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The traction engine passed, snorting forth fire and smoke, on its devastating way; and Clochette stood by, panting, trembling, and covered with foam.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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Beatrice's life, sir, and it's the most providential thing in this world for you, as Clochette very nearly kicked her to pieces under your nose.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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Clochette went off from the door with a bound, but soon settled down into
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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On the occasion in question, Paganini had just completed that successful effort, the rondo _à la Sicilienne_ from 'La Clochette,' in which was a silver bell accompaniment to the fiddle, producing a most original effect (one of those effects, we presume, which have tended to associate so much of the marvellous with the name of this genius).
Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Walter Rowlands
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If it hadn't been for uncle Tom and that dear darling mare, Clochette, whom I should like to keep in a gold and jewelled stall to the end of her ever-blessed days!
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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Uncle Tom threw the reins to his niece and slipped to the ground; between them the two men contrived to quiet the terrified Clochette, and to lead her towards the gate.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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The mutton-chop over, Clochette and the dog-cart came round to the door.
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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As to Clochette, she stood for an instant stock still, with her ears pricked and her head well up, facing the horrors of her situation; next she gave an angry snort as though to say, "No! _this_ is too much!"
Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance H. Lovett Cameron
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` ` Old Grabu already employed pretty Hortense, who has just died here, and who was afterward nicknamed Clochette.
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Early in the present century it was introduced to the Parisian opera by M. Etienne, to the Feydeau by ThÚaulon's La Clochette: to the
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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