tocsin

• On these occasions the tocsin was rung, the deans of the gilds would hasten out with their banners and plant them near the perron as rallying points for the various gild members who poured out from forge, work-shop, and factory until the square was filled. —  Charles the Bold
• The bells that had sounded out the tocsin, at the outbreak of the insurrection, were for the most part broken in pieces and melted. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
• It was all in vain: St. Médard's bells pealed out the tocsin, and the sound of the discharge of fire-arms, and the crash of stones hurled from the belfry, increased the confusion. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
• The illuminated village had seized hold of the tocsin, and, abolishing the lawful ringer, rang for joy Not only that; but the village, light-headed with famine, fire, and bell-ringing, and bethinking itself that Monsieur Gabelle had to do with the collection of rent and taxes--though it was but a small instalment of taxes, and no rent at all, that Gabelle had got in those latter days--became impatient for an interview with him, and, surrounding his house, summoned him to come forth for personal conference. —  A Tale of Two Cities
• If freedom be not a word that dies when spoken If justice be not a dream whence men must wake, How shall not the bonds of the thraldom of old be broken And right put might in the hands of them that break For clear as a tocsin from the steeple Is the cry gone forth along the land Take heed, ye unwise among the people O ye fools, when will ye understand A BALLAD AT PARTING. —  A Midsummer Holiday and Other Poems

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