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Sweet bells   /swit bɛlz/   Listen
Sweet bells

noun
1.
Bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers.  Synonym: Leucothoe racemosa.





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... secrets that towered into tragic strength. "Abbeys there were, and abbey windows"— "like Moorish temples of the Hindoos"—that exercised even princely power both in Lorraine and in the German Diets. These had their sweet bells that pierced the forests for many a league at matins or vespers, and each its own dreamy legend. Few enough, and scattered enough, were these abbeys, so as in no degree to disturb the deep solitude of the region; yet many enough to spread a network ...
— The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc • Thomas de Quincey
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... that mighty mind o'erthrown, Like sweet bells jangled, piteous sight to see! "Doubt that the stars are fire," so runs his moan, "Doubt Truth herself, but ...
— Phantasmagoria and Other Poems • Lewis Carroll
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Words linked to "Sweet bells" :   bush, genus Leucothoe, shrub


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