I was never allowed a candle to light me to bed, and, as I went upstairs in the dark, with my head tingling-from Mrs. Joe's thimble having played the tambourine upon it, to accompany her last words-I felt fearfully sensible of the great convenience that the hulks were handy for me.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
He must have had them sent-that tambourine girl could never have afforded these-why, they were pure silk-and the quality!
"The Literary Sense"
E. Nesbit
When Chub's tambourine flew whirling out of his hand and fell into Mrs. Emery's lap it seemed an excellent joke.
"The Crimson Sweater"
Ralph Henry Barbour