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The only sound within the cottage was the ticking of a grandfather-clock in a corner, while without the great sound of the breaking seas filled all the world.

From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

There was also a grandfather-clock which had suffered an abrupt resurrection of four minutes' duration when it was recently lifted out of the furniture-van, but had now relapsed into the silence of years.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

He did not stir, and a long, long silence fell between them, broken only by the ticking of the grandfather-clock in the corner and the everlasting murmur of the sea.

From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

There was a grandfather-clock, lacquered and silent, which leaned slightly forward to ponder its appearance in a Venetian mirror whose frame was blown in a design of pink and blue roses and shepherds.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton