But on every occasion of this kind, the inhabitants always imagined we were actually going to leave them, and the moment we were clean gone, as they thought, they set to work and rung the church bell with all their might.
After a moment's consideration Laura rung her bell, and the maid who usually attended her appeared.
With the tautology which Laura had been taught to expect in a law-paper, it rung changes upon the permission to seize and confine the person of Laura Montreville, as heiress of William Montreville, debtor to John Dykes of Pimlico.
On May Day, when the evening bell has rung and the twilight is falling, the ceremony of "Burning out the Witches" begins.
In some villages, when the bells have rung the Angelus, the signal for the observance is given by cries of, "To the fire!
The bells were rung on all occasions when it was necessary to call the people together.
Bells were rung on occasions when it was necessary or advisable to call the people together.
The baron proceeds to the Castle gate, which is bolted to prevent intrusion, while the inside of the mansion rung with preparations for the marriage of the lady.
Night and day there rung in Olive's heart the last words of Harold's letter, "I shall come home!
The shrill terror of Mrs. Rothesay's voice rung through the room.
No wonder, then, that with his foot, as he thought, on the first rung of the ladder, he was pensive and serious as he followed Morva homewards.
Next day when Will, having rung the bell, stood waiting on the vicar's doorstep, he was certainly not in as equable a frame of mind as his outward demeanour would lead one to suppose.
For some time these menaces rung in my ears, and I went on my way with speed.
Ludlow's menaces still rung in my ears, and appalled my heart.
The gentleman heard this address with admirable patience, and when she had rung out her alarm, very coolly replied, "Anything but your stinking fish madam.
A loud report had suddenlyrung out away on their left, a detonation which set the air above the city reverberating.
A pair of socks were his only foot covering, and made not a sound as he placed a foot on the first rung of the ladder.
With that on Sundays people must be rung to church, and with that the tolling for the dead must be done at funerals.
The straight chair beside her had been lowered; the bottom rung between the legs was almost on the floor.
So Tim's work with Holden's machine had been straightforward studies in mechanics and bookkeeping and business management--plus a fine repertoire of bawdy songs he had rung in on the sly and subsequently used at parties.
He had borne the noise and confusion as long as he could, and then had rung for Charles to enquire what it meant.
On receiving the sovereign he looked twice at Willie, rung the piece of money three times on the counter, and then returned the change.
Instantly the bell was rung violently, and a severe kicking was bestowed on the door.
The young man was about to ring the bell, when he stopped and said: "Perhaps you haverung already?
For just as she had rung the bell a hansom cab drove up to the door, and a tall, dark-complexioned young man leaped out.
When bells were rung and Mass was sung, And a' men bound for bed, Every mither had her son, But sweet Sir Hugh was dead.
For I brought as much o' the white monie As gane my men and me, And a half-fou o' the gude red gowd, Out owre the sea with me.
It consists in keeping up appearances, in going one better than one's neighbor whenever possible, and in making a claim to a higher rung of the social ladder than is justified by the husband's income and rank in life.
The mill hooters had rung at six, everywhere the toilers were thronging back to work once more.
Creighton to himself, yet the boy's words had rung true.
The bell of the front door had rung violently, and Bates hurried from the pantry and along the hallway to answer it.
The door-bell had rung several times during the process of fixing Clancy's hair, and from the down-stairs part of the house came occasional gleeful shouts.
