"Dong" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... where there were Doves like you; over rivers where the Wild Ducks were feeding by the shore; and over towns where crowds of boys and girls were going into large buildings, while on top of these buildings were large bells singing, 'Ding dong, ding dong, ...
— Among the Farmyard People • Clara Dillingham Pierson
... dong. The university bells toll out in strength of tone that tells of south-west winds and misty weather. On the street below my window familiar city noises, unheeded by day, strike tellingly on the ear—hoof-strokes and rattle of wheels, tramp of feet on the ...
— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone
... gentlest incline. The track went up and up in zigzag and curves, the cries of the camel-drivers were constantly urging on the perplexed animals, and the dingle of the smaller bells somewhat enlivened the slow, monotonous ding-dong of the huge cylindrical bell—some two and a half feet high and one foot in diameter—tied to the load of the last camel, and mournfully resounding ...
— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor
... father lies; Of his bones are coral made. Those are pearls that were his eyes Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell. Hark! now I hear them,— ding dong bell!" ...
— The Junior Classics, V5 • Edited by William Patten
... fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell." ...
— Tales from Shakespeare • Charles and Mary Lamb
... here come Sue and Fred; Now there goes the ding-dong, just as if it said, "Little folks and big folks, time to come and sup!" Thank you, papa, thank you, for pushing ...
— The Nursery, May 1873, Vol. XIII. - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People • Various
... cup aside. "I'll be ding-dong-danged if I do. I said I wouldn't if ary dog turned ...
— White Fang • Jack London
... plum ding dong played out," Jake said. "An' Blanche went through the ice just down the trail, and ...
— A Daughter of the Snows • Jack London
... more hempe, Et a perdu sa cerench; And hath lost her hekell; Elle vendra son lin. She shall selle her flaxe. 8 Richaert le veytier Rychard the carier (Richier le chareton) (Richer the cartar) Menra du fien sur ma terre Shall lede dong on my land Quand elle sera ahanne, Whan it shall be ered, 12 Et sur mon courtil And on my herber Quand il sera fouys, Whan it shall be doluen, Et au gardin And in to the orchard Entour les arbres. Aboute the trees. 16 Rolland le mainouurier Rolande the handwerker Fera mon ...
— Dialogues in French and English • William Caxton |
