Shall the pibroch, that welcom'd the foe to Benaer. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Oh, heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale, vol. ii. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
He gloomed at her, and hissed between his teeth a Skye pibroch. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Sound the fife, and raise the slogan -- let the pibroch shake the air. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
Hark! the bagpipe's fitful wailing -- not the pibroch loud and shrill. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843] Reference
However, a few wee drams and a CD of pibroch music helps me get over it. From Wordnik.com. [Page 3] Reference
It might have been the pibroch of the dawn, the hopeful conquering dawn on valley rims. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
A pibroch would cry for the wounded man but I needed more - I needed something tougher. From Wordnik.com. [They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff] Reference
The Scotch clans had each its own shout or slogan; the pibroch being the chant of the march to battle. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
The hour of struggle was near -- the pibroch burst upon the ears of the troopers, and up they started. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 359, March 7, 1829] Reference
But Robin only held out his hand as if to ask for silence, and struck into the slow music of a pibroch. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book] Reference
But the pibroch was more than horse-flesh and blood could endure -- and off we two went like a whirlwind. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827] Reference
The body was committed to the earth, the pipers playing a pibroch all the time; and all the company standing uncovered. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition of Humphry Clinker] Reference
But the pibroch they played o'er the sweet blooming heather. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference
Strathtoul must be content to follow the pibroch and drum. '. From Wordnik.com. [Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure] Reference
"Donald, that was a good pibroch you played for the English lady.". From Wordnik.com. [Macleod of Dare] Reference
He ordered the pipes to play in the van the ancient pibroch entitled. From Wordnik.com. [A Legend of Montrose] Reference
As it shouts its mighty pibroch o'er some shipwrecked vessel's grave. From Wordnik.com. [Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics] Reference
Then they struck up the wild pibroch 'We'll awa' to Sheriffmuir to haud the. From Wordnik.com. [The Red True Story Book] Reference
At the same instant the faint strains of the pibroch were gently wafted to her embattled tower. From Wordnik.com. [Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large] Reference
But Robin only held out his hand as if to ask for silence, and struck into the slow measure of a pibroch. From Wordnik.com. [Kidnapped] Reference
Her Majesty's piper, Mackay, had orders to play a pibroch under her windows every morning at seven o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1] Reference
For was not the pibroch the famous and pathetic "Cumhadh na Cloinne," the Lament for the Children, that Patrick. From Wordnik.com. [Macleod of Dare] Reference
The bell beats; and what old bugle-strain, what pibroch, what rattling drum, ever sounded a more perilous call?. From Wordnik.com. [Humanity in the City] Reference
When the voice of the bard was lost in the din of battle then the piper raised the inspiring sound of the pibroch. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference
The various tribes assembled, each at the pibroch of their native clan, and each headed by their patriarchal ruler. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley — Volume 1] Reference
The harp was the favourite instrument, but the horn or trumpet, and the pibroch or bagpipe, were also in common use. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1] Reference
Edward was obliged to satisfy his curiosity by whistling a pibroch, dancing a strathspey, and singing a Highland song. From Wordnik.com. [Waverley — Volume 2] Reference
The pibroch ended with its wild sad notes of wailing, and slowly the mist cleared from her eyes, and the stage was empty. From Wordnik.com. [All Roads Lead to Calvary] Reference
In their histories, they too talk about the Prince and Glenfinnan, and the pibroch; and in their songs about "Claverse" and "Bonny Dundee.". From Wordnik.com. [The Romany Rye] Reference
In their histories, they too talk about the Prince and Glenfinnan, and the pibroch; and in their songs about 'Claverse' and 'Bonny Dundee.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro'] Reference
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