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  • They showed us a dismal chamber which they called Drummer's-hall, and suppose that Mr. Addison's comedy is descended from it.

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2

  • The Tin Drummer blogs on the nothingness of his generation.

    Archive 2008-05-01

  • Our American civilization should be called Drummer's Delight -- and there's nothing in your fire-eater to delight a drummer: he's a gentleman, he'll be only so-so rich, and he's away back out of the lime-light, while poor old

    Lady Baltimore

  • Captain Brown says that his friend, Mr. Peter Macarthur, related to him the following anecdote of a shepherd's dog, which belonged to his grandfather, who at that time resided in the Island of Mull: -- Upon one occasion a cow had been missed for some days, and no trace of it could be found; and a shepherd's dog, called Drummer, was also absent.

    Anecdotes of Dogs

  • Upon Sir Richard's return to London, he dedicates to Mr. Congreve, Addison's Comedy, called the Drummer, in which he takes occasion very smartly to retort upon Tickell, and clears himself of the imputation laid to his charge, namely that of valuing himself upon Mr. Addison's papers in the Spectator.

    The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland

  • Another piece of software called Drummer was aimed at users with drum-machines.

    Retro Thing

  • There were some slow parts and some characters I don't find as compelling as many of the others, such as Drummer Boy.

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books

  • There were some slow parts and some characters I don't find as compelling as many of the others, such as Drummer Boy.

    Archive 2010-01-01

  • "Drummer," Narval said as the door closed behind the guard and they were alone, "UIPS perception of me as a threat can be as effective a weapon as my transforming the threat into the deed itself."

    The Universe — or Nothing

  • "Drummer," a name familiar to Brad through the many intelligence briefings he had been given during indoctrination; also, "Scarf" was a name used in the immigration clerk's call from the landing site.

    The Universe — or Nothing

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