cymbals

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They are carrying with them various musical instruments--cymbals, trumpets, psalteries and harps--old instruments used by King David, and some of them evidently invented by him and bearing his name, for we find them called, in xii.

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  • Meanwhile, the man with the cymbals was already on the stairs and Doll strode forward and looked up, his dark glasses peering blankly at the intruders. —  The Tiger In The Smoke - Allingham, Margery - Albert Campion 15
  • The memory returned like a crash of cymbals, the remarkable insight that had struck him as he lost consciousness the day before. —  Julian, May - Boreal Moon 01 - Conqueror's Moon
  • There came then a great clash of bronze cymbals, and two torches were lit, great pitch-soaked logs stood on end. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • His physical recoil was as obvious as the clash of cymbals, then he put his arms around her, but his hold was halfhearted, and she could feel his reluctance in every muscle Slowly she stepped back. —  KISSED BY SHADOWS
  • Benoist was less happy when he was asked to put some life into Bellini's Romeo by using earsplitting outbursts of drums, cymbals, and brass. —  Musical Memories
 

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