Heedless of power, of honours, of wealth; and indifferent to the fluctuations of times; the rise or fall of grain, or stock, or empires, they seem to laugh at the Tolling, fretting world around them, and to live according to the philosophy of the old song: "Who would ambition shun, And loves to lie i' the sun, Seeking the food he eats, And pleased with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither; Here shall he see No enemy, But winter and rough weather."
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Then the remains were consigned to the family vault in the small graveyard behind the church-the crowd filling every vista, the bells Tolling, and the soldiers discharging a cannon and making one jump at each regularly timed discharge.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The bells were set Tolling, and as Don Sebastian, in his solitude, heard them, referring to the chief ingredient of that strange wine from Cordova, he permitted himself the only jest of his life.
"Orientations"
William Somerset Maugham