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At length the clarions and trumpets from the top of the tower announced the prelude of departure; though the instruments were in unison with each other, yet a singular dissonance was blended with their sounds; this proceeded from Carathis, who was singing her direful orisons to the Giaour, whilst the negresses and mutes supplied thorough-base without articulating a word.
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Giaour, whilst the negresses and mutes supplied thorough-base without articulating a word.
The History of Caliph Vathek William Beckford 1801
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