Citations:alarms

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English citations of alarms

1851
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  • 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
    The lamp alarms and frightens Jonah; as lying in his berth his tormented eyes roll round the place, and this thus far successful fugitive finds no refuge for his restless glance.
    And at the girdling line of the horizon, a soft and tremulous motion — most seen here at the Equator — denoted the fond, throbbing trust, the loving alarms, with which the poor bride gave her bosom away.
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