Then came the welcome cockcrow, and I felt that I was safe. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
When he wakes at cockcrow the revellers are nearly all asleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Symposium] Reference
This morning, too, I arose (joyous and full of love) at cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [Poor Folk] Reference
‘Between first and second cockcrow of the first night in May.’. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
Mine own forerunner am I among this people, mine own cockcrow in dark lanes. From Wordnik.com. [Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none] Reference
Far across the downs cries a train whistle, grainy as late fog: a cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [Gravity's Rainbow]
Casca was summoned to the court early in the morning, even before the cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
As for sleep, never at cockcrow was I more wakeful than at this moment to-night. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Light] Reference
He was clearly upset at having been rousted from his sleep before normal cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [Carnivores of Light and Darkness]
Then he turned round and the swathed figures disappeared suddenly as ghosts at cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [Morocco] Reference
They talked and planned until cockcrow said it was time for Lucius to return to the mines. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
Suddenly a hoarse and ragged peal of cockcrow rose to their ears from the dark valley below the windows. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
Joan Greenway, set up in gold letters, because we must take the homeward way at cockcrow of the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
But Mrs. Newcome had been beforehand with him, and had visited the Chevalier de Blois almost at cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Newcomes] Reference
"I'd better catch him early, or he'll be down the mountain again before cockcrow," said the Master of the Mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
Sinbad Sailors places on her thighs still dewdamp from the first mangrowing cockcrow garden his reverent goat-bearded hands. From Wordnik.com. [lazarus Diary Entry] Reference
The distant cockcrow rings clear and high, floors creak, the very timbers of the house complain, and mice scurry in the walls. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
As for Herakleides and his friends, they had gone like ghosts by cockcrow; seeing the temper of the people, they had been wise. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
I came here earlier than you -- before the cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [The King of the Dark Chamber] Reference
And before cockcrow the court was crowded with Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
Your eyes are like the eyes of a devil before cockcrow!. From Wordnik.com. [Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series] Reference
"Needn't get up yet, Bowler, it's long before cockcrow.". From Wordnik.com. [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference
Sometimes he came at cockcrow, or near it, before or after it. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms] Reference
'Between first and second cockcrow of the first night in May.'. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
About third cockcrow, Kim woke after a sleep of thousands of years. From Wordnik.com. [Kim] Reference
Good-evenin ', gentlemen -- or rather good-morning, for it must be toward cockcrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
At cockcrow came the call which in that orchard was now as familiar as the rooster's. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
After midnight his holiness might sleep till the morning cockcrow if he thought proper. From Wordnik.com. [The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt] Reference
We set off before cockcrow; the moon shone like day; we passed through a line of tombs. From Wordnik.com. [Gryll Grange] Reference
But between the second and third cockcrow she heard the distant sound of horses 'hoofs. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country] Reference
Radicals poll early; they would poll at cockcrow if they might; they dance on the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
All times were not equal; sometimes he came at cockcrow, or near to it, before or after it. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
After the second cockcrow, since dawn was not now far away, we fell to talking of the future. From Wordnik.com. [Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire] Reference
They riped the place at cockcrow, and took twenty-six kye, five horse and a walth o 'plenishing. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies] Reference
Boarding a ship's nothing, but to dig a grave on the land before cockcrow, with the man you're to put in it looking at you!. From Wordnik.com. [To Have and to Hold] Reference
I return to Chateauneuf on certain necessary businesses; to-morrow I set out at cockcrow for Milan and the Visconti's livery. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
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