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" Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for... "
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The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor

Bruce R. Smith - 1999 - 400 pages
...of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a glass in their heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together for the sake...
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Lies Like Truth: Shakespeare, Macbeth, and the Cultural Moment

Arthur F. Kinney - 2001 - 358 pages
...of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a glass in their heads, to go up in some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together," while Thomas...
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Hearing History: A Reader

Mark Michael Smith - 2004 - 450 pages
...of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a glass in their heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together for the sake...
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Side Lights on English History: Extracts from Letters, Papers, and Diaries ...

Ernest F. Henderson - 2004 - 468 pages
...of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake...
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Travel Narratives from the Age of Discovery: An Anthology

Peter C. Mancall - 2006 - 431 pages
...that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that in London it is common for a number of them that have got a glass in their heads to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 36

1765 - 428 pages
...fuccefsfiil againft their enemies, impatient of any thing like flaveryj vaftly fond of great noues that fill the ear, fuch as the firing of Cannon, drums,...ring the bells for hours together, for the fake of cxcrvilc. If they fee a foreigner, very well made or particularly handfome, they will fay, « It is...
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The Somerset Religious Houses.

William Arthur Jobson Archbold - 2023 - 430 pages
...great noises " that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the "ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them " that have got a glass in their heads to go up into some belfry, " and ring the bells for hours together for the sake...
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The Monthly magazine, Volume 24

Monthly literary register - 1807 - 706 pages
...of (Treat noises that fill the enr, such as the firing of cannon, drums, nndthe ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them that have got a glass in their heads, to go up into some helfrey and ring the bells for hours together, for the «ue...
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The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 2

Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1855 - 466 pages
...in 1680 by Christopher Hodgson.'" (Set Life, in Athena., Oxon. Vol. I., p. 27;. ringing of bells; so that it is common for a number of them that have got a glass in their heads to get up into the belfry and ring the bells for hours together for the sake of...
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The North American Review, Volume 33

1831 - 578 pages
...noises that fill the eare, such as the firing of cannon, beating of drums, and the ringing of bells ; so that it is common for a number of them that have got a glasse in their heads to get up into some belfry and ringe the bells for hours together for the sake...
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