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Examples
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I stood a moment with my head all of a whirl, and then in a shiver of fear ran up the stairs to the tower until I got into the bell-ringer's room.
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It was fortunate for him, in performing his bell-ringer's functions, that neither the noise of the bells nor the height of the bell-tower made him dizzy.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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The Limousin gentleman, who was a simple soul after all, went where he was led, and Florent Guillaume supped on the leg and wing of a goose, the bones whereof he put in his pocket as a present for Madame Ysabeau, his fellow lodger in the timbers of the steeple, -- to wit, Jean Magne the bell-ringer's magpie.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche 1909 Anatole France 1884
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You call me, who foreswore my faith, the Defender of the Faith; you say that I, a bell-ringer's son, am of royal descent; that I am generous, who refused to grant the first humble petition presented since my coming to the throne!
Lucky Pehr August Strindberg 1880
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"Don't listen to him," said the bell-ringer's wife.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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"My heavenly Saviour!" sighed the bell-ringer's wife, "what a lot of filth."
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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Looking up he hunted for the bell-ringer's window and recognized it.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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While the bell-ringer's wife finished setting the table, Durtal examined the newcomer.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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While discoursing they had climbed the stair and arrived at the bell-ringer's door.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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"How do you like our cider?" asked the bell-ringer's wife.
Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877
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