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On the other hand, in Alarums and Discursions, G.K. Chesterton has an essay entitled "The Nightmare" on the subject of what we now call the horror genre.
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On the other hand, in Alarums and Discursions, G.K. Chesterton has an essay entitled "The Nightmare" on the subject of what we now call the horror genre.
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We hear frequent reports these Days of House-burnings, Assaults, and similar Alarums in the Wake of the recent War of Regulation.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Alarums of the most violent kind were heard from the near shore . . .
The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004
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Alarums and excursions of this type were sufficient to prove the weakness of the French center and the peril in which it stood, and it behoved Napoleon to resort to an extreme expedient to retrieve the situation.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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Alarums and excursions of this type were sufficient to prove the weakness of the French center and the peril in which it stood, and it behoved Napoleon to resort to an extreme expedient to retrieve the situation.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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_Alarums and Excursions_, 49; dramatic critic, 50;
When Winter Comes to Main Street Grant Martin Overton 1908
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Alarums and [or] Excursions may be found in 16 other places.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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_Alarums and Excursions_ occurs about 21 times, always in fight.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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A. _ I, iv, 97; _Flourish and Alarums_, used by Rich.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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