"Chanter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... bummin' awa' wi' your chanter," he said as he stood listening in the kitchen. "Her leddyship wodnae hae ye playin' there lang your lane a saison syne, but thae days is done wi'; there's nae lugs for a tirlin' at the winnock whaur there's nae love—at least wi' ...
— Doom Castle • Neil Munro
... square with a sloping roof of leaves or light boards. The aisle had half a foot of dust in the dry season, and the same depth of mud during rain. "I asked the sacristan, who also filled the office of chanter, if he should chant the Introit, or begin simply with the Kyrie Eleson; but he replied that it was not their custom to chant a great deal, they were content with low mass, brief, and well hurried up, and never chanted except at funerals. However, I did ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, Number 59, September, 1862 • Various
... allons chanter a la ronde, Si vous voulez. Que je l'adore, et qu'elle est blonde ...
— Mlle. Fouchette - A Novel of French Life • Charles Theodore Murray
... first by a member of the foundation. An inscription tells us that within the fifteenth century it belonged to the Carthusians of Witham in Somerset, and was given to them by Master John Blacman. Here is light. John Blacman was Fellow and Chanter of Eton, then Head of a House (King's Hall) in Cambridge, and lastly a Carthusian monk. He was also confessor to Henry VI., and wrote a book about him. In a MS. at Oxford there is a list of the books ...
— The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts - Helps for Students of History, No. 17. • M. R. James
... young man died. At Passage was his body laid. Dolor! O, he dolores! The voice of the mournful chanter called to ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
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