town hall

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Town-hall and college debates had shown a sudden lurch to the “Yes” side, including among the youngest voters—unusually, 16- and 17-year-olds are being polled—who were considered staunchly unionist.

From Economist • Sep. 11, 2014

Swift messengers, hoquetons, speed to the Town-hall, every three minutes: near by is the Convention sitting,—vengeful for Lepelletier.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

The Town-hall was crowded, and Hetty heard some one in a pink bonnet say, "Why, there's our Hetty; how did the child get here?"

From Harper's Young People, March 9, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Pankraz Labenwolf was one of Vischer's pupils, and completed the splendid lattice-work over the Town-hall which the master left unfinished; Labenwolf added some ornaments and coats-of-arms to it.

From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement

For, when I came to the Town-hall, every one of its windows was blazing with light, and there was music playing inside--a brass band, playing waltzes and so forth.

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm