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Public art can sometimes feel ponderously corporate or impersonal, but the unroofed splendor of Pepper’s site-specific works can prompt unexpectedly potent encounters. Woman of Steel 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z
It was treacherously cold and snowy in the unroofed 1964 Olympic Stadium … I was so cold, locals offered me a warm can of sweet coffee. Barcelona v River Plate: Club World Cup final – live! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z
"Houses were unroofed and blown down, trees uprooted, and fences destroyed" in San Diego, according to one newspaper account. El Niño could bring disaster and drought relief to California 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z
They performed in a wooden playhouse called the Fencing School, a galleried unroofed building which hosted fencing classes and bear baiting as well as performances of Shakespeare's plays. Polish theatre dedicated to Shakespeare 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z
When the weather turns — as it always does — eating becomes the way fans distract themselves from not watching tennis in unroofed stadiums. Straight Sets: U.S. Open Food Review: Hidden Gems 2013-08-28T18:56:51Z
We had been lying quietly on the white salt sand in one of the unroofed marsh rooms for some time this September day before we saw the first wasp begin to work. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z
It was treacherously cold and snowy in the unroofed 1964 Olympic Stadium … I was so cold, locals offered me a warm can of sweet coffee. Barcelona v River Plate: Club World Cup final – live! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z
By the time the year was out—twelve months from that day—these twenty women were weeping and wailing, their houses being unroofed and their fires quenched by the orders of the estate. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z
The Court of the Priests was an open, unroofed quadrangle surrounding the House of the Lord, but mainly in front, toward the east. Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers 2012-03-01T03:00:24.783Z
In the blue shadow of those picturesque ravines were cottages--charred, unroofed, deserted. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
Mary and I, you see, have the real proselyting spirit; we are missionaries of the religion of the unroofed temples. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z
My sympathies are all with them, and I would rather see thousands of... '' palaces of millionaires unroofed than to see desolation in the cabins of the poor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z
One small section of the earth-works was unroofed, and from it the mortar had driven the Insurgents. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z
At Whampoa the docks were all flooded, while the workshops attached were unroofed and otherwise injured. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
It is a massive square tower, now unroofed, surrounded by an outward wall, and defended by round flanking turrets. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z
The walls of the house exist still, though unroofed, where the inhabitants were wont to say, half a century ago, that they always slept in Dalston and breakfasted in Castle Sowerby. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z
Likewise he repaired those old halls and unroofed houses round which hovered kites and crows. The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson 2011-10-18T02:00:19.523Z
The east-end is unroofed, and in ruins: the nave, however, is fitted up as the parish church, and the cross aisle is used as a place of sepulchre. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z
When the Trojans were building the temple and castle of Minerva in Troy, a statue of the goddess fell from heaven into the castle, which was still unroofed. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z
The slight structure of the ordinary house appears from the fact that the rioters of 1381 tore so many down, and that the great storm of 1362 unroofed them wholesale. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z
The corrals were down, the barn partially unroofed, and the windowless house was all but stripped of its shingles. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z
The storm was accompanied by a terrific gale; trees were blown down, sign boards wrecked, houses were unroofed, sewers overflooded, and there was a general shake-up all along the line. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z
For it is very true that genius rarely shines with full lustre until death hath unroofed it of envy. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z
Some of his pigs are killed, a few coco palms cut down, and on rare occasions his house is burnt, or unroofed and left deserted. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z
More simpleton I!—to stand, like a thin-clad booby, in a hard shower, under an unroofed penthouse. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z
They were in a sad ruinous state—unroofed, without windows and floors. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z
Most of the roads were blocked by falling timber, and everybody had suffered more or less, either by loss of stock, or through having their buildings unroofed. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z
A passing shell unroofed it many weeks ago; it stands there surrounded by d�bris—the image of the Virgin, chipped and broken. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z
Trees were uprooted, stacks overturned, and many houses partially unroofed. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z
The height gained, he was interested by the discovery of an unroofed blockhouse of rough stone that literally perched upon a precipitous granite hump. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z
When morning dawned it was found that barns had been unroofed and that luggers in the harbor had been torn from their moorings. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z
The outside piazza arrangement, unroofed, we call our platform, or walk. Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook 2011-02-02T03:00:24.703Z
Houses, or rather shacks, were unroofed and people in them frozen to death. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z
Houses were unroofed and partially demolished, great chimney stacks destroyed, strong walls levelled, and solid masonry overthrown.  Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z
In one of the high-fenced, unroofed pens of a wholesale butcher stood twenty-five or thirty sleek steers, red splotched with white, upon the rump of each the interrogation brand of the Queer Question Ranch. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z
This structure stood until the Reformation, when it was unroofed and suffered to fall into ruin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z
We landed a six-pound brass cannon during the night, unroofed the governor's house, and mounted the gun on the second floor of the building. Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate...
Out they must go; and to make sure that they would not return, the cabin was unroofed! A Short History of England, Ireland and Scotland
Many fine trees were uprooted, and houses unroofed; railway signal-boxes were blown down, and several shipping disasters occurred along the coast. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z
From the distance of a mile they heard the whistle of the approaching locomotive, and in a few minutes it was slowing up at the long, unroofed platform. The Cottage of Delight A Novel
The intimate relation which exists between caves and ravines renders it extremely probable that many of the latter have been originally subterranean watercourses, which have been unroofed by the degradation of the rock. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt"
The interior is also now an unroofed area, although formerly covered and divided by floors.  A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811
Everywhere, on our way, we saw traces of the tempest, in trees uprooted and torn, houses unroofed, fields devastated and almost entirely deprived of their surface soil.  Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2]
Round us when we landed were unroofed warehouses, weed-choked courtyards, doors gone, and window frames fallen in or out. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses
The rambling wooden structure with its long, unroofed platform, which served Bridleburg as a station, showed plainly what the railroad company thought of the town. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
No mist around her; the unroofed, upward depths of the sky, full of suspended stars, that seemed to wink, being alive. The Sentimental Vikings
Many of the cabins were unroofed; in some, the blackened rafters bore tokens of fire. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas
Soon after my arrival, the church, by some accident, was destroyed by fire, and remained unroofed for about a twelvemonth, exposed to rains and frost. Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition)
A stubbly growth, more like cocoa matting than grass, covers the unroofed floor beneath your feet. Cathedrals of Spain
In the unroofed part of the peristyle was a deep piscina of transparent water in which fish darted like flashes of golden lightning. Sónnica
Probably you have wished not to see any house, but a ruined shieling—a deserted hut—or an unroofed and dilapidated shed for the outlying cattle of some remote farm. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)
To his right and left other horses stirred restlessly, and from outside came an occasional nicker, presumably from some unroofed inclosure. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance
Let us see: Dr. Rush, one of the lights of the profession in his day, remarks: "The healing art is an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation." Allopathy and Homoeopathy Before the Judgement of Common Sense!
The following year, on June 18, 1817, she was unroofed and put into service with a small crew. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran
The stake, a stout post sixteen feet high, had been planted in the center of the unroofed part. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters
As day was beginning to gray the sky the entrance tunnel was unroofed, and down the two foreigners dropped into it, Sadi leading. The Recipe for Diamonds
The Former is in part unroofed and considerably damaged—the latter is a Barrack and from its outward appearance seems to have suffered much in the Revolution. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816)
Earthquakes have riven it, hurricanes unroofed it, and time devoured it, but it is still magnificent in its ruin. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842
But it happened that an archbishop of Manilla, looking upon this worship offered up by Chinese gratitude as nothing but paganism, caused both the chapel and parsonage to be unroofed. Adventures in the Philippine Islands
St. Johns staunched the blood from his wounds and crawled to the top of a pile of grain-sacks whence he could see over the unroofed wall. When the West Was Young
An aged bedridden man, named Macbeath, had his house unroofed over his head, and was left exposed to wind and rain till death put a period to his sufferings. Leading Articles on Various Subjects
The stable was unroofed, and the barn had lost a door. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies
The buildings on the east side were unroofed; the old Xenodochium, and the grand refectory, were full of hay; and the entrance-hall and monks' parlour were stable for cattle. Notes and Queries, Number 192, July 2, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
“If a house be unroofed and covered over?” Hebrew Literature
One starlight night when he had posted the picket who was to 258 watch until dawn, St. Johns went back to his bed in the unroofed room that was to serve as station. When the West Was Young
It carried along with it a cloud of dust, dried leaves, and pieces of rotten wood; and, in many places, as it passed along, it levelled the fence-rails, and unroofed the cattle-sheds. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe
The village of Neuve Chapelle was just like every other Franco-Fleming village on the firing line, a huddle of houses partly unroofed by shell fire, deserted by the populace, and shunned by the soldiers. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders
On the 25th a hurricane fell on the city which unroofed houses and upset our three-pound guns. A Portrait of Old George Town
Upon one ridge one could see the long walls of an unroofed abbey. The Fifth Queen Crowned
In the unroofed centre a beautiful fountain shoots its jets of cooling spray from a marble cistern of clear water. Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
The east wing itself was unroofed on the quadrangle side and covered with rotting boarding. The Story of Paris
It was unroofed and nearly torn to pieces. A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa.
There it lay in all its grandeur—the unroofed temple of God, Nature's great cathedral. The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
In the times of the Great Rebellion the little cloisters were partly unroofed. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
After a while they became aware that the ground they were standing on was like an unroofed charnel-house, littered over with the bodies of their unburied dead. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War
The west front, giving on the quadrangle, was then repaired and the third floor nearly completed, when funds were exhausted and it was left unroofed. The Story of Paris
It encountered the full force of the northern track of the storm, and was unroofed, and fearfully injured. A Full Description of the Great Tornado in Chester County, Pa.
The South of Ireland seems far better wooded than either the North or West, and thrifty young forests and tree plantations soften the gloom which unroofed and ruinous cabins would naturally suggest. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.
The other two alleys, which are now unroofed, were formerly covered by part of a large building which was built97 over them, and called Babylon. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
The beast was destroyed by being shot at from a corner of the building which was unroofed. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
Some were almost unroofed, others had yawning holes in the walls, the work of shell from the Prussian field-guns, while all were pitted with scars of bullets on the side facing the enemy. A Girl of the Commune
The church was unroofed, and part of the Government House destroyed. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
He went to work, assisted by some soldiers, and, one after another, unroofed the cottages, extending about five miles along the river. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858
The unroofed porch of the tavern served Flagg for a rostrum that day. Joan of Arc of the North Woods
Houses, also, are frequently unroofed, orange groves stripped of their golden fruit, and trees uprooted and hurled to the ground. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
The "yard" was unroofed, and all persons there had to stand during the entire performance. Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration
They are huge inclosures, unroofed, but covered with a wire netting to prevent anything from being thrown out of them over the walls, and with a subterranean entrance to the adjoining mine. Impressions of South Africa
Very likely many a larger mansion will be unroofed to-night by the wind which spares our little hut.” Sunshine Bill
Their march could be traced by the fields trampled down—cottages unroofed or burnt—stacks of corn scattered about, and walls and hedges overturned. Hurricane Hurry
Whole farmsteads burnt to the ground, houses in ruins, churches unroofed, groves of orange and olive trees cut down, fences destroyed, and fields once fertile returning to a state of nature, and overrun with weeds. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War
“We want covering in first of all, sir,” said the doctor, pointing to the unroofed shed. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore
The Castle Keep is now ruinous and unroofed, but the body of the house is in good repair. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.
During an afternoon service one Sunday a violent gale was raging which had already unroofed several barns. Highways and Byways in Sussex
Many houses were unroofed and a number of smaller buildings were entirely demolished. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado
But Pompeii exhibits now the most extraordinary remains of antiquity in the world; a whole city laid open to view; the habitations are unroofed, but, in other respects, are quite perfect. Art in England Notes and Studies
Nature seemed to have lashed itself into a rage: a high wind, such as had never been heard before by the oldest inhabitants, unroofed houses on land, and caused wrecks at sea. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
The outward shape of The Curtain we must imagine to have been, like that of The Theatre, circular, and unroofed in the centre. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10
XCVI, illustrating an unroofed adobe house in Zuñi, shows several bundles of this material on an adjoining roof. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The storm was accompanied by high winds, which unroofed scores of buildings. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado
He told me that a tiny, rickety house across the harbour had first been unroofed, and then one of the walls blown in. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour
Dismantled ships, unroofed houses and vessels ashore told the story of its force in that vicinity. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World
Across the wider opening, unroofed to the pale blue of the zenith, the first slow shade was stretching, a creeping gray coolness, encroaching on the burning ground. The Emigrant Trail
Some adobe work is incorporated in the masonry, and at one point a new and still unroofed room was seen built of adobe bricks on a stone foundation about a foot high. A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228
The aspect of the tumbling walls and unroofed rooms roused him at last completely from his absorption. The Four Feathers
On the corner of Fulton and Portland avenues, three buildings were unroofed, and the walls of the houses were sprung to the foundation. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence
They had fallen into a sort of unroofed cave,—a hollow, shut in completely and impassably. Gypsy's Cousin Joy
Le Rossignol emerged into the unroofed light and the sea air like a potentate, dragging a warm furred robe. The Lady of Fort St. John
There was a tremendous crash, and, running out into the street, they saw a mass of beams and tiles lying in the roadway--a house two doors away had been completely unroofed. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden
Mather walked on, mounted a few rough steps to the crumbled archway of the entrance, and passed into the unroofed corridors and rooms. The Four Feathers
The priest of the mission had charge of the chapel which, though unroofed, was the most perfect ecclesiastical ruin in Catholic hands in South Lancashire. The Life Story of an Old Rebel
They unroofed one house and were beating a brother by the name of Bennett, who was sick in bed, when a party of brethren came to the rescue. A Young Folks' History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The opera-house was unroofed before the performance was half over, and very little of the building remained standing the next day. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief
Why, I hear there are half a dozen houses, within a dozen yards of this, that have been altogether unroofed, and it is getting worse instead of better. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden
At length the Revolutionists wanted lead for musket balls, and they unroofed the chapter-house with their usual dexterity. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One
Trees were torn up by the roots; many houses were levelled to the ground; others were unroofed; the leads on the churches were ripped off, and "shrivelled up like scrolls of parchment." Jack Sheppard A Romance
He came into the long, unroofed aisle, with its battered sides and floor of soft turf, broken only by some memorial brasses over graves. An Unpardonable Liar
Huts were blown down and houses unroofed, and the loss to numbers of the inhabitants was such as to afford a serious interruption to their prosperity. The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811)
There are yet, it may be, millions of stone statues and whole forests of wayside effigies, outdoors and unroofed—irreverently called by the Japanese themselves, "wet gods." The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
At the period in question though partially unroofed, and with some of the walls destroyed, it was still beautiful and picturesque—more picturesque, indeed than in the days of its pride and splendour. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest
Not a barrack-house or tree escaped the ravages of the storm; many were levelled with the ground, others extensively damaged, and the hospital was completely unroofed, which rendered the situation of the sick most deplorable. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849
In the same year was built the Globe Theatre, a hexagonal wooden structure, unroofed over the pit, but thatched over the stage and the galleries. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
All the jungle immediately adjoining the town is cut down; many of the houses are unroofed, and all the gates are guarded.  Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
Speedily he pulled down the manse and unroofed the kirk. Stories of the Border Marches
That their Eminences were not thus to be hurried, however, is proved by their having subsequently dated a bull, still to be seen with its seventeen seals, "from the unroofed episcopal palace of Viterbo." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875
The one large unroofed space in Timgad was the half-acre shut within the Forum cloister. Ancient Town-Planning
He removed the baptismal font to his church, and unroofed some of the old buildings and took the tiles and timbers away. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
The roar of the hurricane appalled all minds, as amid floods of rain trees were torn up by the roots, and houses were unroofed. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
A gentleman walking in the Dutoitspan Road had his hat unroofed, and a young lad was prematurely put out at elbow by a piece of shell which passed through the sleeve of his coat. The Siege of Kimberley
In an incredibly short time houses were entirely unroofed, and a perfect storm of tiles rained upon the quays and streets. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
While looking at the storm without, I felt the old shed suddenly jar and tremble, and suddenly become unroofed, and it seemed to me that ten thousand brickbats had fallen in around us. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show
He approached the house, and, walking past a narrow, unroofed piazza, he found himself opposite a long window. The Beauty and the Bolshevist
The wood was like a many-columned chapel, unroofed and open to the sunlight. Hillsboro People
It overturned above an hundred houses in Firando, and unroofed many others, among which was the house of old king Foyne. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
It is commonly an unroofed, quadrangular court surrounded by a roofed colonnade, and thence known as the "peristyle." Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
The piazza was open, unroofed: only at the front door was a wide covered portico, from which steps went down to the gravelled entrance. We Girls: a Home Story
Such was its strength and violence, that many houses were unroofed, and other damage done to a large amount. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.
In the Civil War the Parliamentary troops partially destroyed the castle, but it was not until the reign of George I. that the buildings were unroofed for the sake of their lead. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association
The tiles likewise were blown off from the roofs of our house and kitchen, both of which were partly unroofed. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
The transepts are unroofed, and of the glass of the memorable rose window of the south transept not a trace is left—so far as I can remember. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front
Within two months after its reduction, the buildings were unroofed, and all the materials sold. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832
The beast was destroyed by being shot from a corner of the building which was unroofed. The Voyage of the Beagle
Dismantled houses here and there appeared, tottering to the earth, propped up by fragments of others that had fallen down, unroofed, windowless, blackened, desolate, but yet inhabited. The Old Curiosity Shop
It bustled like an unroofed ant-hill, for the road was alive with men who seemed from this distance very small. The Certain Hour
The choir—the earliest part of the Cathedral—is entirely unroofed, and its south wall has vanished. Over There War Scenes on the Western Front
On the mainland, in that storm, cane- and rice-fields had been laid low and half destroyed, houses had been unroofed, men had been killed. Strong Hearts
Down below us, seen as from a bird's-eye view, lay a vast, unroofed honeycomb. It Happened in Egypt
The dormitories, the kitchen, the refectory, the cellars, the infirmary, and other chambers, are still in a state of comparative preservation; the upper rooms are unroofed; and the coarse grass grows abundantly among them. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2
It was unroofed, and some of the walls had fallen, but some of the immense arches yet retained their upright position. The Second Deluge
Marion, feeling as if suddenly unroofed, followed him, and James was left alone with the dead. Salted with Fire
Twice the pigeon-house was unroofed, and the fence also was demolished, making it necessary to rebuild it more solidly. The Mysterious Island
It may be proper to inform some readers, that a sheep-fold in these mountains is an unroofed building of stone walls, with different divisions. Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 2
These succeeded, however, in preventing any serious conflagration, but Colonel Cruger ordered at once that the whole of the houses should be unroofed. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence
A third time it was destroyed ay a furious hurricane, when nearly all the houses were demolished or unroofed, and hundreds of the inhabitants were killed or seriously wounded. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale
The poorer houses were entirely unroofed, the thatches having been given to feed the cattle, which had nevertheless died; so that cattle had disappeared altogether from the land. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished
He addressed himself to the God of his fathers; and when he did so, the little rude and unroofed chapel, which now held almost all his race but himself, rushed on his recollection. Quentin Durward
Oh me, for the day when the whole city shall be bare and the chambers unroofed—and every cranny visible to the Light above, from the Forum to the Lupanar! The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
Time, which has secured Timgad so that it looks like an unroofed city of yesterday, has swept and razed Laimboesis. First and Last
He unroofed some of the most magnificent edifices to procure timber as a material for making benches and oars. Cleopatra
I can readily believe the statement, for to me some parts of the country appeared like an enormous graveyard—the numerous gables of the unroofed dwellings seemed to be gigantic tombstones. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished
The next day at twelve o'clock we arrived and stopped to dine at St Agatha, a miserable village, with a very bad tho' spacious inn the half of which is unroofed. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819
And then a door was opened, and Priam discovered himself in the unroofed air of the cloisters, without his hat, and breathing in gasps. Buried Alive: a Tale of These Days
Trees were torn from their roots in the park, and houses unroofed in the city. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8
Thou sidest with them who have broken our statues, unroofed our temples, desecrated our altars, and banished us from among mankind. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
One of the present lords of the soil had a part of it made habitable and lived there some time, but it is again unroofed and left to desolation. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland
It partially unroofed houses, and tore off the branches of trees. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
Their road ran past the nave of the church, which was ruined and unroofed. Stella Fregelius
It has long been unroofed; and, though of considerable size, we could not, by any power of imagination, figure it as having been a suitable habitation for majesty. The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Moreover round it was a footway about five feet across, from which opened chambers, unroofed now, that the bathers used as dressing-rooms, while between these chambers stood the remains of statues. She and Allan
Hundreds of houses had been unroofed and thousands of acres laid waste in a single night. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel
Then, rising slowly, the Hesea walked, or rather tottered to the unroofed open space in front of the rock chamber, and stood there quite near to the brink of the flaming gulf beneath. Ayesha, the Return of She
As he spoke a great white owl slid from the roof of the canopy above him and vanished through the unroofed centre of the cavea. Pearl-Maiden
While the three sat on the wide, unroofed porch, loitering over their coffee, a great, yellow-red moon rose slowly over the hill, and floated silently above them. Sisters
Walking under what I took to be a great arch or portico, we came into a court that was full of towering pillars but unroofed, for I could see the stars above. She and Allan
The village, at first sight, looked as normal as those through which we had been passing; but a closer inspection showed that its steeple was shattered and that some of its houses were unroofed. Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort
Along the streets there were heaps of calcined material of unroofed walls of houses—a proof that Pougatcheff had been there. Marie; a story of Russian love
Eyes more accustomed than hers to the outline of the country could have seen inland dismantled cottages and unroofed sheds, groups of still frightened and restive cattle, a snapped flagstaff, a fallen tree. Jeanne of the Marshes
The howls of the dog increased, and he was soon seen, with his hair burned from his skin, leaping on the unroofed wall, and thence into the area within the palisades. Oak Openings
About as enticing as a plunge into a dry cistern, suddenly unroofed? At the Mercy of Tiberius
The storm came; the house escaped, but stable, store, and cellar were unroofed. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia
Houses were unroofed, the walls and battlements of fortresses shaken, and lofty towers rocked to their foundations. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
The storms of winter had long since unroofed the house, and decay had eaten into the logs. The Deerslayer
The rooms which you saw so richly furnished, exhibited nothing but unroofed naked walls, cracked, defaced, and blackened with fire. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty
It is terrible; the houses all unroofed,—all but my father's and Jose's. Ramona
This mead is mine own, as for other living men; it is my unroofed house, and I have here a house with a roof also, which I will show thee presently.  The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men
In some long-forgotten foray, the building had been unroofed and almost demolished. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ
The scow was filled with water, the cabin unroofed, and the logs were decaying. The Deerslayer
Near the house, at Raasay, is a chapel unroofed and ruinous, which has long been used only as a place of burial.  Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Broken carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, trees felled for palisades, and bridges destroyed, or only partially repaired,—all indicated the movements of hostile armies. Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since
Did I not well to bring thee into my unroofed house?” The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men
The only entrance to the building was by means of a flight of six steps leading to an unroofed platform before the door of the story proper. Lahoma
The dim little square seemed like a great, cold, unroofed room, with its four walls of houses, spangled with thousands of insufficient lights. Roads of Destiny
The churches of the two convents are both standing, though unroofed Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Naab had put Hare to bed on the unroofed porch of a log house, but routed him out early, and when Hare lifted the blankets a shower of cotton-blossoms drifted away like snow. Heritage of the Desert
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