| 单词 | fastness |
| 例句 | Leaning into it, faster, harder, my feet slap the pavement, until it comes — that weightless, near-to- flying fastness. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the vast disturbances in the Arctic, the ice had begun to disappear, and Iorek knew that he had to find an icebound fastness for his kin, or they would perish. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was another five years after that before the two travelers finally returned for good to the mountain fastness. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When I leave this place, I shall make my way to that fastness, and, God willing, shall there be reunited with several of my Regiment, Pro Bono and Nsia Williams first among them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The timberwolf and woodland caribou also disappeared from their last Appalachian fastnesses in the first years of this century, and the black bear very nearly followed them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z On this word she departed, grey-eyed Athena, to where the gods have their eternal dwelling—as men say—in the fastness of Olympos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been bom on Dragonstone nine moons after their flight, while a raging summer storm threatened to rip the island fastness apart. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘Let us drive through such foes as are already between us and the fastness. There are caves in Helm’s Deep where hundreds may lie hid; and secret ways lead thence up on to the hills.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It was as if the Pied Piper had led all the children off to some mountain fastness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The rumours that you have heard are true: he has indeed arisen again and left his hold in Mirkwood and returned to his ancient fastness in the Dark Tower of Mordor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “And now they are here, on our side of the Wall. Driven from their mountain fastness and into my bedchamber.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘Here at least you are guarded in the strongest fastness of the Mark,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I have many servants in my mountain fastness, and all the riches I could dream of. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had not our dire incentive for the success of that Regiment—a noncommissioned officer in a hated regiment in a precarious fastness only a few hundred feet from a growing and volatile enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Men said that in the far-off days of the glory of Gondor the sea-kings had built here this fastness with the hands of giants. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The shadowcats would make a morsel of him, and the clans that dwelt in the mountain fastnesses were brigands and murderers who bowed to no law but the sword. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As the days darkened with threat of war, being wise, he had repaired the wall and made the fastness strong. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The condition of the unique complex, which included a Moth Room to study insect infestation and a Light Room to check colour fastness, is causing increasing concern. Trouble at mill: recession brings renewed threat of bulldozers 2011-03-21T11:55:05Z Montenegro, or Crna Gora in Montenegrin, means “black mountain,” and the rugged fastness of the landscape makes the name an obvious choice. Next Stop: Uncovering Charms in Montenegro’s Capital 2013-09-05T13:01:37Z Instead of the isolated fastness of the writer's tower, the companionship of the office is a temptation. Polly Toynbee: What I am thinking about ... envy 2012-08-25T08:08:56Z Ferrell is exactly right as Buddy, who as an infant at an orphanage found his way into Santa’s bag and became the first human to penetrate into the fastness of his North Pole workshop. How to watch your 25 favorite Christmas movies and TV specials this season 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z MycoWorks says that its material meets the performance standards of cowhide in durability, color fastness and tensile strength. This Mushroom Leather Is Being Made into Hermès Handbags 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z He’s put in harness and becomes the member of a dogsled team hauling mail to prospectors drawn to the frigid fastness of the Yukon in the hunt for the yellow stuff. ‘The Call of the Wild’ review: Bring the kids to this defanged dog tale, with a well-cast Harrison Ford 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z As I poured, she outlined the reason for the mystery summons that had brought me from my fastness in the Welsh hills. Early warning 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z We also use light fastness testers that replicate sunlight to see how fabrics behave when exposed to sun. A Scientist With a Deep Love of Textile Mills 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z From the distant fastness of Australia that’s a sharp, easy jibe. France has the burkini blues 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z There was also the curious case of the old woman “sacrificed to the gods of an obscure cult” in a county tucked into “the remote fastness of the Eastern Kentucky mountains.” 'Newsweek' Turns 82 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Jumping about on their rocky fastness, they were a magnificent sight. What next for Gibraltar? 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z "The swiftness and fastness of the reaction from all parties, helped to contain Ebola in Nigeria." Nigeria declared Ebola-free after containing virus 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Going out alone into the winter night took an effort of will, like crossing a frontier, because I was re-entering London after a full day in the fastness of my tall house. Paul Theroux and the London of Lady Max 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Michael R. Bloomberg now paces about the fastness of his Upper East Side mansion. Gotham: Plan Offers No Picnic for Union Square Park 2014-02-27T01:46:13Z Perhaps these icons of the old American West also started life half a world away in the fastnesses of Tibet. Evolution: How the rhino got his woolly 2013-08-22T15:00:06Z In the face of the two-week-old French-Malian counter offensive, the rebels seemed to be pulling back north into the trackless desert wastes and mountain fastnesses of the Sahara. Malians celebrate, French-led forces clear Timbuktu 2013-01-28T00:45:26Z The question remained whether the Islamists would fight to hold Gao and Timbuktu or withdraw farther north into the trackless desert wastes and mountain fastnesses of the Sahara. French, Malian forces capture Gao rebel stronghold 2013-01-27T00:45:15Z And he was adored by young sports writers, who took their cue from Frank and for years after he retreated would make pilgrimages to his Herefordshire fastness to see him. A tribute to Frank Keating, the gentle monarch of sports writers 2013-01-25T20:24:00Z If the latter, then perhaps it would be helpful to tell Messrs Hunt and Vaizey something about what life is like far from their distant fastnesses. Google moves fast on broadband revolution 2012-08-04T23:01:08Z Considering the many and the terrible disasters which befell their marches in its fastnesses, no wonder they preferred residing at some distance removed from so impregnable a refuge. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z So the battle with the Hessians ended, and the American troops had to retreat to their "fastnesses in the Jersey Hills." The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z That foundation which is consecrated to the education of Welsh Oxonians is generally referred to in the remote fastnesses of the Cymru as Oxford College. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z But the Malays are too wary and active; they hide in the fastnesses of the hills, and start up here and there in unexpected quarters, and after a sudden dash, fly to the mountains. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The Turks have more than once endeavoured to exterminate them; but, entrenched in their mountain fastnesses, they are very hard to overcome. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z When they followed our brave and heroic countrymen into the mountain fastnesses of Snowdon, they generally suffered p. 16terrible slaughter, and repented having left those fortresses and plains where they so much loved to dwell. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z The most powerful vassal of the houses of Toulouse and Aragon was the Count of Foix, whose extensive territories on both sides of the Pyrenees rendered him almost independent in his mountain fastnesses. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Little wonder that their repelling fastnesses had presented little attraction for the prospector. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z But the wife of Dorion found shelter in a remote fastness of the mountains, putting up a bark hut for a shelter and subsisting on the carcasses of some of her horses. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z That the reaction from this deprivation is shown by "fastness," or an excessive love of dress and amusement, is acknowledged by the most keen observers of human nature. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Even proud and haughty Edward dared not follow the Britons to their mountain fastnesses. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Not long after siege was laid to Zion, the fastness of John Rohacz, a powerful baron who had refused submission. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Wilkinson was endeavoring to redeem his failures along the St. Lawrence, and Jackson was leading his gallant little band into the fastnesses of the Creek nation. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Accompanied by thirty-five sailors he advanced into their country, but the natives avoided a combat and retired into the mountain fastnesses. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z The birds are not so common as they once were in the ranges immediately about Melbourne, but in the fastnesses of Gippsland they are met with in their old numbers. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z If this idea of my companion’s be right, fastness may be said to consist mainly in peculiarity. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z At last, after a night of the most wearisome watching, the day dawned, and the mists returned to their mountain fastnesses. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The holes and fastnesses of the hills were their safeguards, and, as they assure us, very much used indeed. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Gipsies of old Stamboul were trying to lure me down from my fastness to make merry with them among the tombs. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z The scene is laid partly in England and partly among the mountain fastnesses of Wales. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Thus while you avoid ornament and all fastness, you must cultivate fashion, that is good fashion, in the make of your clothes. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The sylvan fastness of our continent must be saved from the vandal; therefore, he says, you may not advertise breakfast food on a hoarding in the suburbs of Paterson. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z But we, albeit neither romantic nor artistic, were captivated with his 'everlasting marsh,' and eager to penetrate far within its green fastnesses. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z But I feared much that the war which now flamed through Massachusetts Bay might soon creep northward into our forest fastness and set the border ablaze from the Ohio to Saint Sacrement. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He could snare the myriad wildfowl, many of them no longer known in England, which haunted the fastnesses of the reeds as no other man could. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z The Indians were veritable hermits of the mountains, utterly unfit for warlike contention, and seem to have sought immunity from their dangerous neighbors by dwelling among the inaccessible fastnesses of the mountains. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z Comparatively few people know of its existence, though living within a few miles of it, because they rarely ever visit these out-of-the-way fastnesses of nature. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Henry, angry with a people who would not do as they were bid, drove the natives from the holdings which their septs had held for centuries, away to the wild fastness beyond the Shannon. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z For the first time an Egyptian army succeeded in making its way into the fastnesses of Mount Seir, slaying the warriors of Edom, and plundering their “tents.” The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z These Indians are beginning to emerge from their fastnesses and get acquainted with their neighbors, now that they are sure of police protection when they come out. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z Informants agreed that the Paraguitsi were a wild and timid people who remained isolated in the fastnesses of Goose Creek and the Goose Creek Mountains. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z The dispossessed Christians, beaten back from Andalusia and Castile to the fastnesses of the northern mountains, were fighting against fearful odds. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Now, as to this fastness—you have a map? Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Strong′hold, a place strong to hold out against attack: a fastness or fortified place: a fortress.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z In front we observed brown, grassy, shrubby hills, cliffs, precipices and vast fastnesses. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z The "Ban-at-tees, or Mountain Snakes" are described as a fragmented population, living in the mountain fastnesses and preying upon the trappers. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z They are supposed, though not without dispute, to be the oldest race in Europe, descendants of those original Iberians whom the westward-trooping Aryans drove into the fastnesses of the Pyrenees. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The tribe, after a stout resistance, had made good its retreat across the Euphrates, to a fastness in the swamps. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z Our course was still upward—upward! and all our train of cars still flew upward till we reached the very tops of the mountain wilds and fastnesses that stood in such majestic grandeur around us. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The Buccaneers, starving for want of prey, remained moodily in the rocky fastnesses of Tortuga, like famished eagles looking down on a country they have devastated. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z They had succeeded in protecting their fastnesses so perfectly that the Spanish and then the several Mexican governments had consented to let them alone. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z The Vaudois," says he, in another place, "are so called from their residence among the valleys and fastnesses of the Alps, and may well be considered as the remains of the purest primitive Christian church. L'Histoire Des Vaudois From Authentic Details of the Valdenses 2012-01-19T03:00:20.593Z The smaller communities of Arabs, moreover, were dominated by the large and powerful tribe of Halil; and Rejeb's people, obliged to retreat into their fastness, were not in a position to exchange and barter commodities. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z An odious religious sect, supposed to be descended from the Ismaelians of Persia, were settled in the fastnesses of the mountains above Tripoli. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z He saw in both groups the faces of men from far away in the recessed fastnesses of the hills, who came to town rarely, save in answer to the call of the clan. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z It was said that no white man venturing too far had ever returned, and there were wild legends of the wonders of those undiscovered fastnesses. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z Atutahi and the stars of the morning Look pitifully down from their fastnesses, The earth reels to and fro, For the mightiest support of her children lies low! 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 The fastness in question is described as an island in the marshes, and has ruins of some kind, giving good cover. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z On hearing, however, of his brother’s defeat and death at the Metaurus he retired into the mountain fastnesses of Bruttium, where he maintained himself for the ensuing years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z Back there in the fastnesses of the hills, toward which he was making his way, the leaven of change was beginning to work, yeast-like. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z In carnival—I had just missed it—they were hung with serpentine and exchanged bombardments of roses and compliments with the street; but now their fastness, except to the flutter of a hand, was absolute. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z The Fifth and Sixth Corps were in convenient position, and would have had good ground for marching after getting out of the rocky fastnesses of Round Top. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Paoli and his band of patriots, defeated again and again, were retreating before their victorious foes into the fastnesses of the mountains. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z In that fastness he remained for another forty minutes. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z New York is now breeding, in her modern canyons and cliff dwellings, a more bloodthirsty, cruel, and treacherous race of Apaches than were ever bred amid the mountain fastnesses and forbidding deserts of the Southwest. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Nothing could be done at present, however, in the way of punishing the murderers, who by this time must be far away in their mountain fastnesses. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z As soon as he made money, however, he bought all the pretty and useful things he could find, and so retired to the fastnesses of his mountains. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z People who have never seen an elephant in his native fastnesses, can have no idea of the strength, the ferocity, ay, and the cunning of the animal. Wild Adventures in Wild Places 2011-12-12T03:00:22.477Z She entered before the Sailor, counting the seconds in his fastness, realized that she was there. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z They retired into the broken country adjoining the kraal, and there assailed us with arrows and assegays from behind their rocky fastnesses. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Knights and men-at-arms were despatched to foil his invasions of the mainland, but by availing himself of forest and mountain fastnesses, he avoided his more powerful enemies, escaping by his boats when hard pressed. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z Thus, of course, they can never be approached by those who set out in search of them; but in their fastness they keep beautiful maidens stolen from earthly homes. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z Therefore, a special company of Volunteers was assembled, with fresh reinforcements direct from Spain, and they were sent into the fastnesses of the interior, in a strong endeavor to drive out the Cubans. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z In its fastnesses he felt himself safe from the knife of the assassin. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z It was in the core and centre of the eternal silence and solitude of mountain fastnesses and desert expanses that the spirit of Islam had its origin. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Boniface viii. succeeded, who shut up the unfortunate man in a mountain fastness, where he died soon afterwards in a damp unhealthy dungeon. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z The bell tinkled vigorously in some fastness of the house, but nothing else happened. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z For a certain chief named Dermat O'Dyna has rebelled against him, and is now an outlaw, flying through the country from one fastness to another. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z The intrusion of intrigue and dissipation into these forest fastnesses was hideously incongruous. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z At first he took shelter in the wild fastnesses of Ronda, where he lived as a brigand until he was captured by the police. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z The Common Jay is indigenous in England where it secludes itself in woody fastnesses, rarely exposing itself in open country. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z As we entered the hall there arose from some fastness in the house a shrill clamour that resolved itself into the first line of a hymn. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z For fifty years this gallant people were left undisturbed in their Andean fastnesses. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z The horseback rider may find an infinite variety of valley roads, trails, and cross-country courses, and the hiker strike up the mountain trails into the rocky fastnesses. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z The Indians had meanwhile left their villages and betaken themselves to the mountains, woods and fastnesses. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Away in the fastnesses of Mount Pelion Chiron dwelt; once Æson had been with him and had seen the centaur hunt with his great bow and his great spears. The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 2011-10-31T02:00:27.780Z Gelimer took refuge for a time with the Moorish tribes who dwelt in the fastnesses of Mount Atlas. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The town of Quilmes, now one of the suburbs of Buenos Aires, was named from the mountain fastness where the Calchaquies made their last stand. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Toiling on and on through these mountain fastnesses, we cannot help wondering somewhat anxiously where we can rest to-night Dalwhinnie, that sweetest spot in this highland wilderness, is still seventeen miles away. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Accordingly the new viceroy immediately strengthened the military arm of the colony, and extended the government of provinces and the custody of his strongholds and fastnesses to Spaniards upon whose fidelity he could implicitly rely. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z His mode of warfare was to pour down from one fastness to another with such speed, that his foes never knew where to have him, until he had them in the most unexpected manner. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z This will enable you also to follow more easily our subsequent adventures in the fastnesses of these terrible savages. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Fierce tribes dwelt in the fastnesses of its snow-clad mountains, numberless caravans crept across its scorching deserts, gigantic cities flourished upon its fertile plains. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z But the children here that came down from their fastnesses in the village above are angels compared to the Deddington roughs. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z This bragging land of freedom that enthralls me Is still the fastness of a secret king Who treads the dark like snow, of old king Sleep. King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z He took his own measures extremely well, and took the measure of the pirates also with such effect, that he soon drove them from all their fastnesses, with a speed quite marvellous. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z How cold and yet how secure those Iroquois Indians of the Five Nations felt in their fastnesses! The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z The fastnesses of the Kurdish mountains were explored, and the Kurdish tribes compelled to pay tribute to the Assyrian king. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z Rushing down like a devastating whirlwind from his mountain fastnesses around Cabul, Baber fell upon the Punjaub, first striking down all that opposed him and then writing about it in his Memoirs. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z My grandfather forgot how long they were on that terrible journey into the fastnesses of the far west. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z A land where the rocks have the moss of unvisited 286 fastnesses, and you can snuff the scents of original day. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The castles that dominated the fastnesses of the Alpuxarras yielded one by one to Ferdinand's prestige or gold. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z The next campaign was against the Kassi or Kossaeans, some of whom were forced to descend from their mountain fastnesses and placed under an Assyrian governor. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z She had never expected to penetrate its fastnesses and become an honored guest within its walls. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Were it not for the fact that here and there—often 200 feet apart, however—are small open patches, it would be almost useless to enter such a fastness. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z We sank gradually deeper inwards towards its central fastnesses. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Thus reinforced, the Arabs of Andalusia put the Berbers to utter rout, hunted them like wild beasts through the country to their mountain fastnesses, and gratified their vengeance to the full. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z “I have a thought of the whereabouts of this fastness that the robber speaks of in his letter.” Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z With equal truth and strength, too, Mr. Harris has treated the dialectic elements of the interior Georgia country—the wilds and fastnesses of the "moonshiners." Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches 2011-08-15T02:00:25.930Z God arranged that War, the stern mother, called away the wild ataman from the fastnesses to which like a wolf he had carried his plunder. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z What a poor finale to my brief and unprofitable adventures, to be murdered in cold blood by these merciless banditti, or made a hopeless captive in some of their mountain fastnesses! Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Deep shade and barred and netted shadow turn to almost even whiteness, as the axe saps the foundations of summer homes of birds and the winter fastnesses of the squirrels and raccoons. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z With the pass open before us, we paused not to pursue the Welsh into the rocky and wooded fastnesses where they had fled. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z In the South, as in the North, the British race has again produced explorers who have fought their way into the icy fastnesses. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z It is probable that many of the fugitives from the insurgents in Egypt and Cyrene had found their way to Palestine and lay hid in caves and fastnesses. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z This remote fortress in the fastness of the Northern Neck was different from anything that this great-granddaughter of King Carter had ever known. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z Not satisfied with this, they forced him to tramp with them high up in the fastnesses of the mountains, where he still remains in daily and hourly peril of his life. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z The Monkslayer hath his fastness in a wide cavern at the head of yonder gully. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z From my kitchen fastness I could hear the peals of laughter as Mary pretended to be a field hand, brought into the dining-room for the first time, to wait on the table. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z It had been the ancient hunting-ground of the Osages, a wild and predatory tribe, who yet infested its fastnesses; and it was represented as subject to severe risks from this cause. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z OR many years I had read, heard, and dreamed of the Frazer, that mysterious stream which flows out from among the icy fastnesses of the Cascades, in the far-off confines of British Columbia. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z The spot on which the castle stood was then entirely surrounded by the lake, which thus formed a natural fastness, rendering artificial moats superfluous. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z Now, it would be disastrous to attack the fastness openly; but it may be that with two score of swordsmen, creeping on them just before the dawn, we can take them by surprise. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z These held the broken and rugged fastnesses of the Powder River country already referred to. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z He almost hoped his search for her in its sombre fastnesses might prove futile. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Several larger streams also put into the Harrison, that come from remote fastnesses, and seem to carve their way through great mountains of granite. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z A rope from the summit might reach him, but was it in the least likely that any friendly patrol would visit this wild fastness, haunted, as it was, by hostile bands? The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Two hours after the midnight we set out through the forest for the storming of the robber fastness. Cedric, the Forester 2011-08-17T02:00:29.077Z These tribes asserted that in the fastnesses of their mountains was the carefully guarded palace of the Prince of Rattlesnakes. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z They have never been conquered, never driven from their fastnesses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The discomfited Austrians retreated to find refuge among the fastnesses of the Tyrol, from whence they had emerged. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None 2011-06-27T02:01:02.870Z The open air, the unending bush and impenetrable fastnesses of the rocks and caves were around them now, the white man’s warnings they treated as mere fables. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Conjuring a pencil from the fastnesses of her back-hair, she produced an order pad. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z I spared him the trouble—quitted Rome—sought the mountains of the Abruzzi—and thence wandered to the fastnesses of Calabria, and became—no matter what. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z With the exception of the Kootenais, few Indians ventured into the fastness of the park mountains before the coming of the white men. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z From the latest report, in the evening paper, it appeared that the prisoner was held in a mountain fastness some eighty miles from the Atlantic seaboard. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Could it be possible that the truth of God was banished to the mountain fastnesses? Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Nearly all the party, one by one, was lost in the fastnesses of the Ozark wilderness. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z They retired to the most remote wastes,—to the sheer, black-chasmed fastnesses of the Malutis, where snow lies thick for months at a time,—to torrid, waterless deserts. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Then spake the man clothed in plain apparel to the great magician who dwelleth in the old fastness, hard by the river Jordan, which is by the Border. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z In the fastnesses of Wales, on the heights of Caledonia, and on the friendly land of Armorica, are yet tracked the fugitive and ruined Britons. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z And yet there was something alluring, something that drew him on, and brought him back again to these high fastnesses; something that he could not understand, but that was none the less imperative. Among the Canadian Alps 2011-05-30T02:00:16.600Z The wild herd had come upon him just as they were about to turn northward and dive into the fastnesses of the mountains. The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze 2011-06-15T02:00:19.437Z I searched the remotest fastnesses of memory for a precedent to guide me, but could find none. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z He would move on into the White Mountains and explore their fastnesses with Brigham. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z He went straight forward, as a man who has nothing to fear if he can but reach his fastness, and Reivers’ wonderment grew as the trail held straight toward the rising sun. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z IN the mountain fastnesses of Caledonia beyond the Grampian Hills, lived a wild and hardy race of men known to their British neighbours as the Picts or "Painted People." Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland 2011-05-10T02:00:58.153Z We are hotly pursued by these foreign dogs; they have hunted us out of our mountain fastnesses, and now they tread on our heels closely. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Sun Bird had explored their grim fastnesses many times, but White Otter was a lad of the open prairie, and had only reached the mountains on one other occasion, when he unexpectedly met Sun Bird. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Here Astral left her, to spend those great days with the plain and simple folk of the mountain fastnesses, honest and sturdy and fearless. Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z The man whom he had killed with the rock had undoubtedly been hurrying with Hattie MacGregor straight to his chief’s fastness. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z Ah, I would know of the world beyond our mountain fastnesses. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The only thing these Normans will respect is the broadsword, as it flashes at their breast, or the arrow, glancing unerringly through the branches of the trees in the forest fastnesses. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Otters are still numerous in the broads and reed-margined rivers, and so long as these natural fastnesses endure in their present condition they are likely to continue so. Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes 2011-04-18T02:00:11.353Z For this alone does he invade the fastness of High Heaven.” Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Was it because he did not wish to march up, fairly and squarely, in the face of the enemy, and contend with them in their strongholds and fastnesses? An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z If it be war, we trust in our fastnesses.’ The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z It consisted of Romulus’ own troop, and a confluence of banditti inured to lawless acts, and subsisting by rapine, who were called from their fastnesses by the proclamation of a bold, cunning, and hardy adventurer67. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Resolute men might have defended themselves in this little fastness against many assailants, who must have been completely exposed to their arrows or musketry in the ascent. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z The dense laurel closed about him, and his mountain fastnesses, that had befriended him of yore, received him once again. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Courts are the smithy of crimes and the fastness of tyrants. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Few are the men who have come thither, for our fastnesses are impregnable and the outer valley where you were captured can be stumbled upon only by accident. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z And yet this laughing Payard could propose that we should brave the fastnesses of these savages just to find a good dinner beyond them—a soldier's invitation, surely, perhaps a madman's project. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z Notwithstanding the rumors that the Apayaos are plotting to kill him, the father visits their mountain fastnesses, where his confidence meets its just reward. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Owing to the difficulties inseparable from the introduction of an armed force for their chastisement, and the inaccessible nature of their fastnesses, no situation could be more favourable to revolt and to rebellion. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z This was the Killer, who in a few months since he had left his fastnesses, was beginning to ruin the cattle business in Trail's End. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Persuade yourself that the French are driven out of their fastnesses, and the land from Acadia to Hochelaga gives allegiance to King Charles. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z We had lost the Cossacks, but the wolves were on our track; aye, thousands of them—leaping, barking, snarling from their fastnesses, and bending their heads to the chase like hounds that follow a scent. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z From these he could flee, and find a shelter in the tops of the trees or some secure fastness of the earth. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Down from their rocky fastnesses pour the old and the young, the untried stripling, and the stern veteran with a thousand scars. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z “Who would imagine,” thought I, “that such a scene of peace and beauty should be one of the fastnesses for wild beasts?” The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z You shall in due time come among the savage Adirondacks, where the Mohawks dwell unconquered, and where all manner of wild beasts fill the fastnesses. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z But all day long the wary foe, from his mountain fastnesses, watched the proceedings in the British camp. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Unsuspectingly he marched with his heavily armed legions, as if for a holiday excursion, into the fastnesses of the Teutoberger Forest, into which Hermann led him. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z The elephant has become scarce, and recedes farther and farther every year into the fastnesses of the interior. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In 1277, however, the king grew tired of waiting, invaded the principality and drove his recalcitrant vassal up into the fastnesses of Snowdon, where famine compelled him to surrender as winter was beginning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z He proceeded on his way with his myrmidons, step by step subjecting to his sway the rugged and hitherto unquelled nature of the Alpine fastnesses. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z In that busy colony how faint an idea can its inhabitants have of the wild beings that dwell amid those distant solitary fastnesses. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z He had great influence among the large body of refugees in that beautiful forest region of secure mountain fastnesses. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z Secreted in the fastnesses of the hills, and tenderly cared for by his wife, he nursed his wounds and thirsted for revenge. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z Nevertheless, from time to time the clansmen and their chiefs descended from their fastnesses and plundered the Laigh, keeping the people for generations in a state of panic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z I have been getting located the last seven days; exploring my hill of refuge, and making little excursions into the neighboring fastnesses. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z Fear of assassination—the inevitable destiny of the tyrant—haunts the man-tiger even within the fastnesses of his lair. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Would you slay the Maskinongé In the fastness where he lurks? Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z Suddenly he sprang away in long, lithe bounds; a mad patter of feet on the cabin porch and he scrambled to his fastness in the eaves. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z When the Celtic nations appeared, these pygmies were driven into mountain fastnesses and into the most inaccessible places, where a few of them may have survived until comparatively historical times. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Ponca, it will be remembered, was the inveterate enemy of Careta, and as he knew the latter was in league with Balboa, he had fled with all his people to the mountain fastnesses. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The sulphide colours are remarkable for their fastness to light, alkalis, acids and washing, but unless proper care is exercised the cotton is apt to be tendered on being stored for some time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z They would accept the Local Examinations, and they would admit Inspectors within their fastnesses; but they respectfully but firmly insisted upon having some sort of say in the choice of the Inspector. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z They'd forded or ferried rivers and creeks that wound out of fastnesses so remote and silent that they seemed to have no end. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z In a few years the sword, famine, and the gallows had exterminated the outcasts who still lurked in the fastnesses of the mountains. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies Lord Maxwell, on the other hand, rallied around him the barons of Nithsdale, displayed his banner as the king's lieutenant, and hastened to attack his opponents in their fastnesses. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 The colours obtained are remarkable for their fastness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The rest retreated safely to the fastnesses of the mountains. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Brigands in mountain fastnesses divide their far-gathered spoil, and hold debate on plans of future lawless adventure. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Such of the wretched peasantry as had taken refuge in their fastnesses were assailed with shot and shell, and slaughtered by hundreds. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies The main properties that a dyestuff suitable for producing a colored soap should have are fastness to light and to alkali. Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. In the Highland country the clans of Macgregor and Macfarlane made their home in the fastnesses, whence they descended in raids upon the cattle, the goods and sometimes the persons of their Lowland neighbours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z In the solitary fastnesses and eternal solitudes where the eye of man never penetrates or his mind worships, the voice of the bird is heard caroling forth praise. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 His singing attracted the notice of some robbers who were hidden in the fastness of the woods. Brother Francis Less than the least There were fewer Spanish troops in that province and there were more mountain fastnesses for refuge in case of enforced retreat, than in the more densely settled and populated central provinces. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Some fled to mountain fastnesses, and others, perhaps the majority, to the small islands or Keys off the Cuban coast, whence they became known as Key Indians. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Mordant Colours.—The colouring matters of this class include some of the most important dyestuffs employed, since they furnish many colours remarkable for their fastness to light, washing and other influences. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z A death-watch was ticking in the fastness of the wall at his head. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The quarry circled over a wide arc of broken fastnesses and went to earth in an abandoned cabin thickly timbered about, and shielded back of huge boulders. The Tempering His troops were therefore directed to proceed against the Kirghiz in their fastnesses, and it was not long before the Kirghiz, driven into a corner, turned at bay on their pursuer. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar He sent a strong force against the mountain fastness of Guama, the foremost chieftain of the Cimarrons, and completely defeated him, putting him to flight and almost extirpating his band. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 In cotton-dyeing the above colouring matters are chiefly used for the production of so-called Turkey-red, a colour remarkable for its brilliancy and its fastness to light and soap. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Enough, the scene opens with a mountain-cliff somewhere or other, the Hoesselberg, let us say, or any other mythological fastness in which a goddess could have lived apart from the world for a few centuries. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Now, instead of reaching its destination in the ordinary manner, it was supplying the needs of a band of outlaws in the fastness of a sea cavern. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne And thus began the two-thousand-mile chase into the fastnesses of Sonora and Chihuahua which ended with the surrender of Geronimo. The Career of Leonard Wood There were a couple of hundred miles to ride back to those northern fastnesses where they would be safe; for the most part without cover and through country swarming with Nationals and Cristino partisans. The Firebrand By treating the dyed colour with a solution of fluoride of chromium, its fastness to washing is materially increased. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z She was on her feet like a cat, not stopping to learn if the fall had injured her, and ran blindly into the tangled fastness of brush, vine, creeper and tree. The Return of Tharn Of the natives we saw or heard nothing, for as we advanced they fell back, deserting the villages and betaking themselves to their mountain fastnesses. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan His determination, therefore, was to retreat, as soon as his men were in condition, back to his fastnesses. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Two rifle bullets sang close past the brigand's head as he lay in his rocky fastness. The Firebrand Alizarin Blue is a dark blue dyestuff which, owing to the fastness of the colours it yields, has for many years been regarded as a worthy substitute for indigo in wool-dyeing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Let us abandon the field, and retire to the far north, whence our fathers came, and rear a new empire amid the impregnable fastnesses of the mountains.” Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 He is often lost to them, and wanders in the mountain fastnesses with the fawns and kids. The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance They are even now arming themselves in our behalf, whilst the shattered fragments of the rebel force are flying to the swamps and their mountain fastnesses. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The sight of Mr. Sefton nearly drove her back precipitately to the maiden fastness of her chamber. Patricia Brent, Spinster The fastness of the dyed colours to light, milling and acid satisfy the highest requirements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z But one use could be made of a stock enclosure in such an inaccessible mountain fastness. The King of Arcadia So Love finds its way even into these Highland fastnesses. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel The spot had all the qualities of a secret fastness. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency The bear, the wolf, the fox, the panther, and the wild-cat, still maintain themselves in the fastnesses of the forests of cypress and gum-tree. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The fastness of the dyed colours to light, and general durability, are very satisfactory, but in fastness to milling and acids they are to some extent inferior to alizarin blue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z These wild fastnesses have proved the best and last defences of that same Austrian Empire. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) Even Highland fastnesses, you know, have their leaking spots—and I'll show you one of 'em by-and-by that'll make you sit up!... The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel Since then the night had wiped out the tower, and the pointed gables which cluster around, and the solitary skater is a prisoner in the fastnesses of the night. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel "Oh, Margaret, you are unkind," and, since words would all too soon have melted into tears, Pauline rushed from the nursery away to her own white fastness at the top of the house. Plashers Mead A Novel The colours they yield are inferior to the Alizarin Colours in fastness to light, but on account of their clear shades they are often used for brightening other colours. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z “In the 14th century the change begins, in the 15th it is fully developed, in the 16th the feudal fastness has become an anachronism.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" So even in these rocky fastnesses of the silent Highlands a man liked his bit of gossip, and loosened his tongue to pass the time of day with every stranger. The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel His sensitive nose detects from afar the approach of any stranger to his fastnesses. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation She must read them high in her white fastness at the top of the house. Plashers Mead A Novel The latter is obtained by the action of a sulpho-acid of phenylhydrazine on dioxytartaric acid, and is a yellow dye, which is of special interest on account of its extraordinary fastness towards light. Coal and What We Get from It Sometimes he would howl in nightmare slumbers, but generally he appeared elate, climbing, perhaps, the trees of Dreamland, less slippery than our icy oaks, and driving out his enemies from their loftiest fastness. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road On the 11th General Wilson moved on to Abonito and found the enemy strongly intrenched in the mountain fastnesses along the road. The Greater Republic A History of the United States She debated the wisdom of dropping from the saddle and abandoning herself to the more seemly fate of starvation in this wooded fastness. Ewing\\'s Lady Pauline had never thought her own white fastness offered such relief and shelter as to-night; and yet, she assured herself, nobody had really been criticizing her. Plashers Mead A Novel Others took refuge among the woods and fastnesses of the hills, but a great part were either killed or taken prisoners. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Not anticipating the irruption of an enemy into their secluded fastness, camp indulgences had relaxed order. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. The insurgents in their mountain fastnesses gained their independence and maintained it for thirty-five years, until they secured from Spain a promise of the expulsion of the Jesuit priests from the colony. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The English Government has scarcely yet entirely obtained the control over this region, which is ruled by rajahs, who are very difficult to bring to book from their almost inaccessible mountain fastnesses. Round the World in Eighty Days But, secure in its mountain fastnesses, our impis had not always been able to reach it. The Induna's Wife Still he had not sufficient force to warrant any further attempt up the Hudson, Washington, by his diligence in fortifying West Point, having rendered that fastness of the Highlands apparently impregnable. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Well, that peril had passed over their beads, and now, in the well-nigh uninhabited fastnesses of the Matopo, they felt comparatively safe. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Plunging into their fastnesses in the mountains did not avail, for the white and the red trailers could follow and did follow them wherever they took refuge. The Greater Republic A History of the United States There were still armed bands lurking in the forest recesses of the Amatola, and in the rugged and bushy fastnesses beyond the Kei. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War High up on the ill-omened Hlobane Mountain we were seated, whose savage fastnesses I had spent days in exploring. The White Shield General Howe did not attempt to dislodge him from this fastness. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools If here indeed is the home of the latter it is well chosen, for a scene of more utter wildness and desolation than this weird, granite-surrounded fastness is hardly imaginable. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising The Cuban had no weapons; the mountain fastnesses could not hide him from his relentless pursuer. The Greater Republic A History of the United States It was thought that the number of troops would alarm these mountaineers; but they successfully resisted the first attack, and then withdrew to their mountain fastnesses where the troops could not follow them. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 "It might have a symbolic meaning, referring to some secluded fastness of the order which is away from the rest of the world," the inspector said. The Door into Infinity They were without intrenching tools, in a flat country, where there were no natural fastnesses. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Runaway slaves and outlaws have availed themselves of the facilities which its ravines and inaccessible fastnesses afford, to defy capture; and during the rebellion of the Maroons, it attained a considerable notoriety. The Romance of Natural History, Second Series The Cuban rebelled, and fled before the superior Spanish weapons from the coasts to the mountain fastnesses of the interior. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The Cymri on the other hand remained free in their mountain fastnesses and plains west of the Severn and Dee, and unaffected by the Norman invasion and conquest. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards But they lie buried in the fastnesses of a tropical forest. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Conan paused an instant and glanced back at the ebon fastness behind them. Red Nails They spent the middle of the day in rambling through the loneliest parts of the mountain fastnesses, and gathering treasure of many sorts of the sweetest nuts. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" No further attempt was made to capture this seemingly impregnable fastness until the great siege here described by Sayer, when once more the Spaniards and French combined against it. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Well, for once, not even the fastness of the grave will be proof against some additional remembrances of the Paleologi. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The Caribs, I well know, had never been christianized nor subdued, but roved about the adjacent swamps and fastnesses in their aboriginal state. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Lunged through the opening and into the shadowy fastnesses across the street. The Time Mirror He hides himself away in some old hole or rocky fastness, lightless, matted, and uncombed, and so thins and pines, or becomes a Wanderer or Môh-mulgar. The Three Mulla-mulgars When we consider the lives of these greatest spirits, we find them walking apart in the fastnesses of the hills, pursuing arduous ways where few or none may bear them company. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Occasionally they were so bold as to invade the monasteries and churches, stripping them of their rich ornaments, their plate and other valuables, when, loaded with booty, they hurried back to their fastnesses. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Swarth still lingers on the tongues of the mowers, and thwaite was the form adopted by a once famous family from this mountain fastness. Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison They were as completely shut away from the outer world in this wild and remote fastness of the Igazipuza as though shipwrecked on a desert island. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He was resident on the spot, and knew every corner of those remote fastnesses. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The sympathy long entertained toward France would flood the land with all her doctrines; and this island, where the banner of faith should be unfurled, may become a fastness of the infidel.' Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Twice she heard large bodies moving in the tangled fastness about the clearing, but what made the sounds remained a mystery. Warrior of the Dawn The only hint that these fastnesses had been invaded by human beings was an occasional rough, deeply red wagon road, winding off among the hills. The Mountain Girl I was attempting to track that benevolent female fox, Caroline Carstairs, to the fastness of her mental lair. The Brightener This man, whose name was Sapazani, was the chief of one of the powerful septs which went to make up the Zulu nation, and which occupied the adjoining mountain fastnesses. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion All the way along we pass through the fastnesses of the hills, places of glamour and mystery, and perhaps of fear. Seeds of Pine Had not Colter crossed the Rockies with Lewis and Clark and spent two years in the mountain fastnesses? The Story of the Trapper Hearths and homes in their mountain fastnesses, which had been preserved inviolate for one thousand years against the hated Mussulman foe, have been ruthlessly invaded and spoiled. Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches Here in the fastnesses of the Garpel, Sandy and I abode many days. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Who would think of such a place as this hidden away in the fastness of these hills. Frontier Boys in the South Seas I do not know if the printing press he brought into these northern fastnesses was the very first, but if not, it was assuredly the second, for there is only one other. Seeds of Pine How did these rulers of the wilds, these princes of the fur trade, live in lonely forts and mountain fastnesses? The Story of the Trapper The strenuous nature of my labours indeed necessitates frequent periods of recuperation, which I seek either in my Highland fastness, or on my Californian peach-farm, or amid the lotus-bushes of my villa on the Riviera. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 16, 1920 But, suffice it to say, after a time we betook ourselves to the broad of the moors, and so held directly for the fastnesses of the central hills, where the poor hunted folk kept sanctuary. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Deep in the forest the song-birds sang gayly and the wild animals had full play to come and go as they pleased, for to get at them in those vast fastnesses was next to impossible. Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck Here and there the diggers of rhubarb have built their huts on some rocky fastness under the green cedars, and are the only human beings who are met in this wild scene. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Here, too, like eagle nests in rocky fastnesses are fur posts. The Story of the Trapper For that too takes its rude and rough beginnings high up in wild and remote fastnesses of our human history. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition And though the glen was searched, and patrol parties more than once came our way, not one of them approached near the fastness of thickets where in the daytime we were hidden. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Lady of dusk wood fastnesses, Thou art my Lady. The Tempers “A poor Indian girl, who conducted us to your fastness,” said Bernard. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Leaving Pierre's Hole the mountaineers scattered to their rocky fastnesses, but no sooner had they pitched camp on good hunting-grounds than the strangers who had shadowed them at the rendezvous came up. The Story of the Trapper Yet, considering the known disposition of the colonies, and their inaccessible fastnesses, it is remarkable that only three of the fugitives found their way across the Atlantic. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 So far they had come together, and now in these wild fastnesses, among these blood-loving fiends in the likeness of humanity, they were separated to meet when?—where? The Story of Old Fort Loudon It presses with macroscope and microscope into its most outlying regions and most hidden corners, into its abysses and fastnesses. Naturalism And Religion Let us keep only just enough to feast upon to-night in the fastness of Allange under the dome of the stately old oak trees. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres They were men who had become inured to hunting their enemies down in mountain fastnesses, and fighting them wherever they could be found. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign No quick retreat, no impregnable fastness, could shelter them from his inexorable pursuit. The Struggle for Missouri Everywhere the highways of civilization are pushing into remote mountain fastnesses. Our Southern Highlanders In the mythology of Babylonia these tablets were stolen by the god of storms, who kept them in his thunder fastness. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Yes; the good God has dug for the good Vagres a number of large pits in the secluded fastnesses of Allange. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres A thousand men in the shelters of that fastness could beat back myriads, and it was known that Joe Johnston had at least 50,000 behind the Ridge. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign The spirit of the army was up, and it moved promptly forward to engage him in his chosen fastness. The Struggle for Missouri South of the Himalaya range there existed several small mountain states, independent alike of Mogul and of British rule, and defiant in their mountain fastnesses of all the great surrounding powers. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Oriental heavens were wide enough to serve as fastnesses for two sets of hostile, germane, and ineffably poetic aberrations. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal "Oh! how I regret that they have not a thousand members to burn and hack to pieces in order to expiate the death of our companions in arms whom they killed in the fastness!" The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres For the Indian stronghold, be it understood, consisted not in mountain fastnesses, cunning hiding-places, caves in the earth, and narrow passes guarded by impregnable cliffs. The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas Instead, all his information was to the effect that Price was among the rugged fastnesses about Pineville, 50 miles away, with McCulloch still farther off in the Boston Mountains. The Struggle for Missouri Small vessels, lightly built and swift of sail, would run up into these sylvan fastnesses, and there make their deposits and transact their business so as entirely to elude the vigilance of government officers. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine The plot deals with a group of Calvinists who have been driven from Belgium into southern France, where they are besieged in their mountain fastness by the French troops. The Blue Goose The Franks have not dared to penetrate into our fastnesses. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres This wound in and out among the fastnesses, not more than a hundred feet in width in some places, while in others it was fully a quarter of a mile broad. Through Apache Lands She had the appearance of the traveler needing only to slip on an outer garment to go, not merely from New Hampshire down to Boston, but to uncharted fastnesses. Old Crow The insurgents attacked the town of Anjear, in the Straits of Sunda, but, after burning the houses, were driven back to their fastnesses by the military. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 A little opposition occurred on the part of the ancient clergy, who retained in their fastnesses the traditions of the old times, particularly in regard to Easter. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Oh, how came I to be separated from her at the fastness of Allange during the combat engaged in by our archers from the branches of the oak trees against the soldiers of the count! The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres It was not long after this time that the noble Army of the Cumberland began to receive a portion of the black troops, whose shouts rang through the mountain fastnesses. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War The Chins, Lushais and Kukis were noted for the secrecy of their plans, the suddenness of their raids, and their extraordinary speed in retreating to their fastnesses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Small wonder, then, that Aguinaldo and his cohorts considered these fastnesses inaccessible for American troops. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon He was insulted by the emperor from his fastness at Ravenna. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition When, at sunset, they arrived at the fastness of Allange, which was one of their haunts, all the booty that was taken at the episcopal villa had been distributed along the route among the poor. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres Here they are distributed in a series of district locations, amid the dales and fastnesses of the eastern frontier. The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies Much later, the Observatory at Land's End on Triton watched her heading past the gibbous mass of Pluto—out into the interstellar fastnesses. Turnover Point In the meantime, although the Americans were not aware of it, Aguinaldo was preparing to decamp, with his so-called congress, into the mountain fastnesses, still further northward. The Campaign of the Jungle or, Under Lawton through Luzon The termination of the "Girls' War" had at last brought peace between the Ngapuhi and their neighbours; the inland tribes were beginning to creep out of their fastnesses and to re-occupy their ravaged lands. A History of the English Church in New Zealand He wore during the combat the Saxon poniard that belonged to Loysik, and which the Master of the Hounds had picked up as he fled from the field of carnage at the fastness of Allange. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres It was the haunt and fastness of Irish outlawry and rebellion in the South, which so long sheltered Desmond and his followers. Spenser Then there will be an end of blockade-running; and we must flee to the mountains, and such interior fastnesses as will be impracticable for the use of these long-range guns. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital At the Fonda de Mallorca I took, in Spanish fashion, a three-roomed suite, and for one entire day did not move out of their whitewashed fastnesses. The Recipe for Diamonds Suffice it to say that, at the date to which our narrative has now arrived, Rauparaha was securely settled in the island fastness of Kapiti, while his Ngatitoas had their habitations on the mainland opposite. A History of the English Church in New Zealand Her only chance lay in instant and secret flight, in hiding herself away in the gloomy fastnesses of these unknown pleasure-grounds, so securely that they might not find her. The Bandbox Since his escape from jail the half-breed had been hiding in this mountain fastness. Mystery Ranch Feeling perfectly secure in the mountain fastness and believing their position practically impregnable, the Austrians failed to keep vigilant watch. The Boy Allies with the Cossacks Or, A Wild Dash over the Carpathians To ride was the third necessary art, introduced, according to Xenophon, after they had descended from their mountain fastnesses to conquer the whole East. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 I wondered what fate was in reserve for me—whether I should ultimately sink from exhaustion and perish of starvation, or become the prey of some of the ferocious animals that roamed these vast fastnesses. Thirty-Seven Days of Peril from Scribner's Monthly Vol III Nov. 1871 Those were strange years, marvelous years, that I spent in the mountain fastnesses of upper Canada. The Boarded-Up House But the fragment, although tantalizing in the extreme, gives us some insight into the nature of the fairies who inhabit the green fastnesses of Broceliande. Legends & Romances of Brittany Conviction stormed the last fastness of the disappointed author's mind. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman To have brought down the Inspector from his fastnesses into the open field, was what our new General only wanted: a battle was sure to be a victory. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors They motored across the continent to the remote fastness where the Countess Zornec was housed upon her husband's estate and spent some weeks with the couple. Clark's Field I shipped for a voyage to Japan and China, and spent several more years trying to penetrate the forbidden fastnesses of Tibet. The Boarded-Up House Even the Welsh, from the isolation of their mountain fastnesses, declare that a Cambrian expedition, in the year 1170, under Prince Modoc, landed in America. Famous Firesides of French Canada For you really couldn’t hear any one calling from the house in this leafy fastness. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Margaret M�ller, in the dining-room whose fame had spread to the outposts of Spring township and to the fastnesses of Prospect, behaved with scarcely less constraint than the eldest Miss Morton. In the Heart of a Fool The owner of the site, Jens Grim, was attacked by people from Lubeck; they besieged his two fastnesses. A Danish Parsonage People living in the mountain fastnesses, those living at the ocean side, and those living on great interior plains vary considerably as to mental characteristics and views of life in general. History of Human Society Into the strong fastness north of the Tavern the enemy had obtained a lodgment from 10,000 to 15,000 strong in the rear of our wing, on the morning of the 7th. The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. To the right the well-known Chilkoot Pass extended up into the mountain fastness, the pass that had been traveled by so many in the early rush for the gold fields. The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass Dark chasms opened; strange, wild fastnesses shut them in; storm and license and evil held them. Unfinished Portraits Stories of Musicians and Artists It is only in the fastnesses of nature, forests, mountains, and the back of man’s beyond, that a creature endowed with five senses can grow up into the perfection of this crass and earthly vanity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Most of the patrons of the restaurant conducted the business of the day down-town, but had their actual living quarters in New York’s remoter fastnesses,—Brooklyn, the Bronx or Harlem. Outside Inn The mountain population contains many apostates and heathens, while many Negritos wander homeless and in utter barbarous condition through their fastnesses. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. These seized on the capital; but the Bhotiyas carried their young chief to the fastnesses of the country, and reject the yoke of strangers. An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha Then he went on foot down the mountainside to his old home in the hollow, little dreaming, as he passed along its rocky fastness, that a “still” was hidden there. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains They lurk in the secret fastnesses of Tibet, which is a very unexplored part of the world, large enough to hide a good many things, even things that do not exist. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Their lofty and rugged mountains abound with rocks and caverns, which in times of danger serve them as fastnesses and dens. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 The splendor of our country must indeed astound thee," he observed, "having come from the dreary fastness of the outer Ice World. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 He still held fastnesses on the northerly side of high hills, where the sun could not come at him and only the trickling rain-wash running down the hill could eat him out from underneath. The Shepherd of the North High above the babel Moossy could be heard crying encouragement, and demanding whether the "mices" had been caught, but nothing would induce him to come down from his fastness. Young Barbarians Those who have heard the wild hyena in his native fastnesses responding to the appeal of its imperilled young might have understood this half-human, half-savage cry of the roused animal. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Franklin's men, if anywhere alive, must be suffering all the horrors of starvation in the frozen fastness of the Arctic. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas In any case, he would expect to remain safe from pursuit in a mountain fastness until either on horseback or by automobile he could work his way out of the country. In the Shadow of the Hills Livingstone was for the moment safe in his fastness, and it was 248 evident that the dragoons were not in a mind to desert their colors. Graham of Claverhouse Buried in their fastnesses, Cowering in Bohemia or Castile, Each had his madness. L'Aiglon De Boer, making away into distant Lowland fastnesses, would obviously be supposed to have taken the treasure. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 Roy withdrew to the fastnesses of the kitchen, re-formed his lines and approached from another quarter. Dwellers in the Hills "She has always been so down upon any fastness that I supposed she would cut his acquaintance entirely, after that Lloyd Avalons supper." The Dominant Strain As soon as the Arabs gained their fastnesses they again betook themselves to their slings, and the horsemen fell back to the camels. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt Wrong from its fastness shall be hurled— The World shall be a happy world!— The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme Then out of the mysterious fastness came the dull glow of what looked like a distant planet. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The mind has crawled up into these fastnesses. Dwellers in the Hills And the Grand Duchess remembered tales she had read—tales of fearful deeds, even in these modern days, done in wild, mountain fastnesses, and remote villages such as Alleheiligen. The Princess Virginia They moved ahead of and beyond civilization—even the long arm of the law did not penetrate their wilderness fastnesses. A Mountain Boyhood When the immediate neighborhoods of their depredations do not offer a sufficient asylum, they fly to the fastnesses and caverns of the Bull Run Mountains. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry Led by Scott, the hunters rode at once into the rough country to the west, where in the mountain fastnesses the bears loved to feed. The Mountain Divide The army of the Potomac was falling back toward the fastnesses of Centerville, the army of Northern Virginia in close pursuit. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The king possessed, among the wild and romantic fastnesses of the mountains, a strong old castle, as rugged and frowning as the eternal granite upon which its foundations were laid. Henry IV, Makers of History Hardened men with a hardened code, they lived in their fastness like Ishmaelites. Nan of Music Mountain For six years he lived so in the fastnesses of the hills. The Soul of a People The Indians had completely disappeared and, disappointed in their venture, had no doubt ridden back to their fastnesses to wait for other unwary white men. The Mountain Divide Dwelling so near the English settlements, they could at any time emerge from their fastnesses, scattering dismay and ruin along their path. King Philip Makers of History This miner, a bronzed and bearded prospector for gold, stumbled on the targo in a mountain fastness, and there was nought to do but make him welcome and pledge him to secrecy. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 Of all the motley Morgan following within the mountain fastness he could count on but one man to help him in the slightest degree––this was the derelict, Bull Page. Nan of Music Mountain Esther might pursue it into fastnesses, but it should be saved. The Prisoner Divided into small parties, they defied the pursuit of heavy columns, yet frequently left their fastnesses to commit the most fearful atrocities. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 In dismay, they set fire to the royal fortress and to all the adjacent wigwams, and fled into the fastnesses of the forest. King Philip Makers of History He has travelled as a monk throughout the mountain fastnesses, he has slept in the caves of Albania. England and Germany The brigands in the fastnesses of the mountains or the savages, who sometimes strayed along the road, never ventured so near the town. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main The wanderers who, first of all white men, penetrated the fastnesses of the wilderness were mostly of the sort who left no documentary traces behind them. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Or in his fastness wild and dun, Cope with the rebel Marion. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 The Indians sullenly retired before him to the adjacent rocks and fastnesses, rendering it necessary for the English to keep in a compact body to guard against assault. King Philip Makers of History The mountain fastnesses of robber knights, which controlled every road and navigable river, were so many toll-gates at which the wayfaring merchant was stopped to pay tribute. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Ensconced in their mountain fastnesses, the Austrians believed they could maintain a successful defensive indefinitely. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources There were continual rumors that the British plan was laid, and deserters frequently came from Boston prophesying a sally; but still the regulars lay in their fastness, and did not move. The Siege of Boston The chief was still absent, in his place of refuge, amidst the fastnesses of the forest. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots There was, in truth, a fascination in the silent waste that drew the adventurous into its rugged fastnesses, and that a number of them did not come back seldom deterred the others. Blake's Burden The doctor asked no more questions, but he watched the blue smoke more curiously than ever, wondering much about the outlaws who carried on their secret trade in the mountain fastnesses. Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly If one occasionally escaped these mountain fastnesses, why should he not—why should she not—with a free rein, dash out to regain lost prestige? Sunlight Patch He knew now why the gold prospectors, who had penetrated into the Musgrave fastnesses in search of the wealth which was reputed to be there, had never returned. In the Musgrave Ranges This new strategy seems to indicate that McClellan has not heart enough to attack the fastnesses of rebeldom, but expects that something may turn up from these small expeditions. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Any defensible place, whether made so by nature or by art, is a fastness or stronghold. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions We are told that when the Waldenses could no longer bear the ghastly cruelty of the inquisitors, they fled to the mountain fastnesses. A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character Grizzly bears, cinnamon bears, deer, wild sheep, and goats live still in these fastnesses, quite undisturbed by the little line that threads through from sea to sea. Round the Wonderful World I will tell thee then of a lovely bride who lies guarded round by fire in a rocky forest fastness. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces Will merely shrugged his shoulders, as one who would say: "'Tis a matter not worth breath"; and, giving his men a signal, prepared to return to his own fastnesses. Robin Hood The enemy waited for reinforcements, and Washington improved the time to fall back to Northcastle, five miles, where, in the rocky fastness, he could defy the whole British army. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services Sincerity, hope, and repose enrich the lives of those who live among the crags and pines of mountain fastnesses. Wild Life on the Rockies It is a longish ride before we alight again, and leaving the donkeys under a slight straw shelter penetrate into the fastnesses of the hills. Round the Wonderful World Orators at fashionable missionary-meetings were wont to speak of them as irreclaimable heathens who bid defiance to civilising influences from impenetrable fastnesses. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement But when that black whirlwind from the fastnesses of Old Saugamauk fell upon them, it seemed that they had no more rights at all. Kings in Exile At length a shepherd, who had received some injury from one of the band, betrayed their hiding-place in the fastnesses of the Niolo to the gendarmes. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. He in consequence determined to attack the castle of Ayr, and Bruce, dreading the consequences, razed it to the ground, and sought an asylum in the mountain fastnesses of Carrick. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The superstition, begotten and nourished always in the fastnesses of the heights, stirred deeply within her, and comforted her. Heart of the Blue Ridge Always when the Huns stormed there was such a withering fire from the American guns that the Kaiser’s troops fled back to the fastness of the woods. Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam I drew myself up into the fastness of the gloom and stared at him. Hurricane Island A small fortified barrack, garrisoned by a party of gendarmes, held in check the banditti, whose strongest fastnesses were in this wild neighbourhood, and commands the high-road. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Let them be big and prominent, as Leonetta's were, and the fastness of her hold on Life, once she has bitten, promises to break all records. Too Old for Dolls A Novel He had a ghastly vision of Plutina moving at this moment with painfully dragging steps somewhere afar in 176 the fastnesses of the mountains. Heart of the Blue Ridge It filled Christopher with curiosity and a desire to explore the grey fastness and trim level lawns beyond. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker It was for this offense that Roderick Dhu was exiled, and compelled to live like an outlaw in his mountain fastness. Lady of the Lake Until lately, the whole district was notorious for the crimes of robbery and vindictive murder, for the perpetration of which, and the security of the offenders, its solitudes and natural fastnesses afforded the greatest facilities. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. With that the prudent minister beat a hasty retreat, to entrench himself without apology or delay in the inner fastnesses of the parsonage. The Transfiguration of Miss Philura "The Lord can make a way for safety even from this den," he muttered, "yea, even from this fastness, which, of a truth, is most curiously fashioned, and of evil intention, doubtless." The Buccaneer A Tale Like the battle-field, too, it becomes the haunt of wolves and other wild beasts; who find among the fallen trunks, if not food, a fastness securing them from the pursuit both of hound and hunter. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Will it be answered that we are factious, discontented spirits, striving to disturb the public order, and tear up the old fastnesses of society? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I There were undoubted fastnesses in her nature that were not easily attainable. Otherwise Phyllis There they were, first seen from a certain ridge, mighty peaks, snow-covered, filling one with an intense desire to travel into their fastnesses: a haze, however, hid the greater part of the range. In the Tail of the Peacock The enthusiasm of the chase had led him on, into the fastnesses of the forest, where he came suddenly face to face with a bear. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt I might speak of houses pillaged and burnt; of maize-fields laid waste to feed the horses of the roving marauder; of sheep and cattle driven off to desert fastnesses; bah! what are all these? The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness To give up all hope of returning to their homes and friends—to spend the remainder of their lives in this wild fastness—was a thought almost as painful as the prospect of death itself. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains They cover a very small amount of country, volcanic and isolated; they are a kind of living whole in themselves, with their towns, woods, and those two deep lakes hidden in their fastnesses. The Spirit of Rome In others still, the terrified inhabitants abandoned their homes, and fled in dismay to the fastnesses of the mountains. Darius the Great Makers of History Here they flaunted in seasons of prosperity, retiring to their mountain fastnesses in times of trouble. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) Of these, the most valued are the long straight reeds, found only in the most distant fastnesses of the forest, which are used by the tamer tribes to form the inner casing of their blow-pipes. In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula The drippling waters, timid perhaps in the bleak and lonely fastness of the heights, hug and coddle one another until they flash into a limpid pool. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin Suddenly a white cliff loomed up on the beach before them and from its depths came a tremendous knocking, as though some one were endeavouring to escape from a hopeless fastness of stone. Master of the Vineyard Not so the Taborites, who drew their name from a mountain fastness which they fortified and called Mount Tabor. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 They carried from their villages and cabins what little property could be saved, and took the women and children away to retreats and fastnesses, wherever they imagined they could find temporary concealment or protection. Hannibal Makers of History Imagine all the wild animals, except the sneaking, predatory kind, proportionally plentiful and similarly fearless—bear, antelope, mountain-sheep, deer, bison, even moose in the fastnesses, to say nothing of the innumerable smaller beasts. The Book of the National Parks Impenetrable were its walled cities, countless in numbers, unknown the scenes of its vast plains and rivers and barren fields and mountain fastnesses. Winning the Wilderness Silent, penurious, shrewd to the margin of dishonesty; unrelenting as the rock-fronted fastnesses of her native hills; good-humored at times and even possessed of swift moods of tenderness that disarmed and appealed—such she was. The Wall Between In the fastnesses of his beloved West he had never imagined that such a place existed on the face of the earth. Colorado Jim There was one small band which persistently refused the offered terms, and still remains in the fastnesses of the Florida Everglades, perhaps the only unconquered band in the United States to-day. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American The outlaws had chosen to take him to their fastness in the hills. Brand Blotters From these mountain fastnesses they made predatory incursions upon their neighbors, and for ages easily repelled all efforts at reprisal. Doctor Jones' Picnic What was death, then, but an incident, if after it she might still reign and project her will into the universe even from the estranging fastnesses of the grave? The Wall Between So the moorsmen, blessing her uncouthly for her fairness and kind words, went back with their furs and bows into their fastnesses. The Fifth Queen Crowned These almost inaccessible fastnesses were colonised after the Moslem conquest by a Hindu tribe which refused to relinquish Brahminism. Through the Malay Archipelago Across this isthmus Proctor hastily threw his regiment of about nine hundred regulars, while Tecumseh, with his brigade of about two thousand warriors, ambushed himself in the fastness of the swamp. Burl He went abroad and returned, hardly having set foot to land; he buried himself in the fastnesses of the Rockies; he made a long, aimless sea-voyage. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Though she knew herself to be old, silver-haired, and worn, yet within the fastnesses of her soul she was still young and waited the coming of her lover. The Wall Between The followers of Weatherford now became desperate, and from the banks, hollows, and other fastnesses of the place, fought with fury, refusing all offers of quarter. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader In a far land," his words fall measured and sweet, "unapproachable to footsteps of yours, a fastness there stands called Monsalvat. The Wagnerian Romances The prohibition was hateful to all, as impeding their agility in scaling the craggy steeps of their native fastnesses. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature It interests everybody not living in mountain fastnesses, and appeals irresistibly to the hearts of the proletariat. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan But who shall say that, seen in the fastnesses of his native rivers, he is not the beautiful perfect fulfilling of nature's harmony? The Enjoyment of Art For days after that, we wallowed around in the mud, gaining a village here, a trench there, and driving him from hills and wood fastnesses. Through St. Dunstan's to Light The fiery palisade around their fastness casts a faint glow upon the night. The Wagnerian Romances In these forays of the savages, they frequently carried off to their mountain fastnesses women and children, who were never heard of more. Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Mattathias was prospered, making successful raids from his mountain fastnesses, destroying heathen altars, and punishing apostate Jews. Ancient States and Empires We must have a French cook, of course—a very priestess of Gluttony—skilful to lure the timid appetite from the fastness of satiety. Jonah and Co. In another moment he would be flying away through the gathering gloom, away into the broken fastnesses of the range, away, perhaps, for all time, from capture. The Rider of Waroona It pursues veteran politicians to the fastnesses of so-called National Conventions. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) Then there are the exquisite reaches of the Dart, from its mouth to Totnes, to say nothing of its wilder course beyond, among the fastnesses of the moors. The Cornwall Coast The Israelites, in view of this overwhelming force, hid themselves from fear, in caves and amid the rocks of the mountain fastnesses. Ancient States and Empires As in so many other engagements with the Seminoles in their swampy fastnesses, both sides claimed the victory. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) They crossed the river, and then placing themselves behind the willows, hurried away, making their escape into the mountain fastnesses. Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to California by the Ox-team Method Their towers and fastnesses on the banks of their rivers they have contrived to fortify in a very superior manner. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery And Galatea, lovely maid, Beneath wild Etna's fastness stayed Her horses, dripping with the mere, Those Polypheman songs to hear. Something Else Again But with the best of fortune, at least five days must be spent in getting through this dreadful fastness. Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark The Greeks fled to their walled towns and mountain fastnesses. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities And a bundle of these papers found their adventurous way to the latest fastness of Stingaree in the mallee. Stingaree His armies occupied the greater part of the valleys, though the Vaudois still held out, and made occasional successful sallies from their mountain fastnesses. The Huguenots in France It retreats slowly, defends every inch of ground, and often retains a footing in some remote fastness after it has been driven from the open country. A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) |
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