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Its pendulum swung to and fro with a dull, heavy, monotonous clang; and when the minute-hand made the circuit of the face, and the hour was to be stricken, there came from the brazen lungs of the clock a sound which was clear and loud and deep and exceedingly musical, but of so peculiar a note and emphasis that, at each lapse of an hour, the musicians of the orchestra were constrained to pause, momentarily, in their performance, to harken to the sound; and thus the waltzers perforce ceased their evolutions; and there was a brief disconcert of the whole gay company; and, while the chimes of the clock yet rang, it was observed that the giddiest grew pale, and the more aged and sedate passed their hands over their brows as if in confused revery or meditation.

But to underrate or forget thy faithful services is something I could never be guilty of, even in the giddiest moment of my life.

The clouds were drifting over the moon at their giddiest speed; at one time wholly obscuring her; at another, suffering her to burst forth in full splendour and shed her light on all the objects around; anon, driving over her again, with increased velocity, and shrouding everything in darkness.

His goal in a 2-1 Hoops win over Barca in November 2012 sent Celtic Park into a delirium matching anything the giddiest heights of Glasgow's east end had ever seen.

I enjoy these north-west meet-ups as it gives me the opportunity to stop being a very sensible 35-year-old woman and turn into a hyperactive Euro geek once in a while!" The group gets together about five times a year, but it's this one, the pre-Contest meet-up, which has the giddiest atmnosphere.