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After yesterday's events in connection with the murder trial before our public, the evidence being now all presented, for we understand that neither side has more to offer, it is generally conceded that all good citizens are hopeful of a verdict of acquittal; and the Tocsin is a good citizen.
The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907
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The Tocsin is the only newspaper worth the name here; but even if the Tocsin had known of the trouble, it wouldn't have been likely to mention it.
The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907
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After yesterday's events in connection with the murder trial before our public, the evidence being now all presented, for we understand that neither side has more to offer, it is generally conceded that all good citizens are hopeful of a verdict of acquittal; and the Tocsin is a good citizen.
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You will all, however, be subject to enrolment in the local city guards, to be summoned together by a thing called the Tocsin, the meaning of which I am studying in my researches into history.
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The Tocsin is the only newspaper worth the name here; but even if the Tocsin had known of the trouble, it wouldn't have been likely to mention it.
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As Lenin advised newly arrived Russian exiles to Switzerland, "Begin by reading and familiarizing yourself with Tkachev's Nabat [ 'Tocsin']: It is basic and will give you tremendous knowledge."
Lenin & 'The Radiant Future' Feifer, George 2001
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There was no difficulty in conceding this trifle, and the 'Tocsin' was the result.
Demos George Gissing 1880
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The 'Fiery Cross' and the 'Tocsin' commented on the event in their respective ways.
Demos George Gissing 1880
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The 'Tocsin' was savagely hostile, the 'Fiery Gross.' grew more and more academical, till it was practically an organ of what is called in Germany
Demos George Gissing 1880
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He would not hesitate to say that the revolutionism preached in the newspaper called the 'Tocsin' was dangerous, was immoral.
Demos George Gissing 1880
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