—I fight!—Laugh, fife! and banners wave! L'Aiglon The quiet of the Sabbath is broken by the rattling of drums and the shrill notes of the fife. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance They might have been read to an accompaniment of fife and drums. An Orkney Maid From Monday morning the city has been resounding with beat of drum and the shrill sounds of the fife. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule And the cicadas, and the shepherds playing their fifes, and the dark haired young beauties laughing amongst the vines…. Letters from my Windmill He sat there, and sat and sat till he grew quite dull, and then he said to himself, “I’ll play a bit on my fife, I haven’t played for a long time.” Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales In a twinkling he was dressed, and seizing his fife ran to join the company forming in line by the meetinghouse; answering to their names, as clerk Daniel Harrington called the roll. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance “And so it happens, Mr. Grant, that we have much noise lately from the trumpets and the fife and drums.” An Orkney Maid From early morning brass bands and fife bands commenced to enter the city from every point of the compass, and wherever you turned the air resounded with the inspiring rattle of the drum. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule I took my fife, of course, and we farandoled the night away. Letters from my Windmill They began grazing till he took out his fife again, when they all fell a-dancing like mad. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales The soldiers presented arms, the fifes began to play, the drums to rattle. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance Hark to the mingled din Of fife and steed, and trump and drum, and roaring culverin! Henry IV, Makers of History There were brass bands, drum and fife bands, and bands of bagpipes. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule One day, playing my fife at the youngsters dance, I noticed that the eldest of my boys and little Vivette had fallen in love. Letters from my Windmill He was Daniel Morgan and, laughing as he spoke, he said: “I’ve heard of hunting Indians with fife and drum, but charmin’ ’em with song is something new, I reckon.” Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield "Now came the drums and fifes, and now the blare of the brass instruments, and continuously the singing of the soldiers of 'Die Wacht am goose step, while the good lieges of Brus-Rhein.'" Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 It seemed to Esther there was no sympathy for her in the world, even if she got drum and fife and went out to beat it up. The Prisoner The fifes screamed shrilly, the brass tubes blared, and every drummer drummed as if he had the Pope himself under his especial care. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The fifes and the snare-drums promptly obeyed, but the big bass drum was silent. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 The school also furnishes its own drum and fife corps and a very fine military band, the players, of course, devoting a proper proportion of their time to the practice on their instruments. Harper's Young People, October 26, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Passing through the streets of Toulouse one bright morning in spring, the lively drum and fife broke on my ear, as I was counting my gains from a day's marketing. She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa Anon the murmur of the tight-brac'd drum, With finely varied fifes to martial airs, Wind up the spirit to the mighty proof Of siege and battle, and attempt in arms. The Battle of Bunkers-Hill Then a large low, brown mansion with a gravelled quadrangle, around which marched fife and drum bands playing "No Surrender" and "The Boyne Water." Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule No more mounting of the guard with fife and drum. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The roll of the drums and the shrill music of the fifes still reached them. The Traitors And thus became a settler and my neighbour; thanks to the drum and fife and the white cockade, that lured you from your home. She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa It is a strange medley of snare-, kettle-, and bass drums, of fifes, clarionets, and piccolos, with an occasional "Kent bugle"—the predecessor of the cornet—or some other instrument of brass. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 Yet they have marched in procession before our houses, blowing defiance by means of a drum and fife band, because we would not join one or other of their dishonest and illegal combinations. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Our fourths in horn, but not in fife. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly However, the service was over, and the Volunteers filed out of the church and marched to the strains of their drum and fife band, which played rollicking tunes to the delight of the rollicking Yorkshiremen. Adventures and Recollections Again were heard the quick notes of the fifes on both decks, and in less than five minutes more the anchors were catted, and the “Monongahela,” under a cloud of canvas, began to move. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life But is it not better than the simple drum and fife of a common training-day? Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 At last the coverings were taken from the gilded chariot; fifes and drums struck up a tune. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He ordered the drums and fifes and trumpets to be sounded throughout the town, and the heralds to cry that she whose finger a certain ring would fit should marry the heir to the throne. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault See, there is Lubin and Javotte already there— Hark! 'tis the fife and the jerked tambourine— Mother and granddad sitting all steady there, Smiling and nodding, enjoying the scene. Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly My ninth is in flute, but not in fife. Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But with the appearance of the bayonet came also the revival of the fife, which had been discarded in England in the time of Shakespeare. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 It was the soldiers' chorus: a regular fife and drum affair. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces "Hear you me, Jessica," says Shylock to his daughter, "lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum, and the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife, clamber not you up into the casements then." Practical Education, Volume II At the sight of this magnificent army marching straight into the jaws of disaster, Pat Murphy uttered a yell of triumph that put the fifes and drums to shame. The Silver Maple Soon recruiting parties were parading at the sound of fife and drum, and the military spirit was aroused in the hearts of both young and old. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services The horns and the fifes and the flutes and the drums, all made a beautiful big sound. Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm Their standards waved in the breeze, while the drum, the fife, the bugle, and the trumpet thrilled you as never before. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Take the fife and give me the drum. Soldier Stories And where were the fifes and the drums? The Silver Maple George was about eight years old when a great excitement arose among the colonists in Virginia, and the fife and drum were heard, to announce that England, the mother country, needed soldiers. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services West and his fife and drum band, when each man was required to turn out, take his place in line in the company street, and answer to his name. History of Company F, 1st Regiment, R.I. Volunteers, during the Spring and Summer of 1861 The fife begins its mournful air, the drum its muffled beat. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field "Boom!" said the gun, whereupon the drums began their racket, and the fifes piped forth the first strains of the morning call. True To His Colors The ceremonies during our brief visit consisted of grotesque dancing, beating of drums, and blowing upon a shrill fife before a rude altar, upon which incense was burning. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months In the storm, in the smoke, in the fight, I come To help thee, dear, with my fife and my drum. Music and Some Highly Musical People In front colours were flying and fifes screaming, and behind ran the crowd, their voices drowning the fifes. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution It’s all I can do to keep wind enough to climb up here, let alone having to blow a brass traction-engine, or even a fife.” Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner, and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war! Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature These dancers are accompanied by a musical instrument very much like a guitar, and sometimes by tambourines and fifes. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The time-keeping steps of the men upon the marble floor mingle with drum, fife, and organ. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands To the strains of “Yankee Doodle Do,” from American fifes, Lord Cornwallis and his army bade adieu to the scenes wherein they had once marched as conquerors. How the Flag Became Old Glory The fife and drum, the latter ornamented with the king's arms, played the whole forenoon, while the jovial prisoners drank, in English porter, Success to the American cause! A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. “No vision of the morrow’s strife The warrior’s dream alarms, No braying horn, nor screaming fife, At dawn shall call to arms.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 Volume 1, Number 7 Opposite the Fonda de Rafaela was a long line of infantry barracks, and, consequently, we had plenty of the sort of music—fife and drum—which naturally accompanies military drill and company movements. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months As the procession entered the Hall, the fifes, drums, and trumpets went to their gallery, and the several other persons composing it were directed to their respective places by the officers of arms. Coronation Anecdotes That evening we left the grove and entered the village with fife and drum, attracting auditors, and held a torchlight meeting in the market-place. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions They were armed indiscriminately with long pikes and ancient flint-locks, and marched to the music of fife and drum. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China This morning we got under way with a pleasant breeze, our drums beating, fifes playing and colours flying. An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775 The priests were propitiating the idols inside the temple with drums, fifes, and horns, while the pleasure and trading booths were doing a thriving business outside. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Suddenly he heard the sound of a drum and fifes, and then a blazing light from torches shone upon him. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen I myself saw the two bails fly away into infinite space, and at once there was a sound of kettle-drums, trumpets, fifes, and clarionets. The Fixed Period Still in possession of their small-arms, they then marched out of the fort with all the honors of war,—fifes playing, drums beating, and colors flying. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief In front, there was beat some thundering engines of warlike music, which was cut occasionally by sharp screams of small fifes, blown into by the burgher amateurs of that lively musical machine. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 And hardly one short hour had waned, Before the ranks the rat-camp gained, With sounding drum and screaming fife, Enough to raise the dead to life. Poems for Pale People A Volume of Verse A vast concourse of people were gathered to cheer us on our way, as we passed through the streets to the sound of the pipes and fife and beating drum. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 “Why don’t you whistle now?” they kept howling in concert, and referring to our fifes which were still. A Virginia Scout The whole line was soon moving slowly forward, with fifes playing, drums beating, and colors flying; the regulars keeping step the while to the "Grenadier's March." The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief We ran into the Gulf Stream of a red-hot political campaign, and I needn't tell you these torchlight processions, firework displays, and fife and drum corps knock the life out of the show business. A Pirate of Parts Colby Hall now boasted of a drum and fife corps of twelve pieces, and they made merry music as the battalion marched away in the direction of Haven Point. The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch The Cowboys' Double Round-Up From time to time the streets of the city resounded with the notes of drum and fife, as one after the other the militia companies went off to the front and the fighting. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Arrived at the King's lodgings Wolsey dismounted, amid the roar of artillery and the sound of drums, trumpets, fifes, and other instruments of music. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 He bought a drum and fife with the parrot money, and sent them to the Poppleton Guards, the company to which “the fellows didn’t want him to belong.” Sonny Boy The excellent Gudel opened his mouth to speak, when with loud fife and horn, the wagon that held all his worldly possessions rattled up to the door. The Son of Monte-Cristo We then proceeded on our way, the people dancing and running before us, playing on the drum and fife, and singing in Hebrew in a general chorus. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 A squad or more might have been seen walking along, headed by a bluejacket playing a p.127 lively tune on a fife or tin whistle. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria One beat the drum, a few played the fife, and others some simple instrument; while almost all could sing tolerably well in parts. The Gold Thread A Story for the Young Songs are also used to aid the men in keeping time when pulling on a rope, where a fife is not available. 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. Cook gave a concert for them, in which the fife and cornet were lavished on them in vain, the New Zealanders awarded the palm to the drum! Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Then the robin his fife will trill, And the wood-piper beat his drum; And out of their tents on the hill The little green troops will come. Graded Memory Selections Drum and fife bands, bless you—two of them. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Most of us turned out and like schoolboys followed the drums and fifes as they played the troops to their camping-ground. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The order to step out at the capstan, or with hawsers, topsail-halliards, &c., generally to the fife or fiddle. 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 fife and bugle whistled with magical voices, and seemed to say,— "Follow, follow, follow on!" Captain Horace Suddenly, far behind where our infantry moved in column, I heard cheer on cheer burst forth, and the horns and fifes in joyous fanfare, echoed by the solid outbreak of the drums. The Reckoning Tom Hardy, blow the clouds apart With sound of rustic fifes and tabors! The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Behind them were half a dozen women, playing fifes and horns. Hunters Out of Space The men march round to the tune of a fiddle or fife, and the phrase of excitement is, "Step out, lads, make your feet tell." 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. For example, when it is a question of something Turkish, much is made of the tambourine, the cymbals, and the fife. The Masters and their Music A series of illustrative programs with biographical, esthetical, and critical annotations I heard the bugles blowing, the fife beat, the drums beat, and the cannons roar. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 The band, with drum and fife, was part of it. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life A chinquapin fife lends itself more readily to the patriotic, step-and-go-fetch-it melody than to any other in the national répertoire. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood All that I remember was that Vitalis put aside his fife and took his violin and played accompaniments to the dogs' maneuvers; sometimes it was dance music, sometimes sentimental airs. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille “I don’t know how to play a fife,” said Billy. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck The Albino played the fife, the Dwarf the snare drum, the Circassian lady the cymbals, and the Fat Woman the base-drum. Twenty Years of Hus'ling It was already growing dark, and Naznai was beginning to wonder where he should spend the night, when he heard not far away the sound of fifes, drums and singing. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science With drums and fifes, Wagner marches at the head of all artists in declamation, in display and virtuosity. The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. Unfortunately, we had no fife and we lacked Vitalis' fine, commanding presence. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille No one will know that you are not playing a fife. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Take the poor thing out into the fresh air again and revive it with a fife and drum; stay it with flagons and comfort it with apples, for it is sick of improper feeding. From a Cornish Window A New Edition A fire had been built in the middle of the courtyard, and around it picturesquely-dressed men and women were singing and dancing to the accompaniment of fifes, kettledrums and tambourines. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science In five days, Hanno doubled the Cape, known as the Hespera Keras, there, according to his own account, "he heard the sound of fifes, cymbals, and tambourines, and the clamour of a multitude of people." Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The company all dressed, Vitalis took his fife and we went in marching order into the village. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille He told Billy and his brothers just where to stand, and how to hold their short sticks so they would look like fifes. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Down the middle of the foreground, which is filled by a crowd of figures, advances a regiment of little Dutchmen, marching to drum and fife, and led by a fire-eating captain of fifteen. From a Cornish Window A New Edition They also show skill in making several musical instruments—like fifes and whistles, as also drums—and all sorts of ornaments for the person. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Their instruments of music are all lutes and viols, flutes, cymbals, drums, fifes, citherns, organs, and harps that Ferrari's day could show. New Italian sketches The piercing notes of the fife brought the people running from their houses. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille Every where was heard the sound of the drum and the fife. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges |
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