| 单词 | immurement |
| 例句 | “The practice of burying or concealing items in the structure of a house is called immurement,” said Joseph Heathcott, an architectural historian and urbanist who teaches at the New School in New York. The History Hidden in the Walls 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z How delicious is that refreshing breeze after his terrible immurement! The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The upset released our characters from the horrors of prison immurement, only to plunge them in the more awful tyranny of the New Terror. Orphans of the Storm Our peregrinations made it very clear that Carcassonne was impregnable; it is impossible to imagine without having seen them such refinements of immurement, such ingenuities of resistance. A Little Tour of France The stern genius of the North grudges immurement, even to great piety, remembering that Christ himself remained but forty days in the desert and then returned to deliver the world. Apologia Diffidentis He was in that frame of mind which, during the middle ages, resulted in the immurement of such disturbing daughters in the topmost turrets of their fathers' castles. The Ffolliots of Redmarley At the conclusion of this half century's immurement what would the world say to the Polish composer's music? Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques I can not tell you all we spoke of in that day-long immurement. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady "Two years after your immurement in the cell, the food having been for some time untouched, the wall was opened, and upon the pallet was found a decayed carcase in mouldering, monkish vestments." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Humiliations I have undergone, and death and immurement under circumstances of great severity. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 There is no third reason besides such slaughter or immurement for which men would seek individuals of our species. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Our peregrinations made it very clear that Carcassonne was impregnable; it is impossible to imagine, without having seen them, such refinements of immurement, such ingenuities of resistance. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 There have been horrible instances of voluntary immurement in Christian Europe, and above all in the Christian East; but not quite—though very nearly—as bad as this. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe For this immurement, however, there exists fair compensation in the shape of a very pretty garden, or rather a series of garden spaces, which surround the dwelling on three sides. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series And I had smelled before that cold, dank, furnished draught of air that hurried by her to escape immurement in the furnished house. Rolling Stones Persons conversant with the Vedas have said that death and immurement are both painful. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 This meant immurement alive in cells, in a remote spot where no contact with others was possible, and where the prisoner would often be chained or riveted for years. Jailed for Freedom Her face was very pale, as if from long immurement, and her eyes were no more merry. The Path of the King And then he thought of the three years she had suffered immurement, uncomplaining, and a flush of shame warmed him, for he carried fair play as an item in his creed. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million |
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