Lexicographical Neighbors of Shalms
Literary usage of Shalms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1826)
"... and mistress Amie and your man Martin are to be actors among'em. Clack.
A hey, then, for that too ! some merry device sure. [A flourish of shalms. ..."
2. The Ancient British Drama by Robert Dodsley (1810)
"П5 A flourish oj' shalms. Hart ! the beggars' hautboys ; now they begin. Old.
See, a most solemn prologue. Enter Poet for Prologue. To knight, to 'squire, ..."
3. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1844)
"1 Richard the Third, when Duke of Gloucester, had a body of Minstrels, as well
as what are called " shalms," attached to his household. ..."
4. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1845)
"1 Richard the Third, when Duke of Gloucester, had a body of Minstrels, as well
as what are called " shalms," attached to his household. ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
""These few words were continually repeated; and to describe the sound, it was as
if you heard forest horns and shalms sounded together from a far distance. ..."
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