They talked frequently in his behalf, and at the horse-races honored by a loud clapping of hands the statue of Neptune carried in the procession, evincing great pleasure at it.

Upon Hermione's going off with a Menace to Pyrrhus, the Audience gave a loud Clap; to which Sir ROGER added, On my Word, a notable young Baggage!

At a sudden thunder-clap, or when the wind grew furious, his look would also invariably be changed.

Crash after crash, each clap more terrific than the one preceding, came the awful thunder; blinding flashes of lightning darted around

Quickly recurring and quickly gone, a sharp cymbal-clap of alarm ...

This was a lengthy process, but each child had a claque, which communicated enthusiasm to the others of the audience, and there was continuous clapping.

The shape was exact and he looked so grave as he peered forth from his shelter that his appearance was saluted with hearty hand clapping.

The numerous and violent claps of the Whig party, on the one side of the theatre, were ecchoed back by the Tories on the other; while the author sweated behind the scenes, with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head.

On entering it he heard, not dreadful thunder-claps, but harmonies made up of all sorts of gentle and lovely soundsbrooks, whispering winds, nightingales, organs, harps, human voices.

The Master fell backwards, flat, prostrate, striking the ground with so simultaneous a clap that it was like a shutter falling from a wall.

Quickly recurring and quickly gone, a sharp cymbal-clap of alarm ...

Mid muttering prayers all sounds of torment meet, Dire clap of hands, distracted chafe of feet; While loud and dull ascends the weeping cry, Surely in other thoughts contempt may die.

I slept soundly on my out-doors bed, but was awakened towards morning by two tremendous claps of thunder, echoing in the gorge, and the rattling of rain on the roof of the khan.

The dog seized the cap, and went off with it at full speed towards the willows, where it left it, and came galloping back for the expected rewardnot now, as in days of old, a bit of meat, but a gentle stroke of its head and a hearty clap on its shaggy side.

The carriage door slammed with a hollow clap; a footman furled an umbrella and climbed to his place beside the driver.

As in the grocer's shop pictured by one of our best wits, so is it herethe tenpenny nail looks upon the tin tack and calmly snubs it; the long sixes eye the farthing dips and say they are poor lights; the bigger articles seem cross and potent in the face of the smaller; the little look big in the face of the less; and the infinitessimal clap their wings when they make a comparison with nothing.

" A little clapping of little hands marked the righteousness of the award.

The street seemed deserted except for this group, although now I could hear distant shouting on every side of me, and the monotonous clap-clap-clap-clap of a machine-gun.

" "Mike," said Morgan, and he softened his disbelief with his smile and the good-natured clap on the shoulder, "you sure must of been drinkin' when you seen him do it.

The youngsters would congregate within the ring and dance to the rhythmic hand clapping and rhythm of the tambourine, which was performed by the white people in the community.

Fillin' the tank, low snortin' and rushin' of the waters up and down, chasin' along the pipes in every room, hammerin', kickin', shootin', like enraged artillery, at last thundering like the most skairful clap of thunder and then with a fearful roar the volume of water would mount up and pour into the spare room and drizzle down into the settin' room below, takin' off the plasterin' in spite of our very best efforts to bail it out.

He had a smart clap on the shoulder for one, a hearty hand-shake for another, a jocular nod for a third.

Mrs. Slapman was applauded by a unanimous clapping of hands.

The whole assembly gave a universal clap and shout of applause.

Thirty days and nights we remained in this place, being most luxuriously feasted, and fast asleep all the time, when we were suddenly awaked by a violent clap of thunder, and immediately ran to our ship, put in our stores, and set sail.