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These sounds, made more terrible by the darkness, were like death-knells, calling the men to prepare to meet their doom.
The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud
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Passing through the wards of his hospitals, with their agonizing and appalling scenes, the shrieks of pain ringing like death-knells in our ears, decided us, neither of us being willing she should submit to a fate so fraught with fearful contingencies.
The World As I Have Found It Day, Mary L. 1878
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