| 单词 | embrasure |
| 例句 | Outside the house came the sound of a pistol-shot; the glass of the window was shattered with a bullet, which, ricochetting from the top of the embrasure, struck the far wall of the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He leaned his head against the cold stone of the embrasure, until she took his hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaned back in the embrasure in a more comfortable position, so that I could enjoy more fully the aërial gambolling. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Robin’s bedchamber was off the main hall or living room of the house, in an embrasure of the thick wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z This was the only entrance to the tower; but many tall windows were cut with deep embrasures in the climbing walls: far up they peered like little eyes in the sheer faces of the horns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Beyond the gun, beyond the embrasures, ramparts plunge forty feet to the green and white plumes of surf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The rampart behind the hotel remains, though many of its embrasures along the top have been shattered. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was a worthy song, and it could stir the embrasures and battlements of a strong man’s soul. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She left the fireplace and drifted over to the great embrasure of the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they sat side by side again in the embrasure looking eastward, where they had eaten and talked the day before. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A justly famous photograph of Wall Street, from 1915, captured not the raw hustle of the city but the stark embrasures of the Morgan Bank, whose sinister geometry dwarfs the few scattered commuters beneath. Paul Strand’s Sense of Things 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Chess, by and large, is a war game played by nonmartial people who would have trouble identifying the business end of an M16 or explaining the difference between an embrasure and a sally port. Martial Gambit: Real-life warriors do battle at the chessboard 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z They can also see gun embrasures in the basement, swords from medieval wars and a passageway, now closed off, that was used as an escape route. The young Indians saving crumbling ancestral homes 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z In addition, the historic cannon port embrasure located in the east guard room has been restored to its original condition. $3 million restoration project improves Alcatraz Island 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Allies and Morrison have lined the window embrasures of their largely white block with gold-coloured panels, so that they dazzle in the sunshine. All hail the new King’s Cross – but can other developers repeat the trick? 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Back at the frontline, first lieutenant Osman said morale was high among his men, who were posted along sandbagged embrasures or who sheltered under tarpaulins from the afternoon sun. Kurds on Iraq's new faultline feel destiny beckoning 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The muslin curtains and the claywashed embrasure of the window had a rusty glow, which reached the counterpane of the bed in which John Willie lay. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Ivy clung here and there; stunted shrubbery sprang out of grayish embrasures and caved-in vaults; a stony path led to an entrance door standing upright. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z They moved across to a circular bench set in an embrasure of the walls, overgrown here with ivy from which the sun drew forth a faint dusty scent. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z But the hour of jesting was soon over and the gun party prepared for their morning's work by running up the gun into the embrasure. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Bob Hetherington was his name, and there were other lads and boys lounging and pretending to smoke in the deep embrasures and recesses of the walls. The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith 2012-04-03T02:00:29.527Z Still, the others respected his wishes, and following their example I seated myself in an embrasure of the battlements, whence the fire, now growing pale, could be seen. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z The casement was carefully closed, there was no current of air in the room, and it is absurd to suppose that persons were hidden in the embrasure of the window. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Dragging herself to her favorite seat in the embrasure of a window, she leaned her temple against the stained glass, and murmured— "Enough!—oh, enough!—I must go home now." The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z For the night's work, as we gathered our tools together, the best evidence of our labours was the grim muzzle of the gun which leered through its embrasure. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Down goes the road in a long steady slope, flanked by the great forts of Purbrook and Widley, whose dingy red-brick walls and embrasures command the entrance to the harbour. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was pitiful to see that the gaudy tiles that paved the embrasure were worn bare, and to note that, by some curious coincidence, the face in the bas-relief looked longingly towards the window. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z It stands upon a slight elevation, in the Appian Way, a "stern round tower," with the ivy dropping over its turrets and waving from the embrasures, looking more like a castle than a tomb. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Dorothy waved her hand to him through one of the embrasures. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Shout as they might, they had no firearms, and, crowded together in the narrow embrasure, they could take no aim with their pikes. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z There was a young man leaning over an embrasure at one corner of the battlements, who had been gazing, like her, at the sunset till she had come forth. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z In the embrasure of the one narrow and grated window was fixed a rudely-carved crucifix. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The interior was a little circular yard, separated from an office on the town side by an iron grating, and looking out on the sea by two embrasures for cannon. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z It has three embrasures, and was begun on a Sunday, while two English frigates were lying off the Isles of Shoals. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The movement carried Tavannes himself--even while his victim's scream rang through the chamber--into the embrasure. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Then he crawled into the embrasure, and, leaning out, saw Amos swarming with a seaman's nimbleness up the rope. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Unrecognized, she penetrated as far as the council chamber where a group of Grenadiers hastily surrounded and pushed her into the embrasure of a window which they barricaded with a table. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Beyond the outer wall, glinting through embrasures in the masonry, the rapid river rushed red and golden, flushed by the sinking sun. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Seen with the setting sun gilding the broken rampart or glancing from out its blackened embrasures, it embodies something of the idea of an antique castle by the sea. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Only at rare intervals, in the embrasure of a window or the recess of a door, a couple talked softly. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Giving him a hand when he came within reach, Dennis helped to haul him into the embrasure. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The singing ceased, and in the movement which it occasioned in the room, Austin left Mrs. Hunter's side, and stood within the embrasure of the window, half hidden by the curtains. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z On the far side is the Fort, a tall square tower with loopholes and embrasures. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z On the south-west and north-east ends, there are block-houses, with pointed roofs, two stories high, with embrasures and some cannon, which, though small, are fit for service. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z And now, from behind the enemy's outwork, through embrasures suddenly opened in the mud walls, two machine-guns, one on each side, began to play upon the shore. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z A round shot crashed through the embrasure from which Turnpenny had fired, scattering a shower of stone-chips around, and dealing wounds among the group who were watching and assisting the seaman to reload. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Durette--for it was she--set up a little scream, and then in the embrasure of the window I saw the Countess rise slowly to her feet. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z But once he had unlatched it, once it stood open to the hillside and the sky, and he free in the embrasure, he lost all his cringing aspect. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Several times the Buccaneers advanced to the very mouths of the guns, and, throwing down fire-balls into the works, leaped after them, sword in hand, through the embrasures; but only to be again driven back. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z While some cut the embrasure for the machine-gun, others dug a communication trench from the blockhouse to a group of ruins about two hundred yards in the rear. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z The bundle was quickly raised and brought into the embrasure without a sound. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z At the head of his crew he entered the embrasures, killing twenty-six out of its thirty-eight defenders. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z He had slung his hammock near one of the embrasures, with a cannon at his side, and, like the cannon, he was continually peering out. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Many of these pinnacles and steep rocky declivities presented all the appearance of a series of colossal ruins of 197cities and palaces, protected by towers, battlements, and embrasures. 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 Placed in this embrasure, the machine-gun would command the whole of the causeway except the fifty yards nearest the island. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Then the two intruders moved swiftly back to the embrasure, and signalled to the waiting men that it was safe for them to ascend. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Then smiling at her companion she drew him into the embrasure of a window where they were almost hidden by the curtains. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z So were the cannon, and he peered long and curiously into the gaping mouth of the solitary eighteen-pounder that stood in the middle of the enclosure, ready to be whirled away to its embrasure. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z At the period of our visit, there were mounted on the different fortifications 707 guns, about one hundred of which peeped out of the smaller embrasures. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (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. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z They had landed their own machine-gun on the extreme left, and were seen hastily cutting an embrasure in the embankment. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z It flashed upon him that this must be a gun embrasure; was it possible, he wondered, to make his way in by that? With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The south front was about half finished; the western front finished, except cutting the embrasures, and the north front nearly finished. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z But through the embrasure I often saw the sunlight flashing and leaping like a thing of life, and I knew it was what the children call a 'Johnny Noddy.' The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z "Why not pass the skirmishers out by the embrasures, to the left yonder?" said I; "I see many a track where men have gone already." Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z It was only necessary to break an opening in the wall just behind this gap, to form a sort of embrasure for the gun. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z But looking through the embrasure Dennis saw a few lights twinkling in the centre of the fort, and he guessed that some at least of the enemy were awake. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z She moved to turn it on herself, but he held her fast, and compelled her back to the deep embrasure, and drew the curtains behind them. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He turned round in his creaking wicker chair and looked up at his wife, who sat swinging her legs and smoking in the window embrasure. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z In the embrasure of a window sat Madame de Staël. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z He lifted him from his feet, and forced him through an embrasure which yawned behind. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z After a few moments Dennis ventured to crawl towards the inner end of the embrasure, where he might get a view of the whole enclosure. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z It was built of the trunks of palms, and had embrasures where were mounted a considerable number of cannon, or lantakas. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z He had taken his hands from her shoulders, and was standing sideways in the embrasure of the window, so that he could see her face; and he was smiling in a most unpleasant manner. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z And for hours together she sat dreaming in an embrasure, her eyes far off, her arms round her knees, and her wings spread out, like a little butterfly that sat motionless. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The balconied windows of the house of Elorza were thrown wide open, and through the embrasures streamed a bright and cheerful light which made the dark and misty night outside still more melancholy. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Waiting another minute or two, Dennis ventured to peep round the corner of the embrasure. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Morning's faint light through the narrow embrasure, The wandering cry of a sea-mew in freedom Heightened the gloom of his roughly hewn prison, Making a summons to death a deliverance. The Call of the Mountains and other Poems 2011-10-28T02:00:27.360Z The cannon were well mounted, and placed in barbette and embrasure. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z At night the position was made impregnable against anything save a movement in large force; and in the morning the enemy were compelled to withdraw their artillery and close the embrasures of their forts. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z It has been mentioned that on one side of the cell there was a deep embrasure. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z With more confidence now in the chances of a safe ascent he returned once more to the embrasure, and, taking from his pocket a thin piece of creeper, he paid this out through the aperture. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Battlement, bat′l-ment, n. a wall or parapet on the top of a building with openings or embrasures, originally used only on fortifications: the towering roof of heaven,—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z There was just room enough between the chase of the weapon and the side of the embrasure for the Sub to wriggle. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Between the Russians and the lip of the plateau in their rear, over which they were still swarming by the battalion, rose the dismantled redoubt whose empty embrasures were open doors to the attacking horde. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z A glance round the chamber, which was of solid stone masonry, with a deep embrasure on one side, convinced her that she had been removed to some other prison. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Amos had shoved the gun through the embrasure, and, with his eye along its upper surface, watched the little vessel as she floated on towards the open sea. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The Duchess of Lincoln—tearful and kind—received her in the great window embrasure. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Well it was that they had not attempted to leap from the embrasure, otherwise the momentum would have carried them headlong into the veritable trap. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z And with bayonets down and wild hurrahs the battalion drove straight into the redoubt, trampling the dead, and driving the living through the two embrasures as a green sea is emptied through lee scuppers. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z A screen of iron was placed in the embrasure of the windows and a vissante inserted in the chimney to prevent M. de Lauzun and M. de Foucquet from communicating with each other. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z The uncomplimentary confidence was made into the shell-like ear of Mrs. Talmage Eglinton, who, faultlessly gowned by Worth, was sitting apart with her nominal hostess in the embrasure of an oriel window. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z There, in the embrasure on the dais, Wessex was conversing with the Earl of Oxford, whilst faithful Harry Plantagenet lay calmly sleeping at his feet. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Wang the Ninth crept to the parapet, and thrusting his head through an embrasure gazed out. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z At the cannons, which stretched out through the embrasures their long necks to the fields as if in curiosity, served mainly Flemings, the first of gunners. The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-09-05T02:00:23.933Z Then, and not till then, the onlooker left the embrasure in the wall where he had been hidden. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z And she passed to another embrasure to greet old Alan, the armorer, who was busy with carrying fresh supplies of bolts to the archers. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z Her Grace went up to Ursula, who was still clinging to the window embrasure with passionate obstinacy. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z The Cossacks were not only hurled from the walls, but the infantry captured the first intrenchment, destroyed the embrasures, the shelters, and burned fourteen moving towers. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Still the unfinished work sprawls over the cliffs, and whence cannon were meant to stare, now thrust the blackberry, brier and eagle-fern through the embrasures, and stunted black-thorns and white-thorns shine green against the grey. A West Country Pilgrimage 2011-08-05T02:00:48.947Z There hides a natural piety in this personal grace, while nothing good comes of brass, from whose embrasures there vollies forth but impudence, insolence, defiance. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z Seated at another and smaller table in a window embrasure Queen Mary was bending over a large flat book. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z A quickly smothered shriek from Ursula now brought the other girls to her side in the embrasure. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z When we came down at noon, I saw the Castellanic Kochanowski, who was standing with the Count in a window's embrasure, talking so eagerly that he did not see us entering. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z It stood in the embrasure of the window, and the outline of the face was in silhouette; then it moved on, and as it moved I again heard the tread. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The window was a tall, narrow embrasure, glazed and partly open. The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:25.780Z She sighed, and stepped into the embrasure, and stood there waiting, with an oppression at her heart that robbed the moment of all its expected joy. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Approaching, he threw himself upon the ground and crept around the walls, finding, at last, an embrasure, almost too small to permit the passage of a man's body. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z "In this particular room, with its embrasures, dull richness, almost medieval simplicity, I should hardly dare to shine any landlady's cathedral candlesticks," said Mrs. Doan. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z They have embrasures in the upper parts, and a few openings at various heights. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Within the room were two skeletons, one of which, placed behind a curtain in the deep embrasure of the window, where its polished bones glistened in the white moonlight, had a horrible effect. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z She leaned somewhat farther through the narrow embrasure, revealing by the action her bejeweled and exquisitely molded arms. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z My heart beat quickly and my head whirled dizzily, and in my bewilderment I took a step backward, quite forgetting the embrasure, till a stone gave way and I felt that I was falling. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z Then, seeing that nothing was asked of him, he strode towards the window and planted himself in the embrasure to contemplate the dawn of day. Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z She moved into the embrasure of a window with a defensive movement. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z The light streaming through its deep, tunnel-like embrasure, fell upon the central figure of Grace, with her shapely head slightly bent forward, her lips apart, and her eager, passionate eyes fixed upon the Commander. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z The whole position was surrounded by an adobe wall and ditch, strengthened at intervals by a gate or a stouter embrasure for a gun. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Along the very top there were some small openings, or natural embrasures, and through these a faint light percolated. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z One might easily imagine that these sharp pinnacles and rocky clefts were ramparts, embrasures, and turreted fortifications. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z Half of the mantleted embrasures had been shattered, the expense powder magazines had been blown up, and a number of casemated traverses pierced. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Nevertheless he appeared not satisfied; and had stepped out into the court again, when some sound he heard, or fancied, sent him quickly to an embrasure in the wall. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z She was leaning forward in an embrasure of the battlemented wall. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z I threw the hateful pieces out of the embrasure. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z I followed the direction of her gaze, and saw in the embrasure of a door, standing and looking at me, with sorrowful attention, Cornelius. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z The battery at the mill subjected the west front to a telling reverse fire, and several guns and embrasures were severely damaged. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z "You are in a hurry, Monsieur Beppo?" arms akimbo, Nanette, standing in an embrasure of the rampart, called out to the Governor's man as he passed by. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Our embrasures no longer exist; the pieces of the front still answer. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Far above me, high up on the left, I caught sight of a black and frowning fortress, whose guns, mounted at each bastion and embrasure, gave proof at the initial glance of its utter impregnability. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z As big Bob turned away from the parapet on one of these trips, to rejoin his comrades, he believed he discerned the shadowy form of a skulker in a nearby embrasure. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z In the embrasure of a window stood a very tall, thin man, whose bald head was encircled by a fringe of grizzled red hair, and whose eyes were fast shut. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Their direct fire guns were at a disadvantage in being fired through embrasures. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Ten pieces at most answered the fire of sixty Versaillese ordnance pieces, while the fusillade of the trenches aimed at the embrasures killed almost all our artillerists. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z He had succeeded in gradually leading her into a window embrasure, somewhat away from the rest of the dancers. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Stealthily, he removed his shoes, set them against the parapet where they could easily be found later, and began creeping noiselessly along the low wall toward the embrasure. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z It was in size and shape a duplicate of the blue room, with its one window deeply embedded in the wall, the surface of the embrasure being covered with heavy redwood planks. Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch 2011-04-14T02:00:48.280Z Accordingly the task of the gunners was, by accurate fire, to destroy the parapets and embrasures, and to dismount the guns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The forts, their casemates staved in, their embrasures destroyed, lustily answered the fire from the heights. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z She drew him further back into the window embrasure and made room for him close to her on the settee. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Either way held danger, supposing the embrasure occupied. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z In the arched window embrasure, in one of the basement chambers, the tall Friderun had been sitting meanwhile; Praxedis gliding about her like an unstable will-o'-the-wisp. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z The word “fort” calls up before the mind a massive structure, with angles and embrasures, bastions and battlements, curtains, casemates, and glacis—a place of great strength, for this is its essential signification. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z Everyone was gossiping and chattering—everyone, that is except Jane and Paul, who sat on the little bench that made a seat in the embrasure of the casement window. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z All these apartments were now deserted, save for a few flunkeys who stood about desultorily in the window embrasures. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Now he took off his cap, put it on the end of the stick, and cautiously thrust it ahead of him around the edge of the embrasure. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z There is a promenade on top about fifteen feet wide, and along the outer edge the old cannon given by the London companies still frown down through the embrasures of the battlement. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z The sunbeams forced their way through leafy vines and creepers into the deep embrasures of the windows. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z Jane, from the window embrasure, watched the proceedings with a critical eye. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Nor is that all; but I have handled shot, lifted cannon-balls, adjusted mortars, and peeped out of embrasures, till my back is half broken with straining and fatigue. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Sinking into the cushioned embrasure of the window, Mona sits entranced, drinking in the beauty that is balm to her imaginative mind. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z As the road retires from the beach, the honey-combed cliff’s assume the similitude of massive wads and battlements, every where pierced with loopholes and embrasures. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Frau Rosamunda rubs her eyes; Zdena stands, unheeded and weary, in one of the window embrasures in the hall, looking out through the antique, twisted grating upon the brilliant August moonlight. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z In five minutes the rebels were rushing through every embrasure, and a thousand tongues crying 'Victory'! A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z She felt herself pulled almost roughly from the embrasure, and he had kissed her. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z His mangled, bleeding columns rushed in at the embrasures of the rampart, and the whole garrison were in a few moments silent and still in death. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Where the light streamed in through what seemed properly an embrasure for cannon, pierced through a wall several yards in thickness, we saw a pile of Canadian newspapers. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z When, a quarter of an hour afterwards, she goes out into the corridor and towards the drawing-room door, she observes a dark figure standing in the embrasure of a window. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The two twelve-pounders had been mounted on their carriages, and the pieces were pointed out at the two front embrasures, from which they could be readily removed to those at the ends of the structure. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z And to make the comparison still more true, I now saw the flash of cannon through the jagged embrasures, and caught the distant thunder of their detonations. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Upon the top of it, before the battle, eight batteries were erected, with embrasures of cotton bales, piled transversely. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Moss-grown walls adjoined this town, ivy clung here and there, a tangle of briars filled the embrasures and the shattered arches. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z In the embrasure of a window stands a figure, motionless as a statue,--quite unaware of the approach of any one. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The cannon was run out again at the embrasure, and Levi pointed it, mindful of the instructions of the colonel commanding, so that the missile would go over the men at work on the raft. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Under its eaves, peeping through embrasures cut in the thatch, are four tiny casements, round which the ivy twines and the roses wave softly in the wind of June. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Gun after gun was silenced and abandoned, until within an hour every embrasure within a range of a thousand yards to the right and left was tenantless and silent. Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters 2011-01-28T03:00:21.780Z The lake road ran at right angles, and was fortified by an earthwork, furnished with embrasures, and these armed with falconets. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z In an embrasure a few feet from us a man was holding a lighted fuse to a cannon. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z The brilliant light within it flashed out through the open door in the rear, and through the three embrasures in sight. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Lights still gleamed from some upper windows of the castle, and in the embrasure of one of them stood a tea-table, which had been laid as usual, although no one had tasted a mouthful. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z They seated themselves in the two chairs which occupied the embrasure of the window, and Marie resumed her knitting, while Odile spread open a portfolio on her lap and seemed to be studying it. The Count of Nideck adapted from the French of Erckmann-Chartrian 2011-01-20T03:00:07.967Z Beyond the desert waste, lay the enemy's entrenchments—earthworks strengthened with gabions and trunks of trees, and here and there crenelated with the embrasures for their batteries. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Standing near one of the embrasures, and slightly parting the curtain, the Abbot sought to obtain a glimpse of what went on upon the street, and cast furtive looks upon the square. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Through the embrasures which had been made in the front and ends of the building it could be seen that the interior of the building was brilliantly illuminated. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z The urgent pressure of Lady Isabel's hand on her arm drew her into the embrasure of the window. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z Instead of filling the other embrasures with rudely contrasting modern glazing, a very intelligent effort has been made throughout the choir and transept to model as closely as possible upon these ancient examples. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z He half-opened his eyes, drew a breath or two and, looking round, beheld a sight that surprised him, the embrasure of an open door, near which he was lying in the air, on a sofa. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The forester guards, the soldiers, the Count's hunting men, concealed behind the embrasures of the windows on the ground floor, directed a plunging fire against the assailants. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The two Napoleons, as the twelve-pounders are sometimes called, were pointed out at the embrasures, and the aspect of the place was decidedly warlike. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Notice that in the easternmost embrasure the three medallions of the second tier, when considered together, form a picture of The Last Supper. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z All the other embrasures retain the original glazing, given about 1386 by the Founder, whose name frequently appears thereon. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Yes, when we put our ears to the stone wall built in the embrasure of the window, we thought we heard footsteps. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z No oxygen passed the Judas, but with noisy wings sorrow flew in the embrasure. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z He turned to Hortense, who was standing alone in the embrasure of one of the windows. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z There is an unique arrangement in some of the embrasures of Auxerre which we must not fail to note. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z For example, the canopies in the eastern embrasure of the north aisle have pedestals beneath them, a most unusual feature at that early date. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z At this spot there was a door in an embrasure. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z At each of the four corners of the square a strong block tower was erected with embrasures cut therein for shooting from. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. In the embrasure of the window, there stood an ancestral bequest, in the shape of a huge escritoire, finely carved, with inlaid mother-of-pearl drawers, where many secrets lay hid. The Undying Past The glass in the large, round Romanesque embrasures at the west end, although copied on old models, is modern and very thin in colour. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Modern grisaille has replaced its ancient prototype, which, in accordance with the conventions, surrounded these early canopies to increase the light-admitting power of the embrasures. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z At the side or end next the chasm, rose, beetling over it, a high turret, perforated in several storeys by small embrasures, and surrounded by three tiers of bartisans. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 There is a fortification erected on this point, with a number of embrasures for cannon facing the Narrows which make the entrance into the harbor. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The gates were closed; but in three rude embrasures, which had been broken in the wall by the workmen, frowned as many pieces of ordnance, commanding the street by which he had approached the palace. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico Note the modestly drawn donors in the lowest panels. 14th century canopies seldom filled the whole embrasure, appearing only in bands across a grisaille field; besides, their architecture was much cruder, they lacked pedestals, etc. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The seven large embrasures that light the choir clerestory each contain a group of lancets, five in every case, except in the most westerly pair, where there are but four. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Amidst a storm of iron hail Jasper leaped from one of the embrasures, recovered the flag, mounted it on his spontoon staff and unfurled it to the breeze. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution I waited in the embrasure of a door until Liszt had finished the piece he was playing with his accustomed taste. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 It was from a mask in full Indian costume, whom I saw leaning with a warrior's well-known dignity against the embrasure of the window by which I had entered. X Y Z A Detective Story The fifteenth century canopies almost invariably filled the entire embrasure. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Very graceful is the adjustment of the cartouches into which the stone mullions divide the entire surface, and also the way in which they tend to become pointed in the upper part of the embrasure. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Ferez, of course, knew all about her, and he drew the two men into the embrasure of a long window. The Moonlit Way Thuriot mounts with him to the battlements; heaps of paving-stones, old iron, and missiles lie piled; cannon all duly leveled; in every embrasure a cannon,—only drawn back a little! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII There were the gateways, the flanking towers, and the embrasures; while behind them rose domes and cupolas, and the sharp-peaked roofs of numberless houses, intermingled with lofty trees. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa In the embrasures at the eastern end of this lower church or crypt have been placed a set of fifteenth century windows taken from the old Ste. Chapelle of Bourges, each consisting of four canopies. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The western end of the choir opens into the antechapel, which lacks its ancient glazing except for the fragments gathered together into the central western embrasure, whose original tracery glass, however, remains intact. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z He was standing alone with Paula in the embrasure of the window, a few moments before his departure. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life Lady Wychcote was sitting up in bed, staring at the open window as though Death had appeared to her in its embrasure. Shadows of Flames A Novel Black cowered in the embrasure of the boarded window, glaring out at his brother-in-law. The Gray Mask St. Vincent has its entire lower part lighted by large embrasures completely glazed with glass of this period, producing a singularly brilliant and luminous effect all about us. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z This latter query is answered most simply—the church was built to provide embrasures for these treasures. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The nurse was standing in the embrasure of a window near the bed and heard the will read. A Master Hand The Story of a Crime Shacks and headquarters shanty were torn down, and a half-moon work was erected with sand bags on the brow of the hill with three embrasures commanding all the south and east. An Artilleryman's Diary He saw, half hidden in the folds of the curtain at the side of the embrasure in which he had stood, a figure, indistinct, clothed evidently in black. The Gray Mask Of the third window it is fair to say that some of the panes were brought from other embrasures of this church. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z In addition to this great embrasure, the choir is lighted by seven ample three-lanceted windows on each side. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Leading her to a seat, he left her, and retired to the corridor, or the embrasure of a window. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. While Captain McBride and his pioneers were hard at work on the new work, the Battery boys worked hard fixing up the embrasures on the old work, raising it with sand bags, etc. An Artilleryman's Diary She glanced about the room with its small paned windows, its deep embrasures, its shallow ceiling. The Gray Mask So well lighted is it from the clerestory above that we are forced to conclude that all the chapel embrasures below must at one time have been filled with the gloom-producing medallions. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The shape of the embrasures which he provided were peculiarly suited to this agreeable method of glazing. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Only the embrasures through which the guns fired were exposed to the enemy’s fire. Battery E in France 149th Field Artillery, Rainbow (42nd) Division Battery boys worked on the old embrasure till 3 P. M., when the assembly sounded and orders given to hitch up and prepare to move immediately. An Artilleryman's Diary The British now made new embrasures, and for two or three days kept up a galling fire upon those at work. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools This is owing to the almost incredible folly of the monks of Rheims who, in the years 1739-68, removed the coloured glass from the lower embrasures to admit more light. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The duty of the glazier was to adorn the window embrasures constructed for him by the architect, and thus assist in the decoration of the church. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z It has done service as vestry also, and in the window embrasure in the upper room is a stone altar table. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield The night was cool; and it was pleasant, looking over the flowing river, and watching the twinkling lights flashing from the windows and embrasures of the fort. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Before there could be a second discharge, the battery was carried by assault, some firing in to the embrasures; others scaling the walls. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The choir clerestory embrasures are really too small to afford room for the two rows of bishops one above the other. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z These two windows are assisted in their service of beauty by the fact that the embrasures about them are not burdened with modern mistakes, but were glazed during the Perpendicular period. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z On the 29th April, Mark Smeaton was standing sulkily in the deep embrasure of a window in Anne’s chamber in the palace of Greenwich. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History The advanced works were not, except in some instances, yet armed, and large masses of material which had accumulated in their vicinity cumbered the embrasures and rendered their parapets liable to destruction by fire. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 The three succeeding days were devoted to the completion of this line of trenches, during which time the enemy opened new embrasures in positions from which their fire was far more effective than at first. The Minute Boys of York Town The lancets have richly coloured single figures below canopies of such size that their pinnacles occupy more than half the height of the embrasures. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The middle embrasure on the northerly side is beautified by the tasteful use of written scrolls, which wind about the figures and the columns of simulated architecture. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Next morning the enemy's fleet lying within range, the embrasures were unmasked, and a fire opened upon the Dunmore. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia "The fire now became so excessively heavy that the enemy withdrew their cannon from their embrasures, placed them behind the merlins, and scarcely fired a shot during the whole day." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 So tremendous was the bombardment that the besieged soon withdrew their cannon from the embrasures, and fired very few shots in return. The Minute Boys of York Town A most charming stone setting is provided for this sixteenth century glazing by the broad and high embrasures of six lancets each. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z On the southerly side of the nave the embrasures nearest to the west and to the east have single figures in canopy. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The fifth is shown by a figure of a monk sitting by the embrasure of his cell, laboriously decorating the pages of some sacred book of the Middle Ages. Dorothy's Tour It is with great difficulty that some grenadiers of the National Guard defend the embrasure of the window where Louis XVI. still stands immovable on his bench. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty And within the chapel, in one of those deep embrasures against the walls, was May Dashwood. The New Warden These latter are fine tall-pinnacled examples, each canopy enclosing a single figure, and are found in three of the four great embrasures that light the end walls of the transepts. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z In the two embrasures on the north side have been collected all that remains of the original pattern glass, but the other lights have been glazed as much like these two as possible. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Meanwhile apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers and whispered together, beholding the moon rise Over the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the meadows. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The Queen and her children occupied the embrasure of a window, and the large and heavy table used by the ministerial council was placed in front of them as a sort of barricade. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty She put her work aside and came through into the broad embrasure of the bay. The New Warden Later they were restored to their original embrasures, but some of the heads and limbs having been lost, a bungling repairer replaced them by fragments from other panels. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z In the north aisle of the nave the third, fifth and fifteenth embrasures from the west provide us with marked examples of the Perpendicular. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The dead and wounded were moved aside so as to enable us to move a piece of artillery to an embrasure commanding the house and ridge. The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 It is proposed to the King that he stand on a bench in the embrasure of the central window, from which there is a view of the courtyard. Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty In all this long building there are no windows above the court-yard, only two rows of narrow embrasures are visible therein. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries And in the embrasures below, what a gallery of harmonious glass! Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The central embrasure of the most easterly or Trinity Chapel retains its early mosaic medallions, easily distinguished from the modern imitations on either side. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z He stands in the embrasure of one of the windows, the velvet curtains making a screen behind him. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Muttering still his disapprobation of this unworthy treatment, Bags put his bundle on the stone embrasure of the battery, and began to unfold it. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 But the most prominent features of Callao that attract the eye, are the round, flat turrets of the Castle, flanked on either side by long lines of curtains, bastions, embrasures, and batteries. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia Unfortunately, the ancient panels were not large enough to fill the embrasures here provided, so this extra space was filled by wide borders of light modern glass. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Glass even more typically Decorated is to be seen in the eastern wall of the north-east transept, and again in the most easterly embrasure of the south choir ambulatory. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z He wished he could have gone to one of the embrasures and tied his rope to the gun itself; but even if the gunners were asleep, it involved a risk he dared not run. Barclay of the Guides On the forest side we erected a strong breastwork or stockade, with a wide and deep ditch, and embrasures for some guns—I now forget the number—I think four. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment We still worked hard at the Garita—deepening the ditch—filling up embrasures, and raising the walls. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The traceries of the three easternmost choir embrasures are filled with blue eaglets on a golden ground, the insignia of the Montmorencys. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Each embrasure has three lancets subdivided horizontally at the middle, making six spaces. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Here, surely, at this fortuitous embrasure, he could put his fortune to the test. Barclay of the Guides On these are built prodigious bastions and stone walls, with embrasures and loop-holes, so that any approach by assault or escalade was impossible. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment He walks away from her, and she, moving into the deep embrasure of the large bow window, stands staring blankly upon the sunlit landscape without. Portia or By Passions Rocked The remainder of the embrasure is, in each case, filled with modern glass done in the Renaissance manner and intended to harmonise with the older panel in its midst. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z The rich colours demanded by the Earl’s executors must have produced a splendid effect in this chapel when all the embrasures were glazed as sumptuously as is the east window. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z She was standing beside one of the great guns and had been looking out through the embrasure. The Story of Old Fort Loudon With a glass we could see people on the walls and bastions in great numbers, and guns peeping from the embrasures, of enormous size. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment So far not a head appeared above the breastworks; not a shot from the embrasures in the forts. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign So tall are the clerestory embrasures that generally only the middle portion of them contains personages, the upper and lower parts being filled with grisaille. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Like the large windows of the east transepts there is here a double plane of stonework reaching half-way up the face of the embrasure. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Had each hoisted up and slipped out of embrasure; could hardly force men to touch them. The Story of Old Fort Loudon We now arrived at the end of the bridge, where there was a kind of half-moon battery or breastwork—at least there had been, but now nothing but the parapet and embrasures remained. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Collie dogs rise lazily under the deep embrasures of the arched plazas. Through Our Unknown Southwest Most of these upper embrasures were glazed in the fourteenth century, and show to a marked degree the revulsion from the sombre mosaic, and the demand for greater illumination. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z In the Early English style the arch at the top becomes pointed and the embrasures narrower. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Sitting on a garden seat in the embrasure of the arch, he commanded a slanting but uninterrupted view of the room and its inmates. The Return of the Prodigal Olga, having drawn back the curtains from the central window, is standing in its embrasure, looking out silently upon the glories of the night. Rossmoyne They ran up at the back in a steep glacis with embrasures for curios, and were reflected to infinity in tall dusty pier-glasses propped against the walls. Aliens The central part of each embrasure is filled by a large personage, with sundry smaller figures above, and groups below. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z Four of his canopied figures have been moved to the first embrasure from the east in the choir clerestory. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z She was boarded up tightly with tiers of heavy oak planking, in which embrasures were cut for the guns, of which she carried three bronze twelve-pounder howitzers, apparently. History of Morgan's Cavalry Monica joins in from sheer sympathy; but Kit, who is sitting in the embrasure of a distant window and who had been strangely silent ever since the invitation came from Aghyohillbeg, maintains a stern gravity. Rossmoyne The scene is laid on the platform of one of the antique guns which frown from the embrasures of the river face of the fortress. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. There had previously been a difference of opinion between Captain Lee and myself in regard to the dimensions that should be given to the embrasures. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war This glass has not always remained in its original embrasures, but, fortunately, did not stray far. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z "What is it, mamma?" asked Laura, as, with her books and Fido, she sat in the embrasure of the large hall window, waiting for the doctor's decision. The Princess Idleways A Fairy Story Leaving the door open, she sat down in the one chair, while Donald leaned on his elbow in the deep window embrasure. The Wilderness Trail He leaped through an embrasure, walked the whole length of the fort in a heavy fire from the ships, caught up the flag, brought it safely back, and fastened it to a sponge-staff. The Little Book of the Flag The Chief Engineer decided in favor of Captain Lee, and the embrasures were changed and made to conform to his views. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war Glass dating from the end of the reign of Henry VI. is to be seen in the three most westerly embrasures of the clerestory on the north, and the two most easterly on the south. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Every house top, every balcony, every embrasure of a window swarmed with the multitude. Maria Antoinette Makers of History The waiter now came bustling in and out of the room, and Mrs. Mackintosh drew Cecil apart into the embrasure of a window. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts It was impossible at such a distance that I could be sure, but the thought was sufficient, and I craned out of the embrasure to follow them as long as possible. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Just after that incident, I asked Captain Lee what he now thought in regard to the proper dimensions for the embrasures. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war Both these embrasures are glazed with Renaissance work of considerable excellence; the one to the east dates from about 1500, and the southerly one from about eighty years later. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z A few officers of the National Guard, roused by the peril of the king, succeeded in reaching him, and, crowding him into the embrasure of a window, placed themselves as a shield before him. Maria Antoinette Makers of History A section of our battery was to occupy embrasures in the fort. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. The night was falling; through an embrasure and across the gardened valley I saw the lamp-lighters hasting along Princes Street with ladder and lamp, and looked on moodily. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) In a very short time after the firing began one of the embrasures became so badly choked that it could not be used until the debris could be removed. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war The most westerly embrasure of the southerly pair has in its upper row three canopies which, taken together, show the martyrdom of St. Edmund. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z By the surging of the crowd she was swept into the embrasure of another window, where she was hemmed in without any possibility of extrication. Maria Antoinette Makers of History They were told to enter by a certain embrasure, leaving their arms in the ditch. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. The window embrasures became the roost of happy couples; at the great chimney the talkers mostly congregated, each full-charged with scandal; and down at the farther end the gamblers gambled. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The naval captain in command, without consulting me, ordered the embrasures to be cleared at once, with the intention of immediately opening fire. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war There is, however, a fine picture of St. George killing the dragon in the central lancet of the westmost embrasure in the south aisle. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z "Keep an eye round you," Henri told Jules, for the two were posted at one embrasure, and no one else was in the chamber. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front He moved his piece from its first position en barbette on the right of the fort, to an embrasure that more effectually commanded the rebel advance. Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. He sat in the wide embrasure of the window and leaned forward on a crossed knee. The Last Straw Perceiving what was being done by the sailors in re-opening the embrasures, I ordered them to stop; and asked by whose authority they were acting. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war These latter are from six to ten inches too short for the embrasures, thus indicating that they have been transferred from elsewhere. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The embrasures for the guns can easily be discerned with the glasses. The Boys of '98 At this juncture, three other rebels came into the embrasure at the muzzle of the gun, and then the order was given to "fire." Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. With the Queen was Madame de Lamballe, seated in an embrasure of a window, before an easel. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The naval captain insisted that the embrasures should be cleared at once, and the firing resumed. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war Note the early Tree of Jesse of this period in the third embrasure from the west in the south choir aisle. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z As the Dupont was leaving her position off the lighthouse point, a big shell was fired from the middle embrasure of a battery on the other side of the harbour, called Gorda. The Boys of '98 He shook open the window and then shrank back into the far corner of the embrasure. Officer 666 Katharine lifted the inkhorn from its hole in the arm of the chair and gracefully followed the stiff and rigid figure into the embrasure of a distant window. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court The blankness of the entire rear facade of the structure was broken only by one window, built into a deep embrasure. Death Points a Finger They fill almost all the embrasures not occupied by the earlier glass. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z Repulsed at the first attempt the troops again pushed on, at length gained the summit of the ridge, drove the enemy into their redoubt and scrambled in after them through the embrasures. The History of the First West India Regiment As he approached it, another workman came running up. ick stood aside in an embrasure in the wall partly occupied by a machine. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Standing in the embrasure of the window through which the June light streamed, he told Barbara Lee in awkward, earnest words all that was in his heart. Highacres And in the shadow cast by the embrasure of the casement, Jaime saw a sparkle, the cause of which his covetous eye at once detected. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 Still more interesting is the embrasure containing the “Six Corporal Acts of Mercy” with its engaging little groups, of which, perhaps, the quaintest is the upper central one, “Giving Drink to the Thirsty.” Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The temperature would indeed have been unbearable but for an occasional puff of cooler air which reached us through the embrasures. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' It was a jäger clad in green who opened the door of the hunting lodge, and gazed, apparently without recognition, at the two men standing in the dark embrasure of the porch. The Princess Virginia As Bucks looked through his embrasure to see if all had been served, his eye fell on the group in the corner and he heard the woman suppressing the sobbing of her little girl. The Mountain Divide His inner heart was all of flesh; but his demands for the rectitude of mankind pointed out like the muzzles of cannon through the embrasures of his virtues. Dr. Sevier It completely fills the large eastern embrasure, and one needs but a glance to recognise it as a Renaissance work of an excellent type. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z The walls of the house averaged five feet in thickness, and the recesses for the windows looked like embrasures in a fort. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The direct object of this preparatory cannonade was to destroy the wire entanglements, bury the defenders in their dugouts, raze the trenches, smash the embrasures, and stop up the alleys of communication. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War One notices there also the beautiful beveled paneling of the window embrasures, the paneled soffit of the Palladian window and its built-in seat. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia No plain square affair, with three pointed arches in the façade, and a gable of pink tiles; but here are quoins, oriels, embrasures, segmental arches, and other luxuries of architecture. The Book of Khalid A strong redoubt, With saliant angles, and embrasures deep, Be speedily thrown up. The Battle of Bunkers-Hill So she picked up her black skirt, and stuffed it into the narrow window embrasure, until not a ray of light from within could be seen to peep through on the other side. A Bride of the Plains Well, my friends, we ran precisely a similar risk, though the cloudy embrasures over the island had not quite enough thunder to reach us. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life These support two complete entablatures forming the lintels of the rectangular windows and being carried around into the embrasure of the central window, the keyed165 arch of which springs from the entablatures. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia "My aunt's parties are like a Derby Day crowd," panted Amy Loring, as an unseen pianist began to play and they were squeezed into the embrasure of a window. The Education of Eric Lane The remainder instantly fled to the further end of the fort, and from the ship we could perceive many of them leap from the embrasures upon the rocks, a height of above 25 feet. The Surrender of Napoleon Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815 At her command the guard drew back a heavy drape that hid an embrasure in the far wall. The Copper-Clad World Just then a musket ball struck the cannon in the embrasure, rolled along, and fell at the general's feet. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services No less interesting than the outward appearance of the entrance is its inward aspect, with its deeply paneled embrasures and soffit, its quaint strap hinges and rim lock. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia In the deep embrasures of the windows there were stone seats, but there were few chairs, or none at all, in the bedrooms. Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome The steep ascent up the side of the rock is commanded by a cross-wall pierced with embrasures, and a platform mounting two small batteries. The Cornish Riviera You see an irregular pile of earth, about fifteen feet above the river, with sand-bag embrasures, which at first sight you think are blocks of stone, but they are grain-sacks filled with sand. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field But he could not resist the raging influence of the Book-Mania: nor could all his embrasures and entrenchments screen him from the attacks of this insanity. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Their heads in the embrasure of the window, Herrera and the gipsy could hear every word that passed. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 But, just then, a dozen or so Monaldeschi archers, crossbows loaded and cranked back, had trotted into the kitchen and nearby rooms and taken up stations by the embrasures. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Assaulted by the Corsicans with great vigour, the Genoese had the inhumanity to suspend the boy from an embrasure where the enemy's fire was the hottest. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. There are a great many angles, with embrasures for cannon. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field I leaned in the embrasure of the southern window, gazing at my lighted lanterns, which dangled from the halyards at Saint-Yssel. The Maids of Paradise This was the only window having an external aspect in the whole fortress, all the other openings in the exterior walls being mere loop-holes and embrasures. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History When he heard the first battle shouts through the narrow embrasures on the ground floor, he let out a little sigh of relief. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel A thought of him lying dead in his blood by the dark embrasure that masked the entrance to the royal apartments flashed across her mind. A Modern Mercenary You look west from these embrasures, and see that the ground is much broken. My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Swinging back the curtain he disappeared into the embrasure. Malcolm Sage, Detective The Tour de Constance is of extraordinary girth and solidity, divided into three superposed circular chambers, with very fine vaults, which are lighted by embrasures of prodigious depth, converging to windows little larger than loopholes. A Little Tour of France Saxham's eyes were glued on the black figure and the white figure nearing, nearing the embrasure in the earthwork redoubt, and his face was of an ugly blue-white, and dabbled with sweat. The Dop Doctor A turn brought them in sight of Unziar's tall figure, standing sword in hand on the lowest step of the flight that led up to the embrasure covering the door leading to the royal apartments. A Modern Mercenary Do you remember a charming full-length portrait, that we once saw, of Mary and Francis standing in the embrasure of a window of one of the royal palaces? In Château Land As he spoke Malcolm Sage appeared from the embrasure of the window through which he had entered, and where he had taken cover as Sir Lyster rose to open the door. Malcolm Sage, Detective Constans fancied that the man spoke to some one who stood hidden in the deep embrasure of a window, but it was too far to either see or hear. The Doomsman It was Wednesday again, and Saxham came riding through the embrasure in the oblong earthwork, and down the gravelly glacis that led into the Women's Laager. The Dop Doctor When they reached the court, Grimaud seated himself negligently in one of the embrasures, his legs dangling outside the wall. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. But the wall had been built without reference to artillery, it had neither towers nor embrasures for mounting cannons. The Red True Story Book She leant against the embrasure of the window, and re-read the letter with angry sneers. Madame Bovary A Tale of Provincial Life The King certainly had one evening withdrawn with his confessor into the embrasure of a window. Political Women, Vol. 2 The summer clouds lay pitched like tents In meads of heavenly azure; And each dread gun of the elements Slept in its hid embrasure. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Men-at-arms mumbled their offices; steel caps concealed tonsures: embrasures framed precious panes: trumpets sounded the Angelus: mail chinked beneath vestments: sallies became processions: sentinels cried "Pax vobiscum"…. Jonah and Co. From an embrasure in the angle of the salient above him the hateful hammering of a German machine-gun began. With Haig on the Somme It would seem hard for a hotel with so many awned-off corridors an' palmed embrasures with teet-a-teet sofas, to live along without sin.” Humorous Ghost Stories These walls form a square, each side of which is about half a mile in length, and has batteries, parapets, and embrasures. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery An old lady, with a determined face, stood framed in the embrasure. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code A gallery in a ruinous condition runs round the entire length of the walls, with a parapet of some six feet in height and embrasures. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria The party was noticed by a sentinel and fired upon; and this seemed to be the signal to call every man to his post at the embrasures. Anecdotes of Dogs In an embrasure, a few feet from us, stood a man with a lighted fuse in his hand. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 It has embrasures, but no guns were mounted. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Finding it dimly lighted, and heated to a Summer temperature, she ensconced herself a la Sultana in one of the deep window embrasures, and lay sulkily watching the flying snowflakes and the fast coming night. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter The entire castle, as already mentioned, forms a quadrangle, and has four hexagonal towers, with embrasures, and a few bronze cannons. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria We made good embrasures, thickened the works in our front and dug trenches for our caisson wheels close behind works, so that axles lay on the ground. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. He found her in the embrasure of the window, and went on with an air of speaking for her ear alone. The Convert The Russians fired one or two guns when the French were in the embrasures. The Life of Gordon, Volume I The smooth-bore guns mounted in the embrasures would hardly send a shot to the nearest of the hostile gunboats. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The Kala, which is 850 years old, once formed a square, at the corners of which were circular towers, with oval cupolas, and three embrasures. The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria A puff of smoke came from a Federal embrasure across the river and both squatted below the protecting bank. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. "What a disgusting birthday!" cried Vixen, sitting in the deep embrasure of the hall window, with Argus at her side, dog and girl looking out at the glistening shrubbery. Vixen, Volume I. The conduct of the Imperial Light Horse was superb, and Major Edwards was the first man in the embrasure. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 In the sides were embrasures, from which, when open, peered the iron muzzles of the dogs of war, ready to show their teeth and spit fire and iron at the enemy. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 A mode of mounting guns to fire over the parapet, so as to have free range, instead of through embrasures. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It happened that the embrasure of the 3rd piece flared a little more squarely to the front of the others. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. They had hewn gun-positions out of solid cliffs, skilfully placed so as to cover the routes of approach, and had cemented up the embrasures. World's War Events, Vol. I Above the windows comes the moulded string or cornice continued from the transept, and above this the pierced merlons of the Decorated battlement are again very broad in proportion to the embrasures. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Not a shot entered an embrasure, though many came near it. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The giving power or encouragement.—To animate a battery, to place guns in its embrasures.—To animate a needle, to magnetize it.—To animate the crew in various ways for any special duty. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Three whole shells struck the 3rd gun during the action, each coming through the embrasure only about one foot in width. A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. At length the company rose from table and gathered in groups of three or four, while the King and his host retired into the embrasure of one of the windows. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg As they advanced up the road, he would now have turned his cannon in their embrasures, and fired on those of the enemy who had turned our line and come in range. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 About midnight, attracted by the dead silence, some volunteers had crept into an embrasure of the Redan and found the place deserted by the foe. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Large movable musket-proof blinds used by besiegers at the head of a sap, now mostly fitted to embrasures to protect the gunners from sharpshooters: they are best when made of plaited rope. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The central semicircular portion was pierced with three embrasures for ordnance, but so badly made as to admit of but a limited area of fire. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The thought passed away directly, and he went up to the roof, where the four men were together upon the platform examining the two guns facing the embrasures. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War The cheeks of the embrasures of our batteries were formed of cotton bales, which the enemy's balls struck, sending the cotton flying through the air. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 A few bounds took the active line of stormers across the perilous interval, and within a minute's time they were scrambling up the face and slipping through the embrasures of the long-defiant fort. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The vertical notches or openings made in the parapet walls of old castles and fortified buildings, to serve for embrasures to the bowmen, arquebusiers, &c., of former days. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Happily the embrasures of the forts were so badly made, that the enemy had but a small angle of fire. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The result was that the corporal’s shot went right through the embrasure of the piece to the left, while Ben’s went over. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War Bales of cotton were used only at the bottom and sides of the embrasures, for a firmer support for the artillery, beneath a casing of heavy plank. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 They squared them up, and laid them carefully in a curved line ten blocks long and three blocks high, with the requisite embrasures. The Flag That part of a battery which remains above the platform, and under the gun after the opening of the embrasure. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As they went in they looked up, and saw a great many cannons pointed down at them from the embrasures in the surrounding ramparts and bastions. Rollo in Scotland He stepped to the embrasure as the smoke slowly rose, and gazed out at the enemy’s battery. The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War The other figure, also a woman, was partly hidden in a window embrasure. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest It was but a second, however, in which she glanced across it, darted through the small embrasure, and was lost to the eyes of the men within the darkness of the old barrack. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 That part of the parapet of a battery between two adjacent embrasures, 15 or 20 feet long in general. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On the side next the sea is a low wall, pierced with embrasures, while a handsome centre building is also surmounted by battlements. A Yacht Voyage Round England In the second story the embrasures were nothing but large unfinished openings, slightly boarded up. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Fred was, however, rather disappointed at the Camp: he expected to have seen turrets and embrasures, and, if not cannon, at all events a few catapults and battering-rams. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home These made no sign of defiance whatever, not a man being seen on the parapets, nor a gun peeping from their embrasures, which were hidden with mantlets. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant The interior faces or sides of an embrasure. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Then, like a child making friends with a playmate, she took Gaetano into the embrasure of a meadow, and began to talk with him in a low tone. The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 We were hard at work, mounting guns, preparing shells to be used as hand-grenades, stopping up surplus embrasures, and removing the débris which encumbered the passages from one part of the work to another. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 He thrust his way through and stopped before the embrasure of a door closed by a tapestry hanging or, at least, by the back of a hanging. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective Jack cast many an anxious glance through the embrasure, to catch the movements of the boats. The Three Midshipmen In fortification, a chamber having a vaulted roof capable of resisting vertical fire, and affording embrasures or loop-holes to contribute to the defence of the place: without these it would be merely a bomb-proof. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Leaving his motor under the wall some distance from the door where it was hidden by creepers overhanging, he concealed himself in one of the thick embrasures and watched. The Rider in Khaki A Novel I left small trap-doors in the bottom of these, for the purpose of throwing down shells on the heads of any party below attempting to force an entrance through the embrasures. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 The man closed the doors of the cupboard and hid himself in the embrasure of a broad window, drawing the curtains in front of him. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective He instantly crawled to one of the embrasures, and looked out. The Three Midshipmen In an instant the latter had made up his mind what to do, and, cautiously climbing in through the embrasure before him, stole noiselessly toward the unconscious man. Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess They had actually crept into the main fort through the embrasures, in spite of every effort to prevent them. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 We were on the alert, therefore, with men stationed at all the embrasures; but nothing unusual occurred. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 I have, moreover, cut an embrasure, through which I can fire upon the gulls, herons, and cormorants, as they fly screaming past my nest. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) The thin parapet is deeply embattled with intermediate loopholes, but there are no regular embrasures for artillery. The Three Midshipmen As the narrow channel of the river allowed an attacking party to present only a narrow front, the batteries required but little horizontal range for their guns, and the embrasures were accordingly made quite narrow. From Fort Henry to Corinth There were six bastions, and three batteries, with embrasures for 148 cannon and 6 mortars. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Some lay down close to the ground, with handkerchiefs over their mouths, and others posted themselves near the embrasures, where the smoke was somewhat lessened by the draught of air. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 Then, wide-eyed, silent, tense, he halted, gazing at the sunshine-bathed figure in the window embrasure. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play In vain the British and their allies fired away at every loophole and embrasure where a man’s head or firelock was to be seen. The Three Midshipmen From angle to angle of the north stockade, from the embrasures of the tower, poured a deadly sheet of flame. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada "A shell burst right on one of the embrasures." A Girl of the Commune Senator Wigfall, in company with W. Gourdin Young, of Charleston, unexpectedly made his appearance at one of the embrasures, having crossed over from Morris Island in a small boat, rowed by negroes. Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 But her aunt, turning her back to her, moved into the embrasure of the window. Miss Mackenzie He was stretched on the floor in the embrasure of the dormer window, nursing his face in his hands, his near-sighted eyes fairly boring into the pages. Chicken Little Jane Still the cannons looked rather formidable from their embrasures. A Little Girl in Old Quebec An hour later the embrasures are opened, the black guns run out, and Sumter hurls back her answer to the voice of rebellion. History of the United States, Volume 3 A heavy bulwark for protection against sharp-shooters, and with embrasures for field guns, surrounded her upper deck. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War "Well—I must be back in a minute," she said, as she entered the embrasure of the counter. The Lost Girl As a substitute for them, however, one man placed himself close to the wall under an embrasure, while another climbed upon his shoulders. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Later on, if it became necessary to close this aperture for greater safety, Godfrey could try and pierce one or two embrasures in the bark of the sequoia to serve as windows. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery They had finished supper in the great oak-ceilinged room down below, where a fire burned in the stone embrasure, and the soft lights of candles in silver candelabra made only more tenebrous the darkness overhead. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story There were six-bastions and eight batteries, containing embrasures for one hundred and forty-eight cannon, of which forty-five only were mounted, and eight mortars. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Practice had made him nimble now, and leaping up, he caught the bars, drew himself into the embrasure, and peered between the bars. In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" So heavy, however, had been the fire from the steamer and gunboats that the resolution of the enemy failed them, and the gallant crews forced their way through the embrasures. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Then the reports of the guns began to echo from the embrasures. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery McClellan worshipped great ordnance, and some of his columbiads, that were mounted in the water battery, yawned cavernously through their embrasures, and might have furnished sleeping accommodations to the gunners. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War There were the parapets of fortified houses, with their regular notches and embrasures. The Scalp Hunters The embrasure was above the heads of the crowd. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico "Is that a cannon?" asked Lamartine, pointing to a dark object that protruded from an embrasure of the edifice. Edmond Dantès They sat down on one of the seats in an embrasure. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him In an embrasure at a few feet distant, a man with a fuse stood by a cannon. How The Redoubt Was Taken 1896 The gallantry of Sergeant George Symons was always conspicuous, but especially on the 6th of June 1855, when he volunteered to unmask the embrasures of a five-gun battery, in the advanced right attack. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign Those who by chance or curiosity glanced into the embrasure were appalled by the expression of that face. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Then, although no breach was made, the troops were landed, and the boats’ crews, climbing up through the embrasures, struck the Spanish flag and hoisted the English colours! Old Jack Men leaned smoking in the heavily curtained embrasures of the windows, their foreheads lowered, their eyebrows casting over their eyes the shadows as if of a profound fatigue. Sacrifice Sand-bags and barrels were arranged so as to cover the embrasures. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 No sooner was the first embrasure unmasked, than the enemy commenced a terrific fire on him; but, undaunted, he continued the work. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign The position he occupied was nearly in front of the embrasure, and he had only to lean a little to one side to get a view of the Plaza. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico They never once checked in their advance; but the moment they touched the shore the crews rushed up, entering the forts at the embrasures, while the pirates fled by the rear. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The moist heat of the equatorial summer penetrated the embrasures of the fort, and made stifling even the dim, whitewashed room where Lawrence Teck was sitting. Sacrifice Don Michaels looked out of a weapons embrasure. The Best Made Plans As each fresh embrasure was unmasked, the enemy’s fire was increased. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign Obedient to this impulse, the eye of Carlos was raised to the walls, his cell was not a dungeon—a small window, or embrasure, admitted light. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico At every deep embrasure Paul paused, searching the recess by the flickering glare of the match, and then, finding nothing, both men went on. Paul Patoff There were embrasures for 120 pieces of artillery. The Philippine Islands Mrs. Milo, quite within the embrasure of the bay-window, looked on like a person at an entertainment. Apron-Strings Captain Browne was the first person who entered the battery, which consisted of the two guns in question, protected by high palisades, the embrasures being closed with sliding shutters. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign They were adobe bricks, and the embrasure enabled him to tell their thickness. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Its batteries are well disposed, and there are cannon at each embrasure; but they are there only in a manner for show, as they have no carriages, and are supported only by brick work. Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770. The Prince gave the Arab one hundred duckets 189; the guns were fired; and the head and feet were hung over an embrasure of the round battery, facing the south. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Swiftly she shrank back into the embrasure of one of the long windows, thankful for the green blinds against which her dark dressing-gown would give no sign. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Lewis, * who gallantly swam the ditches, and were the first established on the walls, each assisting the others to mount the embrasures. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign A few moments sufficed for him to work himself up to the banqueta; and, having mounted this, he applied his face to the embrasure and looked forth. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Back of the embrasures are galleries cut through the stone, and here, in time of siege, the soldiers would stand behind the huge guns. Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty A cheap deal wash-hand-stand, a couple of chairs, and a small table with a blurred looking-glass stood against the wall beneath a deep embrasure, in which there was a window. A Master of Mysteries Sidi had checked his horse as he approached the battery, not seeing any entrance to it, and was pausing, irresolute which way to turn, when Edgar leapt from an embrasure and ran towards him. At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt Olive was looking up at the clouds, her thin cheek resting against the embrasure of the window, gazing so intently that she never seemed to hear her father's voice or step. Olive A Novel From the embrasure of his prison Carlos looked upon the terrible spectacle. The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Stuart noticed that the Cuban so placed himself that he was well out of a possible line of fire between the negro general and the embrasure where the boy was hidden. Plotting in Pirate Seas The works were indeed formidable and the barracks extensive; and the old chestnut logs with blackened ends, that were mounted in some of the embrasures, had, at a distance, grim visages. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Several of the garrison got wounded, and no possibility of standing near the embrasures. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 This was maintained, however, steadily but, in spite of this interference with their operations, the Spaniards on the 20th of October opened thirty-five embrasures, in three batteries, in a line between their two forts. Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) The main or gun-deck supports the armament, and is protected by a parapet four feet ten inches thick, of solid timber, pierced by embrasures. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships He entered the embrasure and stood beside the stranger, who at once relapsed into his fixed gaze at nothing across the street. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People It was very steep indeed, but we were not fired upon by any small-arms whatever; and the guns could not be sufficiently depressed from the embrasures to be made to bear upon us. Rattlin the Reefer The embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour in such volleys when they were opened that the men could not stand to the guns. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Krantz perceived it, and lay down under the embrasure, and was soon fast asleep. The Phantom Ship As we approached a white stone castle shining brightly in the sun, near the mouth, a puff of smoke issued from one of the embrasures. The Boy who sailed with Blake The guns peering through the embrasures commanded the landing-place, but, as the fort was evidently deserted, the boats pulled in, and the lieutenant and his companions at once leaped on shore. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Their fire continued incessant from heavy artillery and mortars, and we opened fresh embrasures to flank their works, keeping up a constant fire from all the howitzers and small mortars were possessed. Hurricane Hurry |
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