| 单词 | oriel |
| 例句 | Wrought-iron balconies, turrets, oriel windows: block after block, the residential facades were unique and homogenous at the same time. Brussels: The Chocolate Trail 2011-12-23T17:57:07Z The existing east facade resembled one of Mackintosh's Barionial castles but his new west facade was very different, with a trio of slender oriel windows- more linear, geometric. The world's love of Glasgow School of Art 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z On a recent dinner visit to the Country Bistro in Salisbury, the hostess led me to a table by the oriel window, where a hula skirt was the centerpiece of a seaside-themed display. Review: At the Country Bistro, the Feel of Vacation 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Cheyenne Barger, a third-grader from Enterprise School, was partial to the ornate oriel window that protrudes from the side of the estate, which was built on prairie land nearly 140 years ago. EXCHANGE: Third-graders pay visit Millikin Homestead 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The Manor House is very old; such quaint little oriel windows, and turrets, and gables. A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z How cold to hear them now, here, in my room, echoing from varnished beams, off-stage in my oriel of yesterday. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z He turned as he spoke; and I saw behind him a heavy curtain hiding the oriel window of the lobby. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Some of the decorative bits that catch the eye right and left, are absolute gems in their way—whether oriel windows, or fantastic turrets, or figures and devices embossed and sculptured. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z It was the 17th of August, and the sun, already high, flashed light from a hundred oriels and casements. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z His chamber is neither large nor elegant, its walls are plainly papered, and its single oriel window is shaded by a faded curtain. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z With Ann opposite me at supper table, I peered outside at the leaves, beyond the oriel, and denounced myself as I ate, enumerated my festering faults. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Windows to the streets are common, and the oriel windows, with their warm brown lattices projecting over the roadways at irregular heights, are strikingly picturesque. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z The gallery, which is a wooden construction overhanging the Cloister, is eighty feet long by twelve in width, with three large oriels looking into the Court. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z While I was still a long way off I saw my lady at the oriel watching for me. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Lichfield has a gallery over the sacristy door, which served the same purpose; and at Worcester an oriel was probably used by the watchers. Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z “And in the painted oriel of the West, Whose panes the sunken sun incardines, Like a fair lady at her casement, shines The Evening Star, the star of love and rest.” Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z Not less so are latticework galleries, which are often thrown across the street to connect the two houses of wealthy residents, and the sitting-rooms with oriel windows, which likewise bridge the roadways. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z These inscriptions are on two slabs of freestone beneath the two side-lights of the oriel window in the gallery of the palace. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z When I reached the parlour I found them confronting one another, my lady standing in the oriel with her back to the street. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The leaded window of the two huge, open oriels, high up in the walls of the great central nave, admitted a sad sheet of light, extending like a pale altar-cloth before the principal shrine. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z The uncomplimentary confidence was made into the shell-like ear of Mrs. Talmage Eglinton, who, faultlessly gowned by Worth, was sitting apart with her nominal hostess in the embrasure of an oriel window. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z “Lo! in the painted oriel of the west, Whose panes the sunken sun incardines, Like a fair lady at her casement shines The Evening Star, the star of love and rest.” In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z So spoke Sydenham Morton, whilom Captain of Eton, now, in due course, having passed up to Kings, discussing ham-pie and audit, devils and coffee, while the June sun streamed through the large oriel windows. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z As the latter were built with many quaint oriels, and tiny dormers, and had lattices in side-nooks, where one least looked to find them, I was kept expecting and employed. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Through the leaded panes of the great oriels poured all the daylight evaporating the mysteriousness of the temple, and making it seem melancholy, wretched, and dirty, as in reality it was. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Ruth stole to the little oriel window, and watched her husband as he turned from the moonlight and entered the shadows of the park. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z The Old Hall, of the 15th century, enlarged in the 16th, is a picturesque building, forming three sides of a quadrangle, partially timber-framed, but having a beautiful oriel window and other parts of stone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Under the oriel window, where I had seen her first, she lay on a little couch. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Count Hugo stayed awhile, standing with my lady and the Waldgrave in one of the great oriels that overlooked the street. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z The day of splendid oriels had not yet come in castle architecture. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z One oriel window was discovered through the white jasmine that clustered around it, and the verbenas, heliotrope, and scarlet geraniums that crept beneath it from the ground. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z "As she used to stand in the oriel, at sunset!" thought Roy, with an unheard sigh. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Their laughter reached me as I sat solitary and alone in the oriel window, over which lace curtains fell, and were kindled up like snow by the lights from without. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z With its Tudor battlements, casements, diamond-paned and low oriel windows, half obliterated escutcheons; its drapery of green ivy, and heavy iron-clamped doors, it looked venerable, picturesque and peaceful. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Would Herr Dremmel in that setting of carefully subdued splendour, of wainscoting and oriels, seem to her as free and delightful as he seemed on a tour of frugal backgrounds? The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The moonlight came flickering through the oriel window, as if a bunch of silver arrows had been shivered against it, half illuminating the room with a soft, beautiful light. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Mrs. Wyllys must look the other way, then—at the majestic proportions of her cupola, if she likes, for the oriel is to be a fact next month. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z I stood in the oriel window that curved out from one end of the large parlor and looked toward the east; that is, it commanded a broad view from all points, save the direct west. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Frank was standing behind Dolly's chair in the faint green light of the old oriel window. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Amy's associations with what had generally been called the oriel room were of a more cheerful character. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Here is your room, it has the oriel, And there’s the river and the hills for you. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z A bay-window did duty for the more roomy oriel, and the shelf, which was an extension of the sill, was filled with plants. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z It is lighted by an oriel window corresponding to that 28 in the library. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z I mused, and gazed o’er purple fells outroll’d; When, lo! beneath an old thatched roof a gleam That kindled soon with sunset’s gorgeous gold: Broad panes, nor fretted oriel brighter beam. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Still Amy did not care; for she had determined in her own mind that they would decide upon the bedroom oriel, which was just over the old schoolroom. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z The melancholy, half light coming through the oriel window by which he stood, fell full upon the face of Rupert Thetford, white and cold, and set as marble. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z I wish you could see your oriel now. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z When the gayety was at its highest and he feared not to be missed, I saw him slip from the table with my Lord Boyle, and retire with him into the oriel. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z He stepped back to an oriel window in the cross-passage, and looked out into the little garden. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z Sir Within's note had said four o'clock, an early dinner, and Sir Within himself could be seen, at an oriel window, watch in hand, as the carriage passed under the arched entrance. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The oriel window at its farther end is lighted up, and from it can be seen a picture, living, real, that resembles fairy-land. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z My father had this oriel built to please her. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Miss Stuart was sitting before an easel in the large oriel, and as her aunt briefly announced me and withdrew in her eagerness to talk to the wonderful Joe, she rose and greeted me warmly. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Beyond this row of buttresses, and further from the bridge and also further from the water which here suddenly bends, are the pretty oriel windows of Mr. Harding's house, and his well mown lawn. Hospital Sketches 2011-02-16T03:00:37.920Z A large roomy apartment, containing two oriel windows, with leaden casements and diamond window-panes. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z The night was cold, and the moon shone brightly through the uncurtained oriel windows upon Pip's bare feet as they paddled along the boarded floor. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Guy had digs in an old house whose gabled front leaned outward, whose oriel windows were supported by oaken beams worm-eaten and grotesquely carved. Sinister Street, vol. 2 We were standing together in the oriel, watching the sunset splendour through the leafless trees, when Mrs Stuart and Murray Monteith joined us. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z On the north side of the choir there still exists the small oriel window, through which the sepulchre was watched from Good Friday to Easter Morning. Rambles in an Old City comprising antiquarian, historical, biographical and political associations The melancholy half light coming wanly through the oriel window by which he stood, fell full upon the face of Rupert Thetford, white and cold, and set as marble. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Often from the bay projects a second and smaller oriel, also latticed. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu Sitting by herself in the oriel window, Pauline was nearly sure she did not like him. Plashers Mead A Novel A cool evening breeze blows in through the open oriel window, quickly dispersing the clouds of tobacco smoke. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. To burst it open would require time; the ante-room between the hall and the archbishop's apartments opened by an oriel window and an outside stair into a garden. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 It is said that Nonconformity was preached for the first time in Banbury in the oriel room. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield An old sycamore shades several latticed windows, among them one which contains three of the smaller oriels; this portion of the second story rests upon an antique marble column. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu It resembles the great oriel of some ancient cathedral, an illumination of many beautiful colours, some of which can never be reproduced, for the art is lost. The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde All windows are stone mullioned, with old leaded glass; some are exquisite oriels; and there are two famous stairways, one with dog gates. The Brightener Just outside the entrance to the vicars' close is a beautiful oriel window, which has been much copied in modern times. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The left doorway opens to the hall, a fine plain room with large oriel window with bold stone mullions. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield Throughout England, in half-timber work, wood corbels abound, carrying window-sills or oriels in wood, which also are often carved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" The great east oriel is its most imposing feature. In the Border Country But what about those 'exquisite oriels,' those famous fireplaces, those stairways, those celebrated ceilings, and corbels—whatever they are? The Brightener She bowed distantly; and, when he reached his buggy, he glanced back and saw that perfect, pallid face, pressed against the cedar facing of the oriel, looking seaward. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part By its reconstruction in Queen Elizabeth’s days we know the reformation had swept away its religious order, and the fine oriel window is of that date. Edge Hill The Battle and Battlefield From the library oriel the Thames and its bridges, Somerset House and the Houses of Parliament, form a grand coup d'œil. Old and New London Volume I The full moon shone brightly through the gleaming clouds, the sea-waves roared, and the night-wind howled and shook the oriel window till the panes rattled. Weird Tales. Vol. I There were the "exquisite oriels," and above all, there was the twisted chimney! The Brightener Put me on the sofa in the oriel, and leave the blinds open.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part I may be wrong in my notion of oriel window, but I have not met with ancient authority for that expression. Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. But in the face of all that, the very look of that high oriel window convinces the imagination, and we enter into all the sorrows of the imprisoned dame. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers There were three gables in the front, the central one holding a beautiful oriel window, with a fine oak door below. The Thread of Gold We were admitted with reluctance into a magnificent hall which magically matched our description: stone-paved, with a vaulted roof, and an immense oriel window the height of two stories. The Brightener She turned from him, and threw herself wearily upon the divan that filled the recess of the oriel window. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part "Oriel."—I should be glad if any of your correspondents could inform me of the origin of the term oriel, as applied to a window? Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. A very heavy string-course runs round the upper story, and just above this, facing up the street, the tower carries a small oriel window, fluted and corbelled and carved about with stone heads. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers At the end of the village stands a big farm-house, built out of the abbey ruins, with a fine oriel in one of the granaries. The Thread of Gold But it does not continue round the fourth side, because over the entrance, above the great inscription, an oriel window of musharabiyeh work looks down into the hall from the first floor of the house. Frederic Lord Leighton An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work Very softly Elsie closed and securely latched the door on the inside, knowing that at that moment her mistress was sitting in the oriel window of the front parlor. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part A high oriel window threw good light upon the pictures, some of which were dark and dim with age. East of the Shadows The oriel or tower of enriched workmanship, which, by projecting into the court, breaks the uniformity of the elevation, is perhaps the part that more than any other merits such encomium. Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Tennyson dies at eighty-three with the full moonlight streaming through the oriel window upon his bed, and with his fingers clasping Shakespeare's Cymbeline. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures "Methinks I see my father galloping up the street," said Helena, turning to the oriel window. Dreamers of the Ghetto Away toward the horizon, at the upper end of the valley, was some large building, whose gray walls and oriel windows were just now burning in the golden fires of a magnificent sunset. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals An oriel window projecting over the street is said to mark his chamber. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel At the other end? or in the oriel window looking on the Bishop’s Walk? A Walk from London to Fulham Have you noticed those little oriel windows of the gatehouse? John and Betty's History Visit Through the great oriel window near which they stood the cold sunshine touched her hair and made spots of glory on the striped beast-skins that covered the floor, and on the hanging tapestries. Dreamers of the Ghetto No plain square affair, with three pointed arches in the façade, and a gable of pink tiles; but here are quoins, oriels, embrasures, segmental arches, and other luxuries of architecture. The Book of Khalid An exquisite oriel window looks out from this room over the woods and grounds of Haddon, the recess bearing on one of its panels the head of Will Somers, who was Henry VIII.'s jester. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The next morning when Marion waked, through the odd little oriel window the late winter light was struggling fitfully in. Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story It was the oriel chamber, and Sir Hugh lay on the very bed where, Mrs. Heron had solemnly assured Fay, many a Redmond had breathed his first and last breath. Wee Wifie The old house stood fair and stately in the sunset, with all its oriel windows and pointed gables and gilded vanes. A Vanished Hand With that I repaired to the small oriel chamber; but there, too, was another 'Stand!' The Buccaneer A Tale Its quadrangles and cloisters are much admired, especially the venerable oriel windows and quaint stone gables of the library. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The upper end contained an oriel window under which was a fringed dais. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Around the mansion itself it was very busy, casting a thousand sunbeams upon its long line of oriel windows, and many quaint shadows of its begabled roof upon the lawns and bright flower-beds below. The New Tenant And she hurried forth to the oriel window, where Jack was already perched. In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Two large oriel windows coming almost to the ground, and going up almost to the ceilings, adorned the dining-room and the library. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite It was at first about seventy feet long, with one oriel only, the old Combination Room being beyond it. St. John's College, Cambridge At the end of the room three lovely pillars upheld a minstrels' gallery, while opposite a stately oriel yawned a tremendous fireplace, with two stone seraphim for jambs. Jonah and Co. West oriel of the Library at S. John's College, Cambridge 249 110. The Care of Books It was pierced on every side with oriel windows and clear-stories curiously glazed, the mullions and posts of which were overlaid with gold. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 It was perky and modern and defaced by all sorts of oriel windows and tourelles and pinnacles which gave it a top-heavy appearance, and it was surrounded by a low brick wall. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol When the new Chapel was built the Hall was lengthened, and the second oriel window added. St. John's College, Cambridge Nay, from a certain oriel window he discovered stars, so many and so beautiful that he trembled with delight. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls And so the two gradually neared the oriel where the squire and Mr. Bickerton were standing. Robert Elsmere The fine archway leading into the cloisters was put up at this time, and the large oriel window of the library came from another old house in Exeter. Exeter Many conjectures have been made as to the etymology of oriel. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) The old Chapel was swept away in 1869—its foundations are marked out by cement; at this time the Hall was lengthened, and a second oriel window added. St. John's College, Cambridge As she spoke we came in sight of The Towers—a large, four-winged mansion, with pepper box turrets, oriel windows, a square lawn, and many tree-lined walks. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls There were towers and gables and oriels, and a large conservatory that was to contain all manner of rare plants, native as well as foreign. A Little Girl in Old New York But I sought out an oriel window of a tower which commanded the pillared doorway. The Dew of Their Youth The Archbishop stood at the large oriel of stained glass at the end of the corridor, looking out on the spring evening—the buds just beginning to break, the softened gold of the western sky. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century The innermost was the bedchamber, from which projected a little oratory with an oriel window; the outer, the “withdrawing chamber,” which opened only into a guardroom always occupied by soldiers. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time The windows, including a very brilliant oriel, are finely stained: the font is a delicate piece of carving, the organ is grand, and the accommodations for Sunday-schools and lectures are of singular perfection. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 It was lighted by a small, deep, oriel window, with a broad sill, on which were arranged some flower-pots, sweet-scented flowers growing in them. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times Now, as she and her lip-love stand side by side in the oriel window that overlooks the graveled path leading into the gardens, the dislike to her cousin's coming burns hotly within her. Molly Bawn “Well, it’s yon oriel, on the inner side of— Eh, but I marvel if I do ill to tell you!” The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century The whole front of the antique building was lighted, and the painted oriels gleamed ruby, and amber, and soft brown, in the dusky evening, through the green screen of foliage. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The village was full of marvelous old houses rich in frescoes, oriel windows, gables and turrets, but this dwelling, standing in a dignified situation on an eminence, was a prince amongst its compeers. Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 He looked vacantly around the ceiling until his gaze rested upon a glass chandelier above him; but, finding no assistance there, his glance wandered to an oriel, in which there was a caged mocking-bird. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People “The base-born of your paramour!” and with a sudden energy I hurled him from me; and he lay bruised and crouching beneath the large oriel window, at the extremity of the room. Rattlin the Reefer The sequence is, of course, interrupted by the oriel window in the central bay on the south; and the narrower openings in the apse only admit of a twofold division. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less Two wax candles burned upon the writing-table in the oriel, and on the side-table an electric lamp shaded with green silk faintly silhouetted the Master's features. Brother Copas Almost every one is acquainted with that beautiful style of building called in England the Tudor or Elizabethan, with its decorated chimneys, its ornamented gables, and large oriel or bow windows. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 Again was Baker at sea, and again did his glance seek the chandelier and the oriel. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People For hours she stands behind the lattice in the oriel window which projects over the street and watches the movement going on below. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People As a matter of fact, she went to the oriel window looking down into Fifth Avenue, with vague thoughts of the weather. The Letter of the Contract There is an oriel window, and in the room is a little old organ, yet wonderfully sweet. Mary Gray The oriel window cast its slowly moving shadow on the half-timber walls; and the many lattice casements, with their small diamond-shaped panes, glistened in the sun as in the days gone by. Cobwebs and Cables Again Baker looked helplessly around until he found the chandelier, and then his eyes sought the oriel. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People There were already a little table and three plates in the oriel, and while I was occupied with my own dinner I did not particularly notice the three persons who sat down to theirs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 She assured herself of that as she returned to her post in the oriel window. The Letter of the Contract The tall oriel window of the Hall looking on to the terrace shone out with candlelight; and the armorial coats of the Maxwells and the families they had married with glimmered in the upper panes. By What Authority? Felix sat down near to the old man, whose chair was in the oriel window, on which the sun was shining warmly. Cobwebs and Cables Those at the sides are very simple, but the oriel over the altar is a grand work. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City One side of this room was given up to the windows, and there was a charming hexagonal oriel in the corner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 It had divided itself into a few crumbling, leaning walls with sad oriel windows and a broken ornamentation of queer gargoyles. The Guests Of Hercules Then the door closed; the oriel window suddenly darkened, and an hour after the lights in the wing went out, and Maxwell Hall lay silver and grey again in the moonlight. By What Authority? Phebe found her, as she had done the day before, sitting in the oriel window; but the usually placid-looking little woman was in a state of nervous agitation. Cobwebs and Cables A long corridor, lit by an oriel window, through which the rainy twilight stole eerily enough, led to a baize door. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel Is she watching for him on the oriel stair, Or cradling the babe on her silken breast In the hush of the drowsy chamber there? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Strong walls of cut stone, like the ramparts of a fortress; great projecting, mullioned oriel windows; everywhere the Dumany coat-of-arms hewn in stone, wrought in iron, carved in wood. Dr. Dumany's Wife When King Henry looked from the oriel windows of his fairy palace, he saw before him a scene of the greatest splendor and the most incessant activity. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Here, built out like an oriel window, was a curious closed-in-gallery of stone, pierced in places by tiny frets. A Popular Schoolgirl Directly behind the altar was a large oriel window of stained glass, representing subjects from Scripture. The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History When they were out of sight I went into the library to write my letter to Theobald, taking the blotting-pad and pen and ink and paper to my favourite seat in the oriel. The Story of Bawn It was a touching sight that the daylight streamed in upon, as Martha drew aside the blinds and thick curtains, and opened the Gothic casement of the oriel window! Scenes of Clerical Life Good examples of these are the exquisite oriel and other decorative features of the house of Mr. W.K. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin And here My Lady’s lighted oriel shines A giant glowworm in the odorous gloom. My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale So he did not stir, but was even able to sleep again until aroused by the aged janitor, just as the blessed light of dawn was pouring through the oriel window. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars I overheard the speech by accident, being in the oriel of the library where long ago I had heard my grandmother's speech to my grandfather concerning me. The Story of Bawn A few minutes before eleven, a 'gently, Rantaway,' accompanied by a slight crack of a whip, drew the seedy and satisfied parties to the oriel window, to see Mr. Bragg pass along with his hounds. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Nicholas lay with wide-open eyes, looking up at the oriel window where the sparrows twittered. The Voice of the People Then, still on his knees, he turned his eyes to see the Archbishop going towards the window, and up the step that led on to the dais that occupied the floor of the oriel. The King's Achievement Dawn broke—a silver rift in the purple sky—and presently stole, in pearly light, through the oriel window. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century They are all in the oriel chamber, the windows of which look upon the lake, and now they can see Randall and Miss Gower rowing apparently in the utmost peace across it. The Hoyden There childhood shall be laid on gleaming beds, A saintly-eyed prophetic band, And tinted oriels flame above their heads To picture the new land. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 But aren't forty rooms with all the closets and storerooms, and stairways and halls, and bays and oriels and dungeons going to make a large house for one family? The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure At the upper end of the hall was a raised floor, and on either side of it an oriel window, glowing with painted glass. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest She rose and opened wide the casement, not of the oriel window, but of one to the right of the group of the Virgin and child, and near by it. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century The lights shone through the open oriel windows right upon her path, but she crept under the shadow of the wall and passed hastily on. Heiress of Haddon The eye still rests with admiration on the numberless gables, the quaint chimneys, the oriel windows, the fretted parapets of the Tudor building. A History of English Prose Fiction A long gallery, supported by huge pillars, terminated in the distance by a long and narrow oriel. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 How different the country would look if the man spent his waste moments in building a gallery, an oriel window, or an awning, to his house, and the idle girl practised some home manufacture. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making Hastening thither she found the Reverend Mother standing, very white and silent, very calm and steadfast, looking out from the oriel window. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century We stood together late one afternoon in a rich oriel window which overhung the street. The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors Every iron beam; every copestone, every coigne of vantage, every oriel window in this honorable edifice is for you! David Lockwin—The People's Idol Fierce came the beams of the morning sun through the eastern oriel of the hall, and the guards and retainers of this feudal fortress were waiting the appearance of their lord. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Through the tall, dark pines and firs the red west glowed like the lights in an oriel or mullioned window. The Log School-House on the Columbia The Prioress turned, and looked out through the oriel window. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century “Davie did not come with you?” she said when Brett was seated near to her in an alcove formed by an oriel window. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate A great charm of the building are the three oriel windows extending from the top of the ground-floor division to the foot of the battlements. Vanishing England There were two oriels furnished with leaning-stones for the convenience of loungers. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 She dared not clasp him or cry over him, he was so weak still; but she stole aside into the oriel window, her heart full almost to bursting. Christian's Mistake She was drawn, by the glow of the sunset, to the oriel window. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century From the great oriel window a noble vista is unrolled. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 A fifteenth-century gable with an oriel window and carved barge-board still remains, and you can see a massive stone chimney-piece in one of the original chambers where Jack used to sit and receive his friends. Vanishing England Buttress and oriel were weltering in her beam, and the feathery pinnacles sprang out sharp and clear into the blue sky. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 In style it may be said to be French-Gothic of early date, with Venetian features in the shape of traceried oriel windows, &c., the frontage being of Corsham Down and Portland stone. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically "It was the finest building we had seen, not at all like the gloomy-looking castles, being more like a palace, with a fine display of oriel windows, battlements, steeples, and turrets." From John O'Groats to Land's End There were fascinating windows, great wide and deep ones, and little oriels and dormers. Patty and Azalea The three fine oriel windows and stair-turret, the noble Gothic dining-hall and abbot's parlour panelled with oak in the style of the linen pattern, are some of the finest Tudor work in the country. Vanishing England A ray, from her patron saint belike, darting through the eastern oriel, came full upon her dark and glowing eye. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 He was sitting so as to face the picture of Adrian Temple, and the great windows of the oriel flung a strong light on him. The Lost Stradivarius Very little remained of the old abbey beyond its ancient gateway, which was three stories high, and displayed two very handsome double-storeyed oriel windows. From John O'Groats to Land's End He yielded, and was drawn into a corridor under the oriel window, where the air was pungent with the reek of beer, tobacco-smoke, orange-peel, cheese and caraway seeds. The Son of Clemenceau In the courtyard on the south stands the great hall with its oriel, buttery, and kitchen, and amidst the ruins you can discern the chapel, sacristy, ladies' bower, presence chamber. Vanishing England From the deep oriel window where she sat Diana could see a projecting wing of the house itself, its mellowed red brick, its Jacobean windows and roof. The Testing of Diana Mallory In this oriel they had sat for some time watching the flashes, and the wintry landscape revealed for an instant and then plunged into outer blackness. The Lost Stradivarius From roofs and oriels high, women looked down; Men, maidens, children, and a fierce white sun Smote blinding splinters from all spears aslant. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. I reached the little gate, and soft within The oriel fell her shadow. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. A curious feature is the mounting-block near the large oriel window. Vanishing England These decorations were a present to the cardinal from Leo X. The oriel windows by their side bear contributions in a different taste from Henry VIII. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 I had reached the end of the gallery and sat down in the oriel watching the snow-flakes falling sparsely, and the evergreens below me waving wildly in the sudden rushes of the wind. The Lost Stradivarius Its oriel windows and rough cast walls of quite jovial contours overhanging the dark cloisters beneath strike a different note to anything else in Cambridge. Beautiful Britain—Cambridge An oriel, or rather tower, of enriched workmanship projects into the court, and varies the elevations. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 I love to see them smiling on me from the shelves of my book-cases, as glowing and varied as the sunset through a painted oriel. In the Days of My Youth The ordinary was held in the principal room in the house; which was well enough adapted for the purpose, being lofty and spacious, and lighted by an oriel window at the upper end. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance The picture-gallery at Royston is a very long, narrow, and rather low room, running the whole length of the south wing, and terminating in a large Tudor oriel or flat bay window looking east. The Lost Stradivarius The Latin inscription, omitting any reference to the part the fellows took in building the oriel, may still be read on the window. Beautiful Britain—Cambridge She had been sitting in its oriel window with a small table before her, and on the table a Bible. True Tilda I sat down on a stone bench and fell into a long study of the stained oriel, the light o'erarching roof, and the long perspective of the pillared aisles. In the Days of My Youth High roofed gables, rows of windows and glittering oriels looking down on terraced gardens, with vases and fountains, mark the new epoch. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time My poor brother sat in the oriel window of which I have before spoken. The Lost Stradivarius Their gaze, as a rule, rose no higher than the first-floor oriel, where the shapely white shoulder of a Parian statue, enhanced by a background of dark-blue silken hanging, caught the wandering eye. The Castle Inn As she passed through an oriel in her way towards the gallery, she observed Pauncefort in the avenue of the park, moving in the direction of the keeper's lodge. Venetia Here there is a remarkably fine oriel window, richly ornamented with carving. What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows—the south and east oriels—are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising. Views a-foot This long low line of buildings built in Charles I's reign looked so exquisitely beautiful that I shall never forget it, though I have not since seen its oriel windows and creeper-covered walls. The Lost Stradivarius From another point, Whitefriars Gate, the end of the building, with its fine oriel window, is seen to considerable advantage. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829 In the recess of a large oriel window that looked upon the park, and of which the blinds were nearly drawn, was an old-fashioned yet sumptuous toilet-table of considerable size, arranged as if for use. Venetia The grand oriel window and panelled and groined entrance are justly admired. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter A few relics of it exist in St. Mary Hall, a statue of Henry VI, and, in the oriel, two smaller figures. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains As we stood silent and listening, a candle was lit in a small oriel at the end, and the light showing the tracery of the window added to the picturesqueness of the scene. The Lost Stradivarius The gleam of the oriel's golden breast could be seen amidst the branches, but the little birds that flew up there were lost to sight in the sunny wilderness of tufted leaves. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine She approached the table in the oriel: in its centre was a volume, on which reposed a dagger of curious workmanship; the volume bound in velvet, and the word 'ANNABEL' embroidered upon it in gold. Venetia All that is left of the ancient buildings is a beautiful gateway with turrets and oriels dating from the fifteenth century. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter The hall, 70 feet by 30 feet, is of five bays, with the usual dais and oriel window at the far end from the entrance. The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains It is on the north side of the room, over the writing-desk opposite the oriels. The Purple Cloud There is no tower without its spire, no turret or gable without its pinnacle, no oriel without its pointed roof, no dormer without some such playful leaping up into the air. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 The carving outside is most picturesque, there being many handsome niches and six fine oriel windows. A Cotswold Village Brighter and richer than any tints that ever poured through painted oriel flowed the glories of sunset. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 And would rather sit distrait by her oriel than ride gayly to the chase as of old. The White Company These five old room walls, and oak floor, and two oriels, became specially mine, though it was really common ground to us both, and there I would do many little things. The Purple Cloud It shone from what appeared to be an old oriel window, and being surrounded by the deep shadows of overhanging walls, sparkled like a star. The Old Curiosity Shop Beyond this row of buttresses, and further from the bridge, and also further from the water which here suddenly bends, are the pretty oriel windows of Mr Harding's house, and his well-mown lawn. The Warden Behind us, two tall, shapely spruce trees rose up against the sunset, and through the dark oriel of their sundered branches an evening star looked down. The Golden Road The large and spacious houses, with their oriel, latticed windows, their huge fireplaces, and their gabled roofs, breathe of the days of hose and doublet, of pearl-embroidered stomachers, and complicated oaths. Three Men in a Boat Its windows were oriel and latticed, Lowly and wide and fair; And its chimneys like clustered pillars Stood up in the thin blue air. The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 In the Little Shambles, too, there are many curious details in the high gables, pargeting and oriel windows. Yorkshire This Hall is bearable to dine in; but I once breakfasted here, and I never shall forget the ludicrous effect produced by the sun through the oriel window. Vivian Grey He passed along the corridor now towards the great oriel window at the end. The Crimson Blind The smile passed away in an instant, as the soldier looked to the oriel windows. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier The two oriel windows were so draped with curtains of pink and yellow that only a faint light as of the last of a sunset filtered through. The Highwayman And in a few seconds he and a fireman could be seen climbing from a ladder upon a ledge, a carved string-course, which connected the eastern and western oriels above the main doorway. Delia Blanchflower As he entered, the minister was standing by an oriel window, overlooking the river, turning over the contents of a despatch-box that had just been brought him. Sir George Tressady — Volume II An oriel window looking upon Bridge Street, is pointed out as marking his room; and in the master's lodge is a likeness of Cromwell in his later years, said to be the best extant. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 The master of Arden Court drew a chair towards the oriel, and seated himself deliberately, with an evident intention of remaining. The Lovels of Arden She was looking out of the oriel window at a garden of wintry emptiness and wind swept. The Highwayman Lathrop climbed down to it over the scorched face of the oriel, his life in jeopardy at every step. Delia Blanchflower There was no fire on the great hearth, and the blinds in the oriel windows were still mostly drawn. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II The clear sun was shining sideways on the little oriel window of one of the rooms in which my labour awaited me. Wilfrid Cumbermede Clarissa, sitting alone in an oriel at the end of the drawing-room, watched them with weary eyes and a dull load at her heart, wondering about them perpetually, with a painful wonder. The Lovels of Arden His ablutions over, he stood, slowly re-arranging his cuffs, looking at the horn of a young moon, set pale in the opal sky, and glimmering faint on the oriel of Jean Baptiste. Villette He recognized that lighted window as the large oriel in his uncle's room. Lady Audley's Secret At the same moment the heavy curtain over the oriel window was drawn to one side, and a light figure entered the room. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Inside a low wall was the first of them, dark with an avenue of ancient trees, and below was the large oriel window in the end of the ball-room. Wilfrid Cumbermede And so the two gradually neared the oriel where the Squire and Mr. Bickerton were standing. Robert Elsmere As soon as the duke's temper was restored, they consulted the party collectively at afternoon tea in the oriel room on the subject of Angelica's dissatisfaction. The Heavenly Twins But above all, in the great oriel, his own fair princess, fairer than ever, held out both arms to him in welcome. The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories Helbeck opened one of the lattices of the oriel, and stood there gazing. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II She drifted from oriel window to casement, and on to a great becurtained and becushioned bay, and looked out on the outlook. Ptomaine Street But, although they had glass on three oriel sides, they were little used for the advertising of the stores within. Mary Marston The old duke sat in his velvet cap in a carved oak chair in the oriel room—nonsense! The Heavenly Twins I turned back to see him point to a small protruding oriel, above us, relieved against the purple brickwork, framed in chiselled stone and curtained with ivy. A Passionate Pilgrim And she, Laura, of course was hidden from them by the heavy curtain half drawn across the oriel. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Canon Aylwin and the Dean pressed in to look, and they all fell back into the recess of a great oriel, talking earnestly. The History of David Grieve It was of palatial size, and lighted by two side windows, and an oriel window at the end. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day The old duke sat in the oriel often, looking down at the wonderful prospect, but thinking less of his own vast possessions than of the great cathedral of Morningquest, which he coveted for Holy Church. The Heavenly Twins Let me see an instant," said the King—"the windows of the hall are too narrow; but that projecting oriel is wide enough. Quentin Durward There was but one line of windows along the front, but there was an oriel just under the peak of the main building, and I could see a skylight here and there upon the roofs. The Master of Silence A Romance Half hid in deep shadow, half sparkling in the midnight blaze, he recognised the oriel window that had been the subject of the morning's sketch. Coningsby Tudor or Elizabethan, with oriels, mullioned windows, gables, and turrets of strange shape? Prose Idylls, New and Old The staircase is good, but not so grand as others that I have seen; that at ——, for instance, where there was an oriel window on the first landing. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 That view through the oriel window, too, with the clump of oaks in the sloping park, and the sea in the distance beyond, I had certainly seen it before. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire More calm is the imposing façade, with its mighty towers and lofty spires, tapering like a pyramid, with its round oriel window rich in beautiful tracery, and its wide portal with sculptured saints and martyrs. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 05 The Middle Ages The lantern watch-towers of a baronial castle were placed in juxtaposition with Doric columns employed for chimneys, while under oriel windows might be observed Italian doorways with Grecian pediments. Coningsby As the sisters appeared inclined to devote themselves to their clerical visitor rather exclusively, he drew near the recess to which Dr. Blundell had retired, and joined him in the oriel window. Peter's Mother It is immense in size, and has two oriel windows hung with red velvet. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals Its walls are of gray stone, covered with ivy, or crusted with golden lichens; its front, long and low, is picturesquely diversified with oriel windows, gable ends, and shadowy angles. The Hallam Succession Are you studying for a portrait, Phil," he said, "or for a sketch of that oriel window? The Mill on the Floss From an oriel window in one of the Provost's rooms, Lord Monmouth, surrounded by every circumstance that could make life delightful, watched with some intentness the scene in the quadrangle beneath. Coningsby In the oriel window stood a spinning-wheel and a grandfather's chair. Peter's Mother We went back to the drawing-room and had coffee; after coffee new guests began to come, and we went into the magnificent room with the oriel windows. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals From out the oriel windows, From vault, and spire, and dome, And sparkling up from base to cope, The light and glory clomb. The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems The Lady Selina sat by an oriel window overlooking the park. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers The oblong drawing-room, into which he glanced in passing, with its white wainscoting and beautiful oriel window at the end on the left of the entrance-hall, brought back many memories of his childhood and youth. The Desired Woman In the great oriel window stood a round mahogany table, bearing a bouquet of wax flowers under a glass shade. Peter's Mother Wilfred crept behind the walls, but after the general start there was an equally universal laugh, for between the stout mullions of the oriel window Lord Rotherwood's face was seen, and Sir Jasper's behind him. Beechcroft at Rockstone There was an absolute stillness, unbroken save by the rattle of the rain-drops against the high oriel window, and the whistling rush of the wind. Ardath A low window-seat runs round the oriel, with cushions of the same blue. Escape, and Other Essays The moonlight falls through the tall oriel of the Hall, and the armorial shields burn and glow with rich points of colour. From a College Window Sir Timothy had walked to the oriel window, but he turned away as he answered her. Peter's Mother The part on the road was blank of windows, with the exception of a dignified projecting oriel; close to which was a high Tudor archway, with big oak doors standing open. Watersprings We reached a landing where the afterglow of the set sun streamed through a high oriel window of richly stained glass. A Romance of Two Worlds Macaulay would have said you might rightly read the power of discussion 'in the poetry of Shakespeare, in the prose of Bacon, in the oriels of Longleat, and the stately pinnacles of Burleigh.' Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society Then we found ourselves in a spacious panelled Hall, with a great oriel looking out into a peaceful garden, embowered in great trees, with smiling lawns. From a College Window Have I not said that ours was a black oak-panelled hall, with a wide fireplace, a gallery and oriel window, matted, and so fitted up as to be a pleasant resort for summer days. My Young Alcides At last he rose and went to the little oriel, which commanded a view of the village green. Watersprings Beyond it was another and larger island, about which a tropical sunset was throwing its glories; flushing all that part of the heavens, and making it flame like a vast dyed oriel illuminated. Omoo The setting sun was flooding with golden light the oriel windows of a magnificent mansion situated in one of the most aristocratic streets west of the brick yard. Rolling Stones As she turned the corner of the corridor, a flood of light, streaming through an oriel window, revived and cheered her. Joseph II. and His Court All the tricks were there—oriel windows, lozenged panes, high twisted chimney stacks; the very stone was red, as if to imitate the mellow brick of some ancient Kentish manor. Huntingtower A double staircase, about ten feet broad, rose out of the hall, and up this Mr. Harris conducted Severne, the only stranger, into a bedroom with a great oriel window looking west. A Woman-Hater "Just a moment," he cried, stopping her just by an a oriel window. Peg O' My Heart He ended by an imaginary plan and elevation for the school, with a pretty oriel window and bell-gable, that made Ethel sigh with delight at the bare idea. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations No, Miss Diana, not even an oriel, beautiful as is an oriel window. Barchester Towers Auroral light the eastern oriels touched, When with delicious sense of rest he woke, Amidst the cast and silent empty aisles. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 No person, however, was in it, and he proceeded to the oriel, where every thing remained as on the preceding night, but Ludovico was no where to be found. The Mysteries of Udolpho The listener in the oriel came to the conclusion that there were some lively characters among the ---th Hussars. A Changed Man; and other tales Just enough light stole through the oriel window at the further end, draped with crimson satin embroidered with gold, to show it. The Midnight Queen The light from the oriel window behind the old man shed broken rays of light upon him, and seemed to frame his thin gray hairs with a golden glory. Otto of the Silver Hand The oriels, towers, terraces, and battlements are in the most perfect keeping; and the building is as convenient within as it is picturesque without. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The room they went into was a smaller one, quiet, and its oriel windows much overshadowed by trees. T. Tembarom It was about this time that the invalid in the oriel became more than a mere bowing acquaintance of Mrs. Maumbry’s. A Changed Man; and other tales Its windows were oriel and latticed, Lowly and wide and fair; And its chimneys like clustered pillars Stood up in the thin blue air. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald No, Miss Diana; not even an oriel, beautiful as is an oriel window. Barchester Towers A week after their return, Lillian Earle stood one evening watching from the deep oriel window the sun's last rays upon the flowers. Dora Thorne There in a spacious chamber, lighted by a grand oriel window and two side windows, lay rank, title, wealth, and youth, stricken down in a moment by a common accident. A Simpleton What domestic issues supervened in Vannicock’s further story the man in the oriel never knew; but Mrs. Maumbry lived and died a widow. A Changed Man; and other tales Nothing was to be seen but the trees that "stretched their dark arms" within a few feet of the oriel. David Elginbrod The Lady Selina sat by an oriel window, overlooking the park. Condensed Novels We should see the keeps, where nobles, insecure themselves, spread insecurity around them, gradually giving place to the halls of peaceful opulence, to the oriels of Longleat, and the stately pinnacles of Burleigh. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 On every hand was a wilderness of balconies, of verandas, of minarets, of shrines, and fantastically carved oriels. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 They came and passed the oriel, where an officer or two, looking up and discovering Mrs. Maumbry, saluted her, whose eyes filled with tears as the notes of the band waned away. A Changed Man; and other tales He conducted me into a great hall, where there was a great, large Saracenic oriel window. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo With the utmost caution—with the deepest reverence—Burleigh took her hand at the moment he saw her heart was at the fullest, and led her aside to an oriel window, apart from the others. Kenilworth A great oriel window looked east, while a smaller one opened upon the south. The Grey Room She pressed her cheek against the side of the oriel window, over which the ivy grew thickly. A Lady of Quality Returning up the town on one of these occasions, the romantic pelisse flapping behind each horseman’s shoulder in the soft south-west wind, Captain Maumbry glanced up at the oriel. A Changed Man; and other tales More calm is the imposing facade, with its mighty towers and lofty spires, tapering like a pyramid, with its round oriel window rich in beautiful tracery, and its wide portal with sculptured saints and martyrs. Beacon Lights of History I passed under the east oriel window of the old mansion, where all the old saints and histories and such-like are painted. Kenilworth The Grey Room is large and commodious with a rather fine oriel window above our eastern porch. The Grey Room Does a glance at a fine gallant, even taken from behind an oriel window, make such change indeed? A Lady of Quality The library at Devenham Castle was a large and sombre apartment, with high oriel windows and bookcases reaching to the ceiling. The Illustrious Prince Lo! in the painted oriel of the West, Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines, Like a fair lady at her casement, shines The evening star, the star of love and rest! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow It was lofty and half-timbered, with Tudor leaded casements, an oriel, a somewhat musicianless musicians'-gallery, and tapestries believed to illustrate the granting of Magna Charta. Babbitt |
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