| 单词 | donjon |
| 例句 | We toured “le donjon,” and he explained to me that the word donjon, in French, means a keep or a main tower and is not to be confused with a dungeon. A French Castle, Now Open to All 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The king did not order her loaded with chains and haled to the donjon keep. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z “We’ve got a right to talk as loudly as we like, I take it, being alone in a dark old donjon keep!” The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z The outer enceinte, to which is attached a cylindrical donjon erected by Philip Augustus, king of France, embraces an area of over 7 acres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Above the donjon, a broad flag flapped lazily in the air, and the blazon on it--three wasps on a green field--was his own. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z There was also the donjon keep, and the remains of a fosse; but all the rest of this feudal castle had been unceremoniously carted away, to erect cowsheds and pig-styes with it. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Out of a window in the donjon tower of the fifteenth century was thrust a head, and from across the river it wagged at us malevolently. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z I have a tower, but no donjon keep. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z On a mound in the centre of this space rises an older donjon, octagonal in shape, protected by another enceinte. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z A lamp feebly lights a dark subterraneous cell in the old donjon of the Castle of Rouen. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z At the window of the highest donjon sits the castellan, ready to proclaim the arrival of his liege lord by the blast of a horn. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z The town is moreover most curious and original, the great rectangular donjon rising high into the sky above a series of cliff-dwellers' chalk-cut homes, in truly weird fashion. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z But my lady already stood with her hand on the great latch of the door at the head of the stairway which led to the donjon keep. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z And when Arthur went up into the donjon tower, the wolf held him by the lap of his garment; and when King Arthur was seated, the wolf lay at his feet. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z Immediately beneath the east and south faces of the donjon lay the inner bailey. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z So also is the masonry protection of the machicolation at the top of the donjon, a protection which at that time was usually given by wooden hoardings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Fouquet, too, after his splendid downfall, was thrown into the donjon here by Louis XIV. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Speaker of the House, remove this leftenant to the donjon keep. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z The cashel was to this great fortification what the donjon tower was to the later Norman castle—the ultimate place of refuge for the garrison. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z But even while dreading this, he saw the Serbian national colors flying from the donjon of Marko's castle. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z When this happened a sudden rush of the besiegers 683 prevented the remains of the garrison from gaining the shelter of the donjon, and they had to lay down their arms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The tower and donjon are the only substantial remains of this early edifice. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z The archiepiscopal palace adjoins the cathedral in the rear, and has a noble donjon of the fourteenth century. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Approached thus, the massive donjon tower, set on a cliff and looming a hundred and twenty feet into the air, is most impressive. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z We could get it for a song; we would inherit its traditions, its secret passages, its donjons, its ghosts, its— I paused a moment, expecting enthusiasm, even eagerness, on the part of the family. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Montargis Castle, also built about this time, had a central donjon and a large open enclosure, within which the whole garrison could move freely, to reinforce quickly any threatened point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The ancient square donjon of the eleventh century, known as the Tour de C�sar, still looms high above the town. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z She yearned for the time when ladies were left in charge of the donjon keep, while their husbands went out to war. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z This tower formed part of the donjon of the fortress erected by Baldwin IV., count of Hainaut, about the year 1150. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" The first line of fortification was the work of Francis I.; the second line and the donjon date back to the 11th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" As likely as not those jars are all licensed, and for that boy to have parted with his would have landed us both in a donjon keep. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The chief and most remarkable features are undoubtedly the great rectangular keep or donjon, and the Tour Neuf or Tour Ronde. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Another outcome of the genius of Norman builders seems to have been the donjon or keep type of castle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" But at the angle overlooking the pond, Mr. Stennis had caused to be built a square tower in the old Robert the Bruce donjon fashion, each chamber opening out of the other. Deep Moat Grange The latter was built about 1640, and is a fine specimen of the feudal "donjon keep" with battlemented walls, moats, drawbridge, portcullis and all the other paraphernalia of the days of romance. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future I don't know in the least what a donjon keep is, but it sounds like a place to put people for a good while, and I had no time then for experimental knowledge. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Its donjon announces itself from afar as a magnificent feudal ruin. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z In the north corner of the courtyard is the Salle des �tats, which, together with the donjon in the west corner, survives from the 13th century. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The ancient donjon or keep, 90 ft. in height, is still in good preservation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" One of his neighbors, Jacques Le Gris, having heard of her beauty, presented himself at the castle and asked to be permitted to visit the donjon. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 The donjon—a pillory on one side, a gibbet on the other—was the symbol of their might. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern It is, moreover, according to De Caumont, the most beautiful of all the donjons of France. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z The nucleus of the stronghold is a donjon over 200 ft. high and over 100 ft. in diameter, standing on the south side of the court. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" And I scorn to sleep in the donjon keep; but the room of state is mine, And I work the beef of the fat old thief, and I tope the old rogue's wine. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "To your posts," cried Axel in a thundering voice, and then once more looking to the draw bridge, he ordered the gates to be secured and ascended the battlements of the donjon. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors But my apartment in the Cumberland is hardly a donjon; a hansom is not a vehicle suited to an elopement; Lochinvar is out of fashion; and besides, she would not have gone. Eden An Episode My sword unsheathed and certain Of the visor of my casque, My steel steps challenged the donjon My gauntlet should unmask; But never a knight or varlet To stay or slay or ask. Days and Dreams Poems My child, these redoubtable donjons, whose plans you are sketching and which you build with so much care, either serve now or will serve some day to oppress our people. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium "Well, Princess," he said at last, still trying to speak lightly, "this isn't much of a donjon tower, is it?" The Girl in the Mirror The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loop-hole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. Home Life of Great Authors The ch�teaux of Brittany may truly be called the historical and legendary shrines of the province, for within their halls, keeps, and donjons Breton tradition 203 and history were made. Legends & Romances of Brittany Valuable manuscripts have taken the place of useless malefactors in the donjon keep, and the vaults are full of the gold and myrrh of history. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France I am a skillful mason; I have built a large number of fortified donjons; employ me and I shall work to the satisfaction of your seigneur. The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium On the third day of the siege the English batteries opened on the north-west side of the donjon, and destroying the battlements, buried the cannon on that part of the wall under the ruins. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. Saw no haughty plumed tiara, Heard no clank in Norman donjon. The Loom of Life It was on the top of this donjon that the beacon was to be kindled which was to call Lombardy to arms, in the projected insurrection of 1852. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge This latter is a sort of square "donjon" of great antiquity, crenelated, with towers at each corner and the whole construction forming an admirable specimen of Hispano-Flemish architecture. Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders A carving in the donjon of Coudray of three kneeling knights, each one bearing a sword and a shield, is thought to have been carved by the Templars on their prison wall. In Château Land He took this worthy man to the walls of the donjon keep and pointed to a window there. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems The three-storey donjon was framed in huge timbers, quite unlike the flimsy structure of most Japanese buildings, and the timbers were protected against fire by a heavy coat of plaster. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era "Watch," was all the master said to his dogs as he crept in through an old window into the donjon keep. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young I swung myself aloft on the spikes and stones leading to the donjon window. Humorous Ghost Stories And giants and a six-cylinder castle, with warders and a donjon keep. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life In the original illustration to the donjon keep window Sir Hugh is shown standing against a wall, the window in which is stated to be one foot square on the inside. The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems And the second respect in which it was a novelty in Japanese defensive warfare was that the castle donjon was heavily built and armoured after a fashion. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The battled towers the donjon keep, The loop-hole grates where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow luster shone. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days Finally the old gent locked Lady Kitty in the donjon tower,” said Mr. Hobson. Humorous Ghost Stories The only remaining fragment is a part of the donjon keep. Chronicles of Strathearn There, at the little Hôtel de la Poste, beneath the donjon tower of the old château, we ate the most marvellously concocted déjeuner we had struck for a long time. The Automobilist Abroad He destroyed the courtines which attached the great donjon to the rest of the building, and opened up the courtyard so that it faced directly upon the park. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Now, fancy yourself on the donjon of an ancient Moorish castle, salute, and receive them accordingly. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Just as I stood, at the top of the wall, I was ten or twelve feet below the lowest window of the donjon tower. Humorous Ghost Stories Leaving these apartments, we visited the 251historic donjon, a gloomy building of stone on the exterior, but furnished with wooden staircases within. Travels in the Far East Nor is the castle as distinguished from the donjon, completely demolished; there is a considerable fragment standing very near. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine A statue of the maid is found on the public "Place," and the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, a great circular donjon of the thirteenth century, is near by. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Above the town still rises the Tour Jeanne d'Arc, the donjon of the Castle of Bouvreuil, which showed that Normandy was no more an independent Duchy, but a part of6 the domains of Philip Augustus. The Story of Rouen And I told him briefly of my accidental meeting with Anita in the donjon, of the practical joke we planned, of our sudden meeting with the real ghost on the ramparts. Humorous Ghost Stories Following the exposure of the jester's weakness, his passion for his mistress, Francis, as Villot told Jacqueline, had immediately ordered the fool into strictest confinement, the donjon of the ancient structure. Under the Rose The donjon, called locally Tourgrise from the colour of its stone, is a round tower, not quite a rival of Coucy, but tall enough and big enough to have a very striking effect. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine He first razed the central tower, or donjon, and scarce before the departure of his royal guest, was already dreaming of replacing the entire fabric with another which should bear the same name. Royal Palaces and Parks of France The walls of Rouen's donjon are 4 metres 20 thick, 46 metres in circumference at the base, and 30 metres high. The Story of Rouen Some sort of seneschal met us with a light and led us below the twilight arches, where beyond, I could catch glimpses of the baileys and courts and the donjon tower against the heavy ramparts. Humorous Ghost Stories Windows were inserted at appropriate intervals, suggesting a donjon keep or a page from Walter Scott. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Hard by the donjon seems to be a small piece of town walls; otherwise the walls have vanished, and are, as usual, marked by boulevards. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Originally it was quite regular in outline, its walls forming a rectangle flanked by nine towers, the great donjon which one sees to-day occupying the centre of one side. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Almost the last scene of her imprisonment took place within the walls that you may visit here, though originally she was not placed in this donjon itself. The Story of Rouen This, then, was the wall that the ancient Pierrepont had scaled, and yonder was the donjon window that he had planned to plunder on that fatal night so long ago. Humorous Ghost Stories "You must come and see the donjon keep, girls," said George. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands The castle, as at Mayenne, rises above the river, and still keeps a huge round donjon, patched somewhat, but still keeping several of its coupled Romanesque windows. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine At the left of the inner court is the wing built by Cottereau which terminates in a great round tower, while to the right is that erected by Madame de Maintenon ending at the donjon. Royal Palaces and Parks of France The donjon of the castle, where she stood before her judges, is for this reason the best memory of her that could possibly have been preserved. The Story of Rouen The façade, straight, and massive, has the frowning severity of an old donjon wall. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 The donjon was built by King Richard II. during the War of Succession. Brittany & Its Byways Our thoughts have come down so low from the lofty donjon with the vision of which we set out that we begin to think of the smaller kind of moated houses in our own land. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine In the midst of a green field or in the square before the Hotel de Ville, a wooden fortress was erected, surrounded by a little moat and with high towers and a donjon. The Counts of Gruyère By 1809 some nuns bought it again, and for long the old donjon decorated incongruously a portion of the garden in the Ursuline Convent. The Story of Rouen The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep'— are all still there, though the inmates are no longer captives. John Knox The donjon has two granite staircases; one leads to the top, whence may be seen Vannes and the Morbihan, with its islands. Brittany & Its Byways The church and the donjon doubtless had predecessors before King Henry came against Argentan. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Beside the mairie a medieval square tower, which may have been a donjon, was occupied on the ground floor by the gendarmerie. Riviera Towns But the tallest trees are dwarfed by the gigantic donjon tower. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 This was the old prison, or donjon of the castle. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland There is something singularly fearful in the aspect of its strong walls and donjon, without an outlet. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre On the highest ground of all, in the north-west corner of the enclosure, are the remains of a large polygonal keep, which keeps its name of the donjon. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine As there are five stories, this donjon cannot be less than a hundred and forty or fifty feet in elevation. Recollections of Europe The donjon consists of three storeys above the ground floor, the main hall on the first floor being particularly remarkable for its height. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 But the glorious old tower or donjon still stands, one hundred feet high and one hundred feet wide. Everyman's Land This mighty donjon is planted in a lower part of the height; consequently, high as it appears, scarcely half of its real elevation is visible. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre The château would attract anywhere; the fragment of the donjon simply peeps over houses. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Henry V. of England, died in the donjon of Vincennes; and I believe his successor, Henry VI. was born in the same building. Recollections of Europe It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height. The Literary World Seventh Reader The donjon walls were 16 yards thick, not feet, but yards! Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights And before they were able to ascertain what it was they saw, a luminous train, accompanied by a hissing sound in the air, called their attention from the donjon to the ground. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" This must have been building in 1617, when the governor of the town forbade the tower to be carried higher, lest it should overlook the donjon. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine "Have you not felt the wind in this open donjon?" The Lady of Fort St. John In the donjon five children, one of whom is his nephew Roland, are imprisoned under the care of Turpin. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air From the donjon extended three great vaulted halls. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights At the same instant they heard a cry from the top of the donjon. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" We look forth with the special hope of getting a distant glimpse of Falaise and its donjon. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine From the top of what might have been the donjon, we surveyed the surrounding country--at that moment rendered hazy by an atmosphere of dense, heated, vapour. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two The battle towers, the donjon keep, The loophole grates, where captives weep. Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. The donjon worried him in those days when artillery could make no impression on its massive thickness. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights There are circular towers at the extremities, and a square citadel or donjon within. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Perhaps not the donjon itself, but the high ground about it is said to be seen from the tower of Saint German at Argentan. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine He introduced his reader to a huge, gloomy castle, furnished with towers, donjons, subterranean passages, and trapdoors. A History of English Prose Fiction A ruined keep or donjon was seen above a line of dark firs, crowning the summit of a steep crag that rose abruptly from the river. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Some man of enterprise, taking advantage of its forlorn condition, had glued an advertisement upon its donjon keep. Living Alone Protection meant a good suit of mail; and a castle with its duly prescribed moats, bastions, portcullises, and donjon keep. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 We were a little puzzled by Joanne's account of Verneuil, in which he said that the castle had been completely demolished, but that the donjon existed still. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine The magnificent Norman cathedrals struck the mind with devotional awe; the donjons and towers of the great baronial castles were suggestive of power and glory. A History of English Prose Fiction The donjon was still shut off, on the Tiffauges side, by a vast moat, at the bottom of which mighty trees were growing. Là-bas In the corner next the donjon chimney was a little room with a small fireplace. The End of the World A Love Story Do you see those round, pot-bellied towers, like tuns of wine stood upon end?" he said—"those donjons at the corners, tapering at the top, and presenting the very image of noble bottles? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 Not far from the donjon is the Decorated church of Saint Lawrence, where the usual late Gothic dies off into Renaissance at the west end. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine I was always told there were "donjons" in the cellars, but I never had the courage to go down the dark, damp, slippery staircase. Chateau and Country Life in France He had established himself in the little hamlet which stretches along the base of the abandoned donjon. Là-bas He did not go round to the portico and knock at the front-door as a stranger would have done, but in behind the donjon chimney he pulled an alarm-cord. The End of the World A Love Story But alas, in that sunny donjon among the mountains, where he dwelt, how could Donjalolo be sure, that the things he decreed were executed in regions forever remote from his view. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The shattered donjon rises on the height where the Varenne runs through a narrow dell between the castle hill and a wild rock on the other side. Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine Domfront is a very old walled town, with round towers and a great square donjon, perched on the top of a mountain. Chateau and Country Life in France "Listen, and I will tell you the tale of yonder donjon and village, and of the valley of the Edera, so far as I have been able to make it out for myself." The Waters of Edera There were buttresses and antique windows, and by an ingenious transformation the chimney, usually such a disfigurement to a log-house, was made to look like a round donjon keep. The End of the World A Love Story Wilfred sat alone in an upper chamber of the donjon tower the Conqueror had erected at Oxford, hard by the mound thrown up by Ethelfleda, lady of the Mercians and daughter of Alfred. The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune You have given me the right to love you—by the light of the stars, under the sweet-scented acacias, in the sunlight at the window of Richard's donjon which opens over an abyss. The Cross of Berny Who is it comes now,—sweeps round the donjon flank? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 The defenders took timely refuge in the donjon keep. The Thirsty Sword They seemed to be staring wildly toward the "donjon tower," as Alec persisted in calling the round structure at one end of the imitation castle. The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players The first fortified building on this spot was erected by the before-mentioned lady Ethelfleda, who built the donjon upon an artificial mound of earth. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 Louise will be alone, and I intend to repeat the donjon scene, with improvements and deprived of the inopportune appearance of Madame Taverneau's yellow shawl and the luckless Alfred's green hunting-dress. The Cross of Berny He requested her to show him the donjon, or keep of the castle, and in that remote and inaccessible tower forcibly violated her chastity. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition The yap policeman was for taking Bunch right back to the donjon cell in the rear, but with a $5 bill I secured a stay of proceedings. Back to the Woods I couldn't find a better view of the castle than right here, with that sun blazing along the walls, the turrets and that magnificent donjon tower. The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players To introduce order or add solidity to so ill-constructed a fabric, was impossible; Richelieu found it necessary to raze all at once to the ground, except the central donjon of despotism, which he left standing. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 480, March 12, 1831 She was placed in a convent at Monilmontant, and Mirabeau was deposited on June 7 in the donjon of Vincennes, and was subjected to every sort of privation, remaining in confinement for forty-two months. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The lady abode within the donjon, weeping bitterly, and exclaiming, "Ah Jaques! it was not well done thus to shame me! but on you shall the shame rest, if God send my husband safe home!" Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition I want to get out of this donjon keep.” The House of a Thousand Candles Internal fire had found vent here; its outflowings had crystallized into columnar trap; the trap had protected the underlying sandstone from cycles of water-flow; thus had been fashioned these sublime donjons and pinnacles. Overland The bride was only fifteen, and fifteen more long weary years must pass before she might step out of the gloomy donjon, breathe the fresh air, and see the sun. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul It held meetings in our big vault, which they called the donjon keep, and, naturally, when one of them was going on, boys were scarcer around the office than hen's teeth. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Marcus Grote had told me there were but two openings to the castle, the Postern and the great gate on the other side of the castle by the donjon keep. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy His death, so soon after that of Shakespeare, doubtless caused these letters to be lost sight of, and they were but last year discovered in the donjon of the castle. Shakespeare's Insomnia, and the Causes Thereof The iron door behind them swung suddenly open, and a captain of the palace guard clanked into the donjon. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 The feudal castle was built upon the plan of a triangle, with a tower at each angle, the one at the apex being the donjon. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine It had a "donjon," or keep, which was generally occupied by the baron as a bar-room, feed-trough, and cooler between fights. Comic History of England Father rose angrily, and Byron said: 'If Your Grace will watch from the donjon battlements, in five minutes you will see me riding on your mission. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy At the moment he was thinking of some fair-faced châtelaine roaming under the battlements of a donjon. The Aspirations of Jean Servien Then the moon slipped slyly from its frayed woolly covers, and relit the donjon keep. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 The towers are rectangular donjons of the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, one being nearly a hundred and fifty feet high. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard. Ivanhoe The place was no more a chalet than a donjon, but I suppose the name was given in honour of a wooden gallery above the front door. Mr. Standfast In the days when a man appeared with clang of arms and with javelins and spears before, and donjon keeps in the background, the attitude of bent knees and awful reverence were the inevitable results. The Shuttle A great red light flared up into the donjon, and waved and danced along the moon-green walls. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 Templemore—Devil’s Mountain—No companion—Force of circumstance—Way of the world—Ruined castle—Grim and desolate—The donjon—Old woman—My own house. Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest The exterior is diversified by arched recesses forming machicolations, and the same architectural feature is reproduced in the square tower which rises like a donjon above the building. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The Spaniards planned a second attack upon it in 1653, and succeeded by dragging a couple of light cannon up the mountain so as to command the donjon built by Levasseur. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Once more shall its donjon overlook from its height the two valleys. The Dream "So now I must hunt for another page or squire," growled the captain, and he clanked wrathfully out of the donjon. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 In the middle of the court is the donjon, which contains the archives and the treasure. English Villages Down this donjon stair descended a tap, tap, like a stick; soon there fell on the steps a shadow, and last of all, I was aware of a substance. Villette Again and again we fancy we can descry crumbling watch-towers, bastions, and donjons on the banks of the Tarn, so fantastic the forms of the Causses on either side. The Roof of France The donjon remained, nearly two hundred feet in height, discoloured, cracked, but nevertheless firm, upon its foundation pillars fifteen feet thick. The Dream It left the donjon keep in total darkness, and in a stillness broken only by the dripping of water from the mouldy ceiling. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 Standing upon the pinnacle upon which is planted the marvellous Romanesque cathedral of Le Puy, and looking north, is seen in the distance the basaltic mass of Polignac crowned by a lofty donjon. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe But what is one of the grandest portions of the abbey is the machicolated tower that commands the plain for miles to the sea, a noble specimen of a donjon, and in excellent preservation. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc Strain, O stork, thy pinion well,— From thy nest 'neath old church-bell, Mount to yon tall citadel, And its tallest donjon tower! Poems The tall donjon, 130 feet high, and most of the outer wall, are of the fourteenth century. Two Summers in Guyenne In the furthest corner of the donjon, a dim black square disclosed an ugly trap leading down to the torture-room. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 The main building—hardly a donjon, was occupied till late in last century by an old mason who patched it up and made it habitable. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe These mark the site of the original Château of the Louvre, with its keep, or donjon. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Proud earls, who dwell in donjon keep, And steel-clad knight and peer, Whose forts are girt with a moat cut deep— But none excel in soldiership My own loved cymbaleer. Poems The house of Bourne, as far as it can be reconstructed by imagination, was altogether unlike one of the tall and gloomy Norman castles which twenty years later reared their evil donjons over England. Hereward, the Last of the English The donjon or body is defended by an enceinte, opening northwards upon a large yard, where, doubtless, the garrison mustered, and whence a flight of steps leads to the wicket. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 The castle was besieged by the terrible one-eyed Hussite commander, Ziska with the Flail, and he succeeded in capturing the lower tower after great loss of life, but entirely failed to take the upper donjon. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Near to that city, on a gentle mount, There stands a tow'r—within its donjon grate They lock'd him up, and, dreadful to recount, With him three tender babes to share his fate! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 332, September 20, 1828 The mad king died; but the rushing river Still brawls by the spot where his donjon stands, And its swift waves sigh to the conscious sands That the curse of King Saloman works forever. Poems A stork has a nest on the donjon now. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Sternly was it fortified, after the fashion of the middle ages, with donjon and battlements; displaying, above others, the tall tower, which bore the name of Lord Henry's, or the Clifford's Tower. Waverley Novels — Volume 12 There is a donjon that reaches to the overhanging rock and a ruinous chapel with apsidal east end. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Live within the limits of your rank, as heretofore within your donjon tower and your fosses, my lord, undisturbed by the sympathy of any mean man like me. The Betrothed The donjon stands by the turbid river, But Time is crumbling its battered towers; And the slow light withers a despot's powers, And a mad king's curse is not forever! Poems The donjon was showing the loopholes that pitted its southern face. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Forrest entered a section of the Big House by way of a massive, hewn- timber, iron-studded door that let in at the foot of what seemed a donjon keep. The Little Lady of the Big House In others it seemed more entire, and a pillar of dark smoke, which ascended from the chimneys of the donjon, and spread its long dusky pennon through the clear ether, indicated that it was inhabited. The Monastery King Saloman looked from his donjon bars, Where the Danube clamours through sedge and sand, And he cursed with a curse his revolting land, -With a king’s deep curse of treason and wars. Pike County Ballads and Other Poems But the airplanes pulled him out of his donjon keep and the Young Doctor with him. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me The wind struck the Castle, and in the thick of the mists and flying leaves hurled at it, the donjon disappeared. The Prince of India — Volume 01 It was all towers and donjons and ramparts, and might, in its mediaeval perfection, have been taken bodily out of one of Sir Walter Scott's novels. Love, the Fiddler The distant rocks show Titanic walls, lofty donjons, huge projecting bastions, and moats full of deep shade. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 The mad king died; but the rushing river Still brawls by the spot where his donjon stands, And its swift waves sigh to the conscious sandsThat the curse of King Saloman works for ever. Pike County Ballads and Other Poems Until dusk the Gilded Youth had kept her in his donjon—a first class compartment jammed with hand-baggage, and where she had insisted that the Young Doctor should come also. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me It seemed to me the garrison was showing unusually large, while the flags on the donjon were strange, and the tents and horses around the walls implied an army present. The Prince of India — Volume 01 And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received. Ulysses With a dagger-thrust in the neck, she stabs the jugular of the Locust, Dragon-fly or other prey whereof I am the purveyor; and she as quickly scales the donjon and retires with her capture. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The donjon stands by the turbid river, But Time is crumbling its battered towers; And the slow light withers a despot’s powers,And a mad king’s curse is not for ever! Pike County Ballads and Other Poems She went on further, and called to Charlotte, who was now regularly sleeping in the castle, to accompany her, and together they ascended to the telegraph-room in the donjon tower. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day The Asiatic shore offered the Prince a long stretch, and he persisted in coasting it until the donjon of the White Castle—that terror to Christians—arrested his eye. The Prince of India — Volume 01 She was humming to herself the little song of the dove and the donjon, and something in the plaintive voice, the solitary figure, went straight to Merry's gentle heart. Jack and Jill The refuge is deep: the Spider disappears in it entirely, all but her rounded hind-quarters, which bar the entrance to her donjon. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects And before they were able to ascertain what it was, a luminous train, accompanied by a hissing sound in the air, called their attention from the donjon to the ground. The Man in the Iron Mask He remained silent for a moment, then he gently patted with his hand the thick wall of the donjon, as one strokes the haunches of a steed. Notre-Dame De Paris Each moment the donjon loomed up more plainly. The Prince of India — Volume 01 By degrees necessity establishes a tacit contract between the military chieftain of the donjon and the early settlers of the open country, and this becomes a recognized custom. The Ancient Regime The donjon was originally the central tower or "keep" of feudal castles; it was employed to detain prisoners of importance. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems At the same moment they heard a cry from the top of the donjon. The Man in the Iron Mask The hieroglyph deserts the cathedral, and betakes itself to blazoning the donjon keep, in order to lend prestige to feudalism. Notre-Dame De Paris He thought he remembered the latter in Froissart: it conjured up "baronial halls" and "donjon keeps," rang resonantly in his mind like "Let the portcullis fall!" His Own People I had noticed the day before that a large outside drain pipe, decreed by the Bock County Council, ran from the moat to the third floor of the donjon keep. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques With a dagger-thrust in the neck, she stabs the jugular of the Locust, Dragon-fly or other prey whereof I am the purveyor; and she as quickly scales the donjon and retires with her capture. The Life of the Spider After passing the donjon, which is situated at the extreme end of the left wing, we went to the back of the chateau. Mystery of the Yellow Room It marched for some time through the interior of the gloomy donjon, pierced with staircases and corridors even in the very thickness of the walls. Notre-Dame De Paris In the old days, the donjon was known to the people of the neighbourhood as the Lovers' Tower, in memory of a fatal tragedy that marked it in the Middle Ages. The Crystal Stopper Melancholy Displays her sable banner from the donjon, Darkening the foam of the whole surge beneath. A Legend of Montrose The refuge is deep: the Spider disappears in it entirely, all but her rounded hind-quarters, which bar the entrance to the donjon. The Life of the Spider We reached the chateau, and, as we approached it, saw four gendarmes pacing in front of a little door in the ground floor of the donjon. Mystery of the Yellow Room This little chamber, which the king reserved for himself in the famous state prison, was also tolerably spacious and occupied the topmost story of a turret rising from the donjon keep. Notre-Dame De Paris From the top of an eminence D'Artagnan perceived a group of people collected on the other side of the moat, in front of that part of the donjon which looks toward Saint Maur. Twenty Years After The best captains of Normandy tried their strength in vain against this one donjon on its rock. William the Conqueror At the far end of the gallery, before coming to the donjon, is the room occupied by Arthur Rance. Mystery of the Yellow Room Since she has made this confession, I am free to tell you that she often met the keeper at night on the first floor of the donjon, in the room which was once an oratory. Mystery of the Yellow Room By its light we saw Daddy Bernier with his gun on the threshold of the donjon door. Mystery of the Yellow Room But the story of the crab made a great noise through the interior of the donjon and even outside. Twenty Years After He had almost arrived at the donjon, when he saw a figure running swiftly in a direction opposite to him, towards the right wing of the chateau. Mystery of the Yellow Room Bernier, the concierge, whom I had stationed behind the donjon—as he will explain himself—could not see what passed in the court. Mystery of the Yellow Room As we passed round the donjon, we met the Green Man, the forest-keeper, who did not greet us, but walked by as if we had not existed. Mystery of the Yellow Room Previous to the tragedy in the courtyard Madame Mathieu and the keeper left the donjon together. Mystery of the Yellow Room The night before last he had almost overtaken it; but it had vanished at the corner of the donjon. Mystery of the Yellow Room We were passing by the donjon and heard wailing voices. Mystery of the Yellow Room A mass of inharmonious structures, it is dominated by a donjon. Mystery of the Yellow Room He generally lives on the first floor of the donjon, a big room that once served for an oratory. Mystery of the Yellow Room |
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