Scarcely had he begun than the sky became clear, but instead of the usual rich volume of sound the townsmen heard with astonishment a solitary tinkle, sounding quite ridiculous and unsatisfactory in comparison.

As I reclined under the great transverse stone, in the middle of the gateway of giants, I heard the tinkling of bells, and presently a large flock of sheep came browsing along, and several entered the circle.

At this moment Polton made a silent appearance on the stairs leading from the laboratory, giving me quite a start; and I was about to retire into the room when my ear caught the tinkle of a hansom approaching from Paper Buildings.

At a little distance he caught the gleam of white marble, and there came to him the tinkle of a fountain.

He was about to drop it with the others when he was made aware that as he turned the small parcel over it emitted a tinkle as of two metal objects striking together.

Wealth equals not the tinkle of her gems.

Standing there to-day, one can almost fancy an impatient tinkle.

And the lotosname, fragrance and sight of this flowerstarted a little lyrical wheel tinkling in his mind, turning off snatches of verses that sung themselves; and fluttering bits of romance, half-religious and altogether impersonal; and strange pictures, lovely, though all but effaced.

The mules will listen for that bell like a lot of school children, and will follow its tinkling, with the same instinct.

On the ends were some bits of red cloth, and also, on each wire, a little brass bell, that went "tinkle-tinkle.

At certain times I have heard this bird utter a few notes resembling the tinkle of a bell, and which, if syllabled, might form such a word as dilly-lily; but it is not a musical strain.

Her battlefields converted into building lots, tall factories smoked where once a holocaust had flamed, and where cannon had roared you heard to-day the tinkle of the school bell.

"When very many are skating together, the sounds and the noises give an impulse to the icy trees, and the woods all round the lake tinkle.

There was no sound, save the tinkle of the water against the side and the faint cry of a gondolier, in the distance.

Her voice suggested the tinkle of Jag Ear's bells floating away into space.

Don Guillermo patted the table gently with his open palm, accompanying the tinkle of Prudencia's guitar and her light monotonous voice.

It suits not well this tinkle and thrum, But needs to be heard with a rattling drum.

In fact we did not wake up until eight; everything was snowbound, and even the occasional horse cars that pass the front of the house had ceased their primitive tinkling.

The next light wave that came rushing in brought with it the scent of newly ploughed acres, and far off in the distance the milkmaids were heard coaxing the cowsand the tinkle of the sheep's bells.