| 单词 | parapet |
| 例句 | The glass structure was set in the center, and the lead sloped slightly downward all around toward a gutter inside the parapet, with square drainage holes in the stone for rainwater. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We felt our way up the winding stairs of the dark tower until we emerged onto a deserted parapet overlooking the field and the river below. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Defenders piled it in heaps at the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They rest their rifles with telescopic sights on the parapet and watch the enemy front. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z In his head he drew the shadowy castle with the tortured prince pacing the parapets. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The Furies circled the parapets, high in the gloom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Keeping a mound of earth between himself and Brother Rufus, Matthias silently looped the rope around a projection at the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Cornflower and Silent Sam stood looking down from the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Not really very exciting,” he muttered, resting his arms on the cold stone of the parapet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z On the parapet above, the knuckleskull-mounted prison guards were filing in at a lopsided canter. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They helped the old man to get up and took him over to the shade of the parapet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The long plank snaked out and upwards, coming to rest gently but firmly on the parapet edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Across the top of the parapet a ramshackle wooden platform had appeared as if from nowhere. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She stood up on the cement parapet that separated the rubber trees from the driveway, and clapped her hands over Velutha’s eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His wings unfolded, and he half flew, half hopped onto the parapet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At twilight she circled the parapet once or twice, but she never left the rooftop. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But Hornet glanced over the parapet, looking worried. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The Deeping Wall was twenty feet high, and so thick that four men could walk abreast along the top, sheltered by a parapet over which only a tall man could look. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Every man is aware of the heavy shells tearing down the parapet, rooting up the embankment and demolishing the upper layers of concrete. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Livid with rage he clawed the foul mess from his eyes and saw Constance leaning over the parapet with a wicked grin of delight on her striped muzzle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "It's easy," Arya said, but the lie died in her throat as a hand grasped the top of the parapet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Seven towers, Ned had told her, like white daggers thrust into the belly of the sky, so high you can stand on the parapets and look down on the clouds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The parapet reached almost to my shoulders, so I dragged a folding chair from the stack against the wall, opened it, and climbed onto the precarious seat. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Out of the eastward door Sam could see him now by the parapet, panting, his left claw clenching and unclenching feebly. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The squirrel put aside her bow and sat down under cover of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They scrambled on to the low parapet of the bridge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Butler could have taken them from the parapet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He runs across the sand at full tilt, then stops and stares up at the ramparts rearing above him as though imagining pennants and cannons and medieval archers ranged along the parapets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He pushed up and then threw himself backward, crushing Will between himself and the parapet, and that was too much; all the breath left Will’s body, and in the shock his hands loosened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So without speaking, we gazed over the parapet to the fields and hills beyond Elsinore. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Reaching the thin branches above the parapet, he ran out along one. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ropes with grappling hooks were hurled over the parapet faster than men could cut them or fling them back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z People, mostly men, leaned over the stone parapets of the raised park that surrounded the library, or walked up and down and bent to drink water from the public drinking-fountains. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As he swung his leg over the parapet, she drove her point at his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They landed in droves around the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The men had crossed the bridge without looking over the parapet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare strode the parapet with a swagger-stick tucked beneath his arm. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Matthias’s voice rang out sharp and clear from the high parapet, “Halt! Who goes there?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Leaning across the parapet, Constance and her friends watched the panic-stricken animals descending. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They were on a wide flat rock without rail or parapet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z While the battle went ahead, ranging from the heights of the parapet to the depths of the ditch, the Joseph Bell rang out over the carnage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The wire, strung diagonally from one comer of the parapet to the other, stretched across her view of television antennas, billboards, and the distant arches of Howrah Bridge. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She went to the parapet and stood there gazing down upon the city as she had done a hundred times before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The force of the blow lifted the thief clean off his feet, and, before Constance could grab hold of him, he overbalanced and hurtled over the edge of the parapet with a horrible scream. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Constance bravely stood her ground on the parapet, as did her small band of picked fighters. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She pictured romantic walks with him through the old city, sunset picnics on the parapets. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Winifred the otter pounded the stones of the parapet in frustration. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A veritable avalanche of earth and rocks cascaded over the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Despite all efforts, however, they were still below the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Constance stood on the parapet overlooking the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Legolas sat above on the parapet, fingering his bow, and peering out into the gloom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Going to the parapet he leaned over, looking down into the outer court far below. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Jason imagined what the palace must have looked like when it was newly built, with Imperial guards walking the ramparts and the golden eagles of Rome glinting on the parapets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Looping the rope’s end around the old water-butt that had been the ferret’s drum, she sprang inside, calling up to the parapet, “Haul away, Constance.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The outer parapet came up to her chin, but along the inner edge of the walk was nothing, nothing but a long plunge to the bailey seventy or eighty feet below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z News spread between our window bars, across our clotheslines, and over the pigeon droppings that plastered the parapets of our rooftops. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Cluny was almost in reach of his goal when Constance appeared on the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Kehaar appeared on the parapet above them, flapped the rain out of his wings and dropped down to the punt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The brickwork was sheer, with a projecting course halfway between him and the parapet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Quiet as a burglar in my cornflower-sprigged bathrobe, I crept to the edge of the parapet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She sat down below the parapet out of sight of the fox, and scanned the message. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Even as Winifred spoke two grappling hooks with climbing ropes attached came clanging over the parapet and lodged in the joints. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Alice picked up a loose stone from the parapet, as big as her fist, and hurled it straight at him, and again he fell. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Billy now leaned over that parapet, looked down at all the people moving hither and yon. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She shuffled along the parapets, but her hips were sore from sleeping on newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And beyond the parapet of the terrace was the air space over Forty-fourth Street. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A patchwork of sheep-speckled fields spread across hills that rose away to meet a high ridge, where a wall of clouds stood like a cotton parapet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The priest was pointing at the Black Wall behind the temple, gesturing up at its parapets, where a handful of armored guardsmen stood gazing down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Winifred and Constance lifted the barrel on to the parapet edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Finally the staircase opened onto the roof, which was heavily slanted, an inverted V enclosed by stone parapets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We toss the bits of rat over the parapet and again lie in wait. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They gust down the slope of the roof, skitter across the parapets, stick flat in tidal eddies down on the beach. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She would have been waiting for him, perhaps preparing her little speech, even rehearsing it out loud as she sat on the stone parapet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He had climbed right to the flat roof of the third and highest tier of the Tower: an open space, about twenty yards across, with a low parapet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He peered over the edge of the parapet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He leaned over the low stone parapet and peered down at miniature cars and buses and swarms of tiny people scurrying along the streets. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When he had donned his glove again, Jon Snow turned abruptly and walked to the low, icy northern parapet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Goats could be glimpsed peering over the parapets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A gust of wind swept over the parapet and Dr. Kerry teetered, clutching the wall. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Together they leaned over the parapet, watching the dust-cloud draw nearer. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Knowing the supply of arrows was not endless, the badger looked to the heaps of rubble and stone along the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was safe to move now; the woodlanders had gone from the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As she put her hand out to touch the parapet of the bridge, a duck startled her with a high, unpleasant call, almost human in its breathy downward note. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The big rock catapulted over the top of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Sometime around early evening Jess arrived back, springing lightly from a high elm branch to the parapet of the Abbey wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She crouched beside the parapet and trailed her hot hand in the limpid water, letting the tinkle and splash of the fountain make her mind a harmless blank. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He leaned back against the parapet and took out a cigarette as he watched her bobbing and receding form fade into the dusk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was not a broad road, and it had no wall or parapet along the edge, and as it ran on the sheer drop from its brink became deeper and deeper. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They reached the fountain and turned to face the house, and remained in silence for a while, leaning against the parapet, at the site of her disgrace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He pulled his leg back inside the parapet and scrambled to his feet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One light from the Trout was still glowing and showed that the parapet and one side of the roadway were gone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Cluny’s archers caused numerous casualties, forcing the defenders to drop below the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He found himself on a roof of lead, enclosed by the battlemented parapet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Edmund was oblivious to the long sharp claws that latched themselves over the parapet edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was about to say as much when she saw the battlements ahead, long parapets built into the very stone of the mountains on either side of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He flew over the parapet of the bridge and upstream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The world seemed to slow as she cleared the parapet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The breeze lifted, and he smelled the cloves of prayer incense emanating from its arched windows and parapets. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On top of the walls, sentries leaned on the parapet listening to the evening bird-songs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Soon he would raise the plank to the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He trotted about on the parapet, always sucking his paw, leaping from stone to stone, fighting off imaginary foes with his tiny dagger. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It sails over the city walls and bursts against the northern parapet of Fort National, where three hundred and eighty Frenchmen are being held against their will with minimal cover. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The other keeps, long deserted, were lonely, haunted places, where cold winds whistled through black windows and the spirits of the dead manned the parapets. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The parapets were a bit too high and Arya a bit too short; she had to wedge her toes into the holes between the stones to see over. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They squatted beneath the parapet in darkness as the badger outlined the situation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She leaned over the parapet, watching as a young fox approached along the dusty road, bearing a stick with a white rag of truce tied to it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then I listened in amazement as Hamlet related how he had gone with Horatio to the parapet last night, to the very place of our embracing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He waddled over to the parapet and looked down to where Sam pointed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I like boxing and camping and all that, but when I think of ladders, parapets, and gangplanks I mostly picture my kids falling off. David Bezmozgis: My desktop 2013-05-21T11:30:02Z I all but jumped off the parapet at the end to ensure everything was perfect. How we made … Tosca (1964) 2012-07-23T17:00:02Z “There really is a moment here, because there are some big films coming out, and they’re daring to put their heads above the parapets.” Tom Hardy, Andy Serkis sink their teeth into ‘Venom’ sequel 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Instead the names are engraved — cut all the way through, actually, and backlit at night — on bronze panels along the parapets that form the perimeter of both voids. Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z He could see the white head of an eagle looking out over the parapet of its vast stick nest. A special reunion at the National Arboretum 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z With it went it the possibility of endowing the site with a primordial force that Arad's more cleanly manufactured voids, with their polished bronze parapets and smooth-surfaced walls, can't quite summon. Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z They are the marginalised and the dispossessed, living their lives below the parapet and sustaining themselves with blood and alcohol. Let the Right One In: No 8 best horror film of all time 2010-10-22T10:47:00Z But there, among cathedral spires and castle parapets, the animation studio Cartoon Saloon has carved out a factory of hand-drawn artistry and local folklore that has persisted and flourished well beyond its creators’ expectations. How an Irish town became home for an animation powerhouse 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z One evening in November, puzzled pedestrians gathered outside Walt Disney Concert Hall, in downtown Los Angeles, to watch watermelons being dropped from a parapet onto the sidewalk. Notable Performances and Recordings of 2018 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z We got the briefest of moments with Grey Worm and Missandei, daring to imagine a future for themselves, while the sullen Hound exiled himself to the frosted parapets. This week's Game of Thrones: a booze-fest – and the most moving episode yet 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “These are journalists whose heads are above the parapet,” he said. Perspective | When a crusading Maltese journalist was murdered, her sons vowed justice. Almost miraculously, it’s happening. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Walking the top of the parapets and viewing the vast ocean, I knew that life here was the challenge to maintain one's focus on duties but also to appreciate nature's gifts. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Following the rapid and chaotic demise of their inaugural London festival last year, it's brave for Bloc to stick their head above the club-promoting parapet again. Clubs picks of the week 2013-03-09T06:00:15Z For a vertiginous moment, he balances on the parapet, the dark waters swirling below. Steven Knight’s ‘Great Expectations’ is a Dark Dream World 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The veranda, where I used to lie on the red-cement parapet in my flannel pyjamas, watching the thunderstorms roll down from Spitzkop, is now enclosed. Robert Mugabe's brutal 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z As Weir walks towards him one day, Stephen notices that some parapet sandbags have become misplaced and is about to warn him. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks 2012-06-29T21:55:11Z In so doing, they effectively emulate Frederick Law Olmsted’s naturalistic but in fact highly artificial design of Central Park, just beyond the rooftop garden’s parapets in all its verdant glory. Review: Pierre Huyghe Mixes Stones and Water for Roof Garden at the Met 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z In the fall, a limited area of the substructure beneath the floor, as well as the third-story parapet, will be open to visitors during normal hours until the weather cools, Dr. Rea said. Heads Up: More Doors Open in Rome 2010-09-11T05:01:00Z He definitively dropped the convention of a parapet in the foreground of the picture, bringing his sitters in more direct contact with the viewer. Art Review: Lorenzo Lotto, Renaissance Master, Gets His Due 2011-04-12T11:30:08Z I normally remain below the parapet when these frenetic arguments about comedy and taste break out. I'm a huge fan of Top Gear. But this time I've had enough 2011-02-05T21:30:00Z It says, “On which she flung herself over the parapet.” Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z It was more crowded than the walkway along the parapets. Japan’s bullet train has made this well-preserved city more accessible than ever 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The tallest folly in the UK, it climbs into the air with telescopic ambition, pierced parapets piled upon trefoil tracery. Hadlow Tower: the UK's tallest folly reborn as a rentable holiday home 2013-04-18T11:06:44Z Hoare knew Nick Davies of the Guardian well and had unstintingly put his head above the parapet when no one else would. Rupert Murdoch and phone hacking: an insiders' story 2011-07-27T18:24:35Z "And looking down over the parapet, we saw this mob of young women." Barbara Feldon first said no to playing Agent 99 on "Get Smart" 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z With its parapets, ceramic tile roofs and multitiered buildings perched on layers of red volcanic tufa stone, Pitigliano resembles a sparkling, pint-size Holy City. Cultured Traveler: A ‘Little Jerusalem’ in the Heart of Italy 2012-11-22T18:40:22Z MEAUX, France — Near the edge of a parapet of stacked sandbags, a test robot rumbles, offering visitors hundreds of miles away a bleak view of military life in World War I trenches. Let a Robot Be Your Museum Tour Guide 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z By the time our boy was born, I didn’t want to swaddle him; I wanted to thrust him to the heavens on top of a parapet and declare, “All this will be yours!” “Game of Thrones’” overstuffed finale 2012-06-04T15:26:00Z Bondy has a body double jump from a parapet and hang by wires over the stage. New cast enlivens Met's reviled 'Tosca' 2010-04-15T07:00:00Z Has the much discussed "Alien DNA" in Scott's film finally raised its head above the parapet? Can you solve the Prometheus puzzle? 2012-06-13T15:44:05Z Walking the parapets of the fort, meanwhile, is another experience entirely. On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Answer: not quite yet, but in the second episode, as she stands on one of its high parapets, she has a visitor: Drogon, who lands his massive frame behind her. Review: Game of Thrones Explores Uncharted Territory in Season 5 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Indeed, it’s easy to imagine that an Aarons effect seeped into Terry Richardson’s photograph in the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar of a russet-haired model poised languidly over a stone parapet. Slim Aarons’s Photographs of Celebrities and Moguls On View in SoHo 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z If you stick your head above the parapet and you retweet the wrong thing, or you comment on the wrong thing, suddenly you must think the world is so ugly, and so horrible. ‘I love drag. It's dangerous’: Graham Norton and Alan Carr on desire, camp and ‘cancel culture’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Erwiah first started thinking it was time for fashion to get out from behind the parapet at the start of the pandemic. Politics Is Back in Fashion 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Extravagant, brilliant and occasionally suicidal in his artistic choices, he put himself and the Leeds-based company scarily high above the parapet during the two years he was in charge. Phoenix Dance theatre ? review 2010-12-01T23:40:00Z Turner's fascination with the extraordinary, evanescent architecture overhead, of the "parapets and turrets, batteries and bastions" that the balloonists saw, strikes a chord with us all. Flight of fancy: how aviation changed art for ever 2012-08-17T21:55:08Z Does that make her a pioneer – a rare Hollywood A-lister sticking her head above the parapet – or has the whole culture changed? Kristen Stewart: ‘It's not confusing if you’re bisexual. For me, it’s the opposite’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Each summer night, Tinker Bell tiptoes onto the delicate parapets of Cinderella Castle to wave her wand and slide across the velvety black sky. Stars Over Disney 2011-06-29T13:20:04.750Z From time to time, I have passed solitary walkers glancing over the parapet at the waves below, and wondered whether they are working up the courage to jump. What I have learned from my suicidal patients 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z I was on the road at age 13, and I should have bought the farm at age 14, duelling with Richelieu's guards on the parapets, and instead I have lived to this ripe old age. Q&A: Harlan Ellison 2013-06-14T15:00:16Z The names of the 9/11 victims, as well as the six people killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, are inscribed on parapets that run along the waterfalls' perimeters. What Took So Long? Why the World Trade Center Still Isn't Finished 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z If we are to recover a sense of public participation in politics, then the students, among others, should also lift their sights above the parapet of mere self-interest. I predict a riot 2011-03-05T00:07:24Z King Stefan falls to his death from one of the castle’s high parapets, but, God knows, he had it coming. Love's True Kiss: 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Custom window latches, brass rails and leather-lined parapets are all shined, buffed and oiled. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Its parapets, mossy and leaf-covered, lend it the appearance of a beautiful old dry stone bridge. Review: An Italian Valley Where Nature Meets Art 2010-08-06T13:00:00Z A large section of the stone parapet wall was dislodged from the pier and some of it washed into the sea. Storm Babet: South Shields Lighthouse dome search continues 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The train struck debris from a landslide on the track, derailed and collided with a bridge parapet. Stonehaven derailment: Almost £1m paid in damages 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Its boxlike modernistic style is defined by recessed spandrels, unadorned vertical piers, gently set back parapet pillars, and a vocabulary of French Art Deco and Celtic ornament at both base and crown. Where to find the most stunning Seattle architecture, according to a historic preservationist 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Some 1,000 yards ahead of him, between a field of tall green grass and wildflowers, is the enemy, peering from parapets of similar sandbag fortifications, armed and ready. Armed mobs rampage through villages and push remote Indian region to the brink of civil war 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Lorraine Ali, however, climbs the parapets to declare, “I’d like to use this entire space to sing the praises of Matt Smith, who plays the amoral Prince Daemon” in “House of the Dragon.” The 2023 Emmys BuzzMeter: Back with your awards-season viewing guide 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The security protocol signed Tuesday, however, specified that there will be a gap between the spectators and the upper parapets, wide enough for security and rescue services to pass. Fans will need to pre-register for free tickets to Paris’ gargantuan 2024 Olympic opening ceremony 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z There was little to do but always the prospect of death just above the parapet. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z One former minister says they are all "tired and fed up, but if you put your head above the parapet and moan, you just make it worse". Laura Kuenssberg: After local election upheaval, what's next for the parties? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Here, parapets of sandbags form firing and observation positions. Fight for Roads Into Bakhmut Has Hit a Stalemate, Ukraine Says 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The rotor unloads the soil next to the trench, creating front and rear parapets that are about 1.5 feet tall and provide additional protection. A web of trenches shows Russia fears losing Crimea The closest analogous visit to a war zone came during the Civil War, in July of 1864, when Abraham Lincoln visited Fort Stevens just outside Washington, climbed a parapet and came under fire. Joe Biden shows the world what political courage looks like. Will it make any difference? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “If on a fine day the unsuspecting visitor strolls to the parapet to look at the view, cardiac arrest may be the reward.” Fool’s Paradise 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z As thousands streamed toward the Capitol, Van Orden wrote, he and two friends “stood on the parapet that lines the perimeter of the grounds.” They rallied in D.C. on Jan. 6. Now they’ll join Congress. 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z "It's encouraged me that it's time to stick my head above the parapet a bit," Myers added. Hairy Biker Dave Myers praises friend Si King's help through cancer 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The rotor unloads the soil next to the trench, creating front and rear parapets that are about 1.5 feet tall and provide additional protection. A web of trenches shows Russia fears losing Crimea As we descended toward the Little Kern River, I soon beheld the southern extension of the Great Western Divide, that string of treeless peaks that forms the western parapet of the Kern gorge. As a young man, I traveled the High Sierra by mule. After 59 years, I tried it again 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z “However, we do not encourage companies to stick their head up above the parapet and have a ceremonial, ribbon-cutting relationship with the government.” Myanmar arrest of ex-U.K. ambassador is ‘hostage diplomacy,’ activists say 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z He panned the famous skyline, then showed how he had written his name in red and black on a parapet. For 2 graffiti artists, New York’s subway was irresistible and deadly 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z At first there wasn’t much to see — just a hunched, gray form perched on the parapet, Batman-style, or a crossbow silhouette spiraling high above. The avian soap opera unfolding atop this Berkeley bell tower has humans riveted 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The rotor unloads the soil next to the trench, creating front and rear parapets that are about 1.5 feet tall and provide additional protection. A web of trenches shows Russia fears losing Crimea For more than a decade, Le Pen has been known for her fierce anti-immigration stance, seeing herself as standing guard at the parapets of French civilization. French far-right leader Le Pen softens image for election 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Video footage showed the lawyer falling over a low concrete parapet at the back of the platform at the Judiciary Square station about 1:15 a.m. on Oct. U.S. appeals court revives lawsuit by family of man who died in Metro station and wasn’t found for 4 days 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z "I've been triple-jabbed, so I'm quite happy to go back and help out. You test yourself each day. I'm happy to put my head over the parapet and help out." Covid: Doubts that ex-teachers will return by January 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Still, Sevigny’s choices remain throughout, living on as perpetual inspiration: backlit wooden mashrabiya mirrors; ziggurat windows; the carved paneling from York Castle on the walls of the library; and wooden parapets on the terraces. A Tangier Home That Has Passed Between Design Legends 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The rotor unloads the soil next to the trench, creating front and rear parapets that are about 1.5 feet tall and provide additional protection. A web of trenches shows Russia fears losing Crimea Ukrainian soldiers peek out from above sandbag parapets as shoppers trickle across the bridge. How a Dispute Over Groceries Led to Artillery Strikes in Ukraine 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z He pulled himself up to lean on a nearby parapet wall, but he lost his balance after possibly trying to sit on the wall. U.S. appeals court revives lawsuit by family of man who died in Metro station and wasn’t found for 4 days 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z "No one want to get their head too far over the parapet," he said. UAE foreign minister visits Damascus, Lebanese media reports 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Shortly after the water tops the parapet, the first diners arrive. Thai riverside restaurant finds silver lining in floods 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Perhaps most impressive is the writing studio’s rooftop deck, an open room hidden by a curved parapet, which offers views of downtown Los Angeles. She turned an unpermitted backyard studio into the ultimate WFH hideaway 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “Then there are also women who don’t necessarily see themselves as activists but who have roles that are high-profile or nonconventional or highly skilled — they stuck their heads above the parapet somehow,” she said. 'No way out': Facing Taliban rule, at-risk Afghan women feel trapped 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Shelling had perforated the facade of his three-story home with scores of holes, from the front steps to the parapet. Through four wars, toll mounts on a Gaza neighborhood 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z “Once we removed the Spanish roof, it became about the parapet and continuing the Mediterranean logic.” She turned an unpermitted backyard studio into the ultimate WFH hideaway 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z When I left on my trip, Brood X had just begun poking its collective head above the soil parapet. Perspective | Strangers on a plane: Vaxxed and masked, I recently rejoined humanity 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Most importantly, it gets Kong off the panopticon of the Skull Island simulation and plants him where he belongs: walloping Godzilla from the parapets of a skyscraper. ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ review: Visuals, vibes make this monster smackdown worth seeing 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z If approved, it will be placed on the top edge of the south parapet in the middle of Westminster Bridge, which is owned by Transport for London. Westminster Bridge terror attack: 'Victims can be too often forgotten' 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z In New Zealand, Brower wanted older buildings to be covered by building codes and for regulators to prioritize fixing those parts that would fall off first in a quake, like parapets and unreinforced masonry. 10 years after Christchurch quake, survivors share stories 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z One expert told her via e-mail that “putting your head above the parapet is a dangerous thing to do at the moment”. The COVID Science Wars 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Take your kids and stand on the parapet to imagine the feeling of that lonesome, outnumbered, outgunned garrison and its rag-tag troops against the greatest navy in the world. Pence gets tangled in the flag 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Part of the parapet of the five-story building on East 38th Street collapsed shortly before noon, Deputy Fire Chief Nicholas Corrado said. 1 injured in partial collapse of Manhattan building facade 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Gonzalez hasn’t been the only one to put his head above the parapet. MLS is back ... in a Covid-19 hotspot with terrible food 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z In 2011 J. Crew became the first mass-market accessible brand to breach the high fashion parapet and present at New York Fashion Week. J. Crew Likely to File for Bankruptcy in Virus’s First Big Retail Casualty 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z On July 18, the owners — 729 Acquisition LLC — renewed the construction permit for “Masonry repair and parapet replacement at penthouse and main roof level,” the records show. Building's owners where architect killed knew of facade issue for more than year: report 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Yet can you blame sportspeople for staying quiet when they see Özil bravely raising his head above the parapet only to be shot down by his own club? Craven Arsenal abandon Mesut Özil over his stance on China’s Uighur persecution | Sean Ingle 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Below the bow, the Assyrian wall, as the building’s facade is called, is decorated with shimmering gold pillars topped with parapets outlined in white lights. Los Angeles: 25 dazzling facts about what just might be the world’s tallest Christmas tree 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The genuinely historic miscalculation, however, was allowing the prince to breach the convention that royals stay under the parapet during a general election campaign. Prince Andrew’s behaviour has put the very future of the monarchy in doubt | Gaby Hinsliff 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Often behind a parapet of drums, Mr. Baker’s Mephistophelean stage presence, combined with his remarkably tasteful drumming, elevated the rock drummer from faceless metronome to percussive demigod. Ginger Baker, rock drumming colossus of Cream, dies at 80 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Was he shoved? - the least interesting is the question of who will succeed him on the parapet. Editorials from around New York 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Tape or rocks are often used to secure items on the slanted parapets that line the pools. A Jar of Sand, Ballet Slippers, a Scarf: How 9/11 Tributes Are Saved 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z “Here we catch a glimpse of the subjunctive in a conditional protasis shyly rising its timorous head above the narrative parapet.” Ashes 2019: England v Australia fourth Test, day two – live! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Mehta has been getting the usual hate messages and threats on social media, which seems to be the inevitable consequence of putting your head above the parapet these days. On my radar: Salman Rushdie’s cultural highlights 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z She said this was because there was "such a loud opposition... and fear of putting your head above the parapet". Leaflets make masturbation claim in LGBT lesson row 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z I admire people that will stick their head above the parapet.” Women’s World Cup: England coach not a fan of U.S. hotel scouting 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Xavier Thomas - who was thrown over the bridge parapet when he was struck by the van 10 minutes earlier - is not found for another three days, nearly two miles downstream. Chaos and killings: 10 minutes at London Bridge 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The famous grotesque "gargoyles" that he added to the parapets leer over to the opposite river banks and the new Classically-inspired city layout being created by Baron Haussmann at much the same time. How Notre-Dame became the heart of France 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z And then, in unexpected application of the Pygmalion myth, the love of his life, though no looker, unpeeled herself from the parapet and mutated from stone into a singing puppet. Notre Dame and the culture it inspired – from Matisse to the Muppets 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Off duty, he sometimes drove around town gazing up, exclaiming at stone-carved animals on facades and parapets. Henry J. Stern, Whose Vast Urban Domain Was Green, Is Dead at 83 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Over recent years he has decided to stick his head "above the parapet" and admit what happened. 'My world crashed when I saw my rapist' 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z “Do you think so? I think it takes a certain type of person to stick their head above the parapet,” she said. Brexit 'betrayal' would explode British politics, Farage's party warns 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z "If you have got the financial backing or are a high level criminal, if you keep your head below the parapet, it's quite easy to disappear. It's a big world." Can a fugitive remain on the run forever? 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z And then some other hideous troll-like figures, sculpted into the parapet below, came to life and sang the chorus. Notre Dame and the culture it inspired – from Matisse to the Muppets 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Atop the 10-foot-thick walls, crenelated parapets, screened by animal skins, will protect our archers from arrows and stones. Opinion | Trump’s wall isn’t evil. It’s medieval. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Tomic walked up to one of the building’s other windows, which was blocked from the security cameras by a parapet. The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Some chief executives, however, did stick their heads above the parapet. In Paris, ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests Cut Sharply Into City’s Luxury Trade 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z “If you are a public figure ... if you put your head above the parapet then you get criticism,” Lewis told Reuters. The man who would be king, eventually: Prince Charles turns 70 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “Speaking your mind these days is complicated. You stick your head over the parapet, and it gets shot off.” Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination fight is dividing his D.C. Catholic church 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z The practice spread, and in the late 19th century, Paris authorities began letting sellers leave book crates on the riverside parapet overnight for a small fee. The Storied Bookstalls of Paris Fight for Survival 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The red velveteen seats showed no sign of wear, the same mint material as the curtains that framed the stage and skirted the parapet at the front of the balcony. Louder than bombs: my journey in war and music 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z I dumped the full container of ants on the stone parapet of the roof. Gay Talese’s Ants 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z On her last night in New York, Esther climbs to the roof of her hotel and throws her city wardrobe over the parapet, piece by piece. Reading “The Bell Jar” in 1971 1971-07-03T04:00:00Z With a combination of grit, agility and muscle, the man hauled himself hand over hand from one balcony to another, springing from one parapet to grasp the next one up. ‘Spider-Man,’ a Migrant in Paris, Scales Building to Save a Child 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z He spit a red stream off the parapet. One of Australia’s notorious refugee camps has become an economic crutch for Papua New Guinea island 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The city Department of Buildings says a brick parapet wall and store sign collapsed onto the sidewalk below, injuring a woman. Part of building suddenly collapses onto sidewalk, injures 1 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z I wait a beat, then lift my head, bringing my eyes above the stone parapet. ‘People think the deer are lovely. Then they learn more about it’: the deer cull dilemma 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z A 1931 earthquake on the country’s northern island leveled two cities and killed 256 people, most of them struck by brick walls and parapets. ‘This is an urgent issue’: Seattle makes little progress on buildings that can kill in earthquakes 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z "It's about women putting their head above the parapet." The 58 fishermen who never came home 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Ready to poke your head above the parapet? Manchester United v Burnley, Chelsea v Brighton and more: Premier League clockwatch – live! 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z "It's about women putting their head above the parapet, and she did get punished for it by the community." Why Hull fishwife is Maxine Peake's hero 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z Last week the high street chain Jigsaw put its head above the parapet as it filled shop windows and billboards with posters emblazoned with “♥ immigration”. The fashion world speaks out: ‘Without immigration, we’d be selling potato sacks’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Contractors tied the walls to the floors and roof, installed steel bracing inside the storefront window, stabilized the parapet and refurbished the mortar. ‘This is an urgent issue’: Seattle makes little progress on buildings that can kill in earthquakes 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z That aside, though, why in heaven’s name is Winterfell socializing so built around people standing on balconies and parapets several feet away from each other, staring forward and barely ever looking at each other? Game of Thrones, The Dragon and the Wolf gave fans exactly what they wanted 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z “But we’re not going to be up on the parapets waiting for something to happen.” Russia’s Military Drills Near NATO Border Raise Fears of Aggression 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z A dozen young men hoisted themselves onto a parapet, fists raised. Can a New Generation in the Banlieues Change French Politics? 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z There would be waist-high parapet walls on either side of the walkway. Plan for Inclined Path in Central Park Worries Preservationists 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Owners would only be required to brace rooftop parapets, connect floors to walls and strengthen some weak walls. ‘This is an urgent issue’: Seattle makes little progress on buildings that can kill in earthquakes 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Academic histories of the Revolution, though, have been peeping over the parapets, joining scholarly scruples to contemporary polemic. We Could Have Been Canada 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z “It’s possible that what might have happened is that the bucket hit the parapet roof, and since he was halfway out of the bucket on his way out, it bounced him right out.” Firefighter’s Practiced Maneuver, Five Stories Up, Ends in Fatal Fall 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Only after we were back at the parapet above the cave and walking toward the waiting bus did he let go of my hand. A Father’s Final Odyssey 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Word of Surratt’s escape soon reached the United States, where penny dreadfuls on his exploits pictured him leaping from the parapet. ‘Assassins!’: A Confederate spy was accused of helping kill Abraham Lincoln. Then he vanished. 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z Might somebody find the courage to put their head above the parapet and crash through this inertia? Arsenal and Arsène Wenger must prepare for the hardest of decisions | Amy Lawrence 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The last stone was put in place on the bridge's parapet wall just this morning, it said. Flood-hit Tadcaster bridge opening to reunite town - BBC News 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z One moment, witnesses said, he was in the bucket, suspended near the roof parapet. Firefighter’s Practiced Maneuver, Five Stories Up, Ends in Fatal Fall 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Are there really no celebrities prepared to put their heads over the parapet to support Trump’s reforms? The new culture war: how Hollywood took on Trump 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Panvalkar crawled through a side window and onto the parapet of the adjacent building, climbing down to the ground as fire engines arrived to extinguish the blaze. One family fought the system and stopped Donald Trump's first venture in India 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The reticence to discuss politics might be down to the hot water that Mike has gotten into by sticking his head above the parapet. Run The Jewels on Trump: 'It's going to be horrible' 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z The north parapet is tipped by a flagpole, which has become, in Green Street fashion, an occasion for artist projects. High art: how the creative world is helping legal weed rebrand itself 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z She noted that building facades, gables and parapets — the brickwork that encircles a roof — are the cheapest to fortify, and the most likely to fall in an earthquake. An earthquake worse than the 'Big One'? Shattered New Zealand city shows danger of Seattle's fault 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “I’ve decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past,” Lewinsky wrote in Vanity Fair. 2016 campaign can’t shake Bill Clinton’s scandals 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Days Break finds Jones in a contented state of mind after two consecutive break-up albums; but she sticks her head above the parapet on Flipside, a quietly insistent song that tackles America's gun problem. Norah Jones goes back to basics - BBC News 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z He ends each tour at the spot where the name of his son, Joshua Todd Aron, is engraved on the bronze parapet surrounding the north tower memorial pool. They lived through Sept. 11; now they relive it for tourists 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The two new Conservative MPs have not been afraid to put their heads above the parapet. The ups and downs of an MP's first year - BBC News 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Venturing out to a pesh merga firebase on the forward front line, he climbed the parapet to train his binoculars on a village, perhaps 700 or 800 yards away down the hillside. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The site-specific “Hot Polyester Bladder Lung,” designed to extend over a parapet and around a staircase, is kinetic. At the Hudson River Museum, Art With an Inflated Sense of Itself 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Trellises covered with vines obscure high parapet walls. How to Furnish Your Terrace or Backyard 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z “There are very few players. And once your head is above the parapet—” He didn’t finish the sentence. The Big Fight Over Fossils 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The first casualty was the privately run Talaee Al-Noor school in Riyadh which happened to have a rooftop parapet painted with rainbow stripes. Everything you need to know about being gay in Muslim countries 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z “It’s really cool to finally see kids up here,” Paula Akerlund said, as the third-graders jostled and joked and tried to peer over the tall parapet on a sunny spring afternoon. ‘It will happen here’: Westport school builds nation’s first tsunami refuge 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “This whole issue with the masonry and parapets, I never saw that coming,” Blythe said. Buildings that kill: The earthquake danger lawmakers have ignored for decades 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z "A tractor, believed to be stolen, hit and demolished the parapet above a railway bridge, causing debris to fall onto the track below," she added. Abbotswood stolen tractor crash causes train chaos - BBC News 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Chimneys are particularly vulnerable, as are parapets and cornices, the short walls and decorative ledges that run around some building tops. Earthquake report spurs retrofitting in Utah, Nevada 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, it’s not a good time for those who oppose the monarchy to peek above the parapet. Queen Elizabeth II to mark 90th birthday at Windsor Castle 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Someone had to speak for him when he couldn’t speak for himself – especially when other immigrants, afraid of raising their heads above the parapet, dared not speak up either. ‘Ireland is becoming no place for the young… we need brave people willing to be bad citizens’ 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The Horton has a 2-foot-tall ribbon of brick that surrounds the roof, a feature called a parapet that is especially prone to crumbling in an earthquake. Buildings that kill: The earthquake danger lawmakers have ignored for decades 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The state Transportation Department closed Route 206 over Stony Brook in Princeton on Feb. 22 after a parapet collapsed on the south side of the bridge, which was built in 1792. New Jersey’s oldest bridge reopens after repairs 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The state Transportation Department closed Route 206 over Stony Brook in Princeton after a parapet collapsed on the south side of the bridge, which was built in 1792. Repairs to New Jersey’s oldest bridge taking longer 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The leak affected the exterior parapet wall and no water was getting into the interior of the building. New Minnesota Vikings stadium hit by leaks in snow gutters 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z On the exterior, about the only indication of any religious function was a small bell cote at the parapet. The Rev. John Romas, Leader of Greek Church at Ground Zero, Dies at 86 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Then, when they saw them standing on their parapets, they decided to greet them and "chatted about old England" despite shouts from an officer to return. 1915 WW1 diary gives account of second Christmas truce - BBC News 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z "If you're going to shove your head above the parapet, you are going to be sniped at," he says. Why the boss of Lush likes to get up people's noses - BBC News 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z It had been taken from above, from the sky, looking down on a fairy-tale stone castle, crenellated towers and parapets and all, surrounded by thick green woods. Lois Lowry Shares Her Favorite Bible Passage 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z He silently walked past him and out through the other door to the azotea, where he leaned on the parapet, looking down toward the streets. Trespassers on the rooftops: a secret history of Mexico City's cultural revolutionaries 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z "Then you would have to remove the parapet," Winders said, adding the famous rounded facade did not exist during the battle, and was added by the U.S. Remember the Alamo because it's getting a facelift 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Arrayed on the parapet, the heads suggested the aftermath of a particularly effective night of the Terror. The World’s Most Luxurious Fashion Show 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z Every little bit helps and the fact that she's gone out there and stuck her head above the parapet and said 'no, you shouldn't take advantage', I think was really right. Duran Duran: "We see a bit of ourselves" in Kanye West - BBC News 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Most recently, Schumer stuck her head above the parapet to address the issue of gun control in the US. Who does Amy Schumer think she is? - BBC News 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z A parapet wall encloses the roof area, creating a kind of open-air patio, less visible to neighbours than the common interior patios of colonial and neocolonial buildings, and not easily accessed by visitors. Trespassers on the rooftops: a secret history of Mexico City's cultural revolutionaries 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Another director, Stephen Fry, rarely raises his head above the footballing parapet but when he does he’s usually good value. Premier League fans’ verdicts part 2: Newcastle United to West Ham United 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z The 52-seater coach, which is from Romania, hit a concrete parapet on the motorway near Leatherhead in the early hours, Surrey Police said. M25 coach crash in Surrey leaves six in hospital - BBC News 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z And no one in the White House 2016 hunt embodies implementing the use of celebrity to propel above the Republican parapet more than Donald Trump. Donald Trump Bump Is About Celebrity, Not Policies, Lifting His Star In Early Polls 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z For Murray, it was like battling against someone on a parapet throwing rocks down on your head. Finding success at All-England club, where everyone is strung a little tight 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z There is a Dutch saying that if you put your head above the parapet, it will get chopped off. Polka dot trees & cartoon rabbits 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Over the past few weeks, we’ve heard the initial cannon volleys from the parapets of the GOP hurled in the direction of Pope Francis. How Pope Francis just destroyed the GOP’s religious con artists 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Johnson saw heads pop up over the parapet of his trench, and he banged away with his rifle, hitting two. “Oh, you Black Death!”: Henry Johnson fought valiantly in WWI and was hailed as a “race-hero” — until he returned home 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z “This happened here,” O’Leary said of the Garfield Building parapet collapse. City officials to consider building inspection program 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Beyond a rocky parapet near the eight-thousand-foot elevation, a two-story white vinyl geodesic dome came into view, perched on the mountainside like a gigantic golf ball sliced high into the rocks from a Kona resort. Roommates on Mars 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The imam—an older, mustachioed man in a red caftan—sat in the middle of the group, his bare feet resting on the parapet. Surviving Ebola 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z In the attack this month 150 years ago in the war, nearly 60 Union vessels rained hundreds of shells down on the stout parapets. This Week in the Civil War 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Putting a little panache on the parapet can lend an identity to these impressive yet overlooked properties. New York’s Bald Spots: Missing Roof Decorations Are Being Restored and Recreated 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z In April, a deteriorating parapet wall at the decades-old Garfield Building on East Sixth street crumbled, releasing several bricks that fell on a Toyota minivan parked at a meter. City officials to consider building inspection program 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Unsightly, ugly - they are a form of three-dimensional graffiti, and dangerous too - part of the parapet of the Pont Des Arts collapsed under the weight of the lovelocks earlier this year. Should love be symbolised by a lock? 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z George Osborne has urged businesses to raise their heads “above the parapet” and counter what he sees as an anti-free market movement led by trade unions and charities. Osborne claims businesses must defend free market from unions and charities 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Then again, some of the posers do seem to moderate their smiles as they lean on the parapets where the names of 2,983 lost souls are etched. Seizing the Day at Ground Zero 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z And if Confederate sharpshooters had succeeded in killing the president while he stood on the parapet at Fort Stevens, American history might look very, very different. When the Civil War came to Washington: Reliving the Battle of Fort Stevens The entire zone which defined the landscape of my life was now bounded by a continuous artificial horizon, formed by the raised parapets and embankments of the motorways and their access roads and interchanges. Sex and wheels: Zadie Smith on JG Ballard's Crash 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z The coach hit several vehicles before smashing through a parapet and toppling down a steep slope near the town of Avellino, in the Campania region. VIDEO: Italy crash: 'No sign of braking' 2013-07-29T09:16:10Z As for scientists – my colleagues, I should add – the vast majority choose to do what I have chosen not to do; to keep their heads well below the parapet on this lot. Stephen Emmott Q&A: 'Windfarms are not the answer to our problems' 2013-06-29T23:00:02Z The coach collided with the parapet of the bridge and Natasha was thrown from the vehicle and drowned in the Garf Water. Pupil's death on coach 'preventable' 2013-05-22T13:03:53Z The cameras would be able to raise the alarm when they detected bags being left unattended or when someone climbed up on to a bridge parapet. 'Intelligent' CCTV plan for Glasgow 2013-04-29T13:55:51Z They all preferred to keep their heads below the parapet and not criticise the prevailing neoliberal economic consensus and not put at risk their chances of academic preferment. Letters: New Bank of England governor will be the most powerful in British history 2012-10-11T20:00:04Z I was a technical climber, and now and then I would put down my manuscript and get up to walk along parapets and climb walls and chimneys. Domestic Lives: Mark Helprin: Bumping Into the Characters 2012-10-03T22:10:18Z Is there anyone who has heard a single word on the airwaves, or read a single one in print, in which 2012's security director pops his head above the parapet? London 2012: will Nick Buckles pass the baton of blame? 2012-07-17T16:51:00Z Nobody wants to stick their head above the parapet. Racism in football: putting the boot in 2012-07-13T22:01:00Z Mr. Diamond's top deputies sought rates in line with rival banks and directed employees not to put your "head above the parapet," according to regulatory filings. DealBook: Barclays’ C.E.O. Resigns as Bank Frames a Defense 2012-07-04T01:13:15Z The managers in the treasury department sought rates in line with rival banks and directed employees not to put your "head above the parapet." DealBook: Barclays Executives Said to Know of Low Rates 2012-07-03T01:33:49Z But this scandal is just a symptom of a much bigger dysfunctional banking system, one that is staunchly upheld by the British establishment – many of whom have their heads firmly below the parapet. Be angry at bankers, be angrier at economists 2012-06-29T16:28:47Z Also poking out from the parapet and elsewhere are a number of security cameras. Brecqhou: how windswept eyesore became Barclays' getaway 2012-06-27T16:59:01Z "People don't want to put their head over the parapet because when they do, they are put down." Church is 'homophobic' says vicar 2012-06-25T14:33:59Z I'd happily have signed a paper absolving them of all future responsibility for such misfortunes, but they were more immovable than our parapet had turned out to be. My roof didn't collapse, my kids didn't flee and my husband isn't that famous 2012-05-25T18:01:01Z Eventually, the rooftop parapet of the new 1 World Trade Center will reach 1,368 feet — not coincidentally, the height of the original 1 World Trade Center. City Room: Scraping a Little More Sky Downtown 2012-04-30T21:16:54Z Just as he was about to close his eyes a gentleman came up, and stepping on the ledge close to the youth’s bag, looked over the parapet on the ebbing tide below. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z George could look over the parapet, and he was sure he saw his mother in front, calling to him, 'way up in that tower. The Little Washingtons' Travels 2012-04-26T02:00:23.713Z One day early in the new year Sylvia was leaning over the parapet of Waterloo Bridge and munching hot chestnuts. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Any other journalist could have found out, as I did, that a parapet fell off four terraced houses, a year or so ago, about mile from our own disaster. My roof didn't collapse, my kids didn't flee and my husband isn't that famous 2012-05-25T18:01:01Z "There!--that's done!" said Harding; and laying down the gun again, he betook himself quietly to his seat upon the parapet once more. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Having placed the bag on the ledge between the parapet and the footpath, he lay down to sleep. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Seated on the parapet which surrounded the fort, with a spyglass in his hand, he would watch a bend of the shore, around which the little boat could first be seen. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Mr. Hutton remained motionless, his elbows on the parapet of the terrace, his chin in his hands, looking down over Florence. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Suddenly he turned, seized the ladder, and pushed it violently sideways along the parapet. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z There, after examining the priming of the piece, he seated himself coolly upon the little parapet, and looked out over the country. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z The loss of the letters dismayed her, and she showed as much by climbing on the parapet of the wall and gazing down into the garden below. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z Before I could lift a finger to arrest her rapid movements, my mysterious companion had stepped lightly on to the parapet, and began a quick and perfectly unembarrassed walk around it. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Repulsed, they made a second and third desperate effort to reach the parapets, but without success. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z He heard what was said to him, for he laughed the same malicious laugh that had thrilled the crowd as he stood on the parapet, but it was low and feeble now. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The only one on the roof who did not fire was Harding, and he remained with his gun resting on the parapet beside him, gazing, with a stern, dark brow, upon the scene. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z From the beach below a shadow under the parapet breathed up to them in a hoarse voice: "Lovely night for a sail, sir." Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z "To be sure," she replied, and instantly, to my intense relief, dropped cleverly down into the space between the parapet and the lower courses of the spire. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Almost before he knew what had happened, both the husband and wife had shaken hands with her, and she had seated herself on the parapet, holding Elsa's hand in hers. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z A dormer window on the roof of the oldest part of the house opened, and a figure stepped out on to a low parapet that ran round the house. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Down with your heads behind the parapet!" cried Digby, though he did not follow the caution himself; "no use of exposing your lives needlessly. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z "Fire," said Panzera, and one raised the glasses to fix them upon a party of Boers whom we could see drinking their coffee, as they sat upon the parapet of the trench. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z My greatest fear was that she might begin playing some mad prank upon the parapet before I was sufficiently near to arrest her movements. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A silent, solitary figure stood upon it, leaning upon the parapet and gazing down upon the unseen but vocal waters as they hurried past. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z But Mr. Carne paid no attention to the shout; he was pacing up and down along the parapet and was tossing his arms about in a strange manner. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z One of the balls whizzed close by Sir Edward Digby's head, and another struck the parapet near Harding; but neither were touched, and the stout seaman did not move a muscle. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z Dust and smoke and sand enveloped the place where those Boers had been sitting, and I found myself wondering and endeavouring to believe that the breach in the parapet foreboded no great harm to anybody. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z We all went to the water's edge; the rest remained a while, leaning over the rails that partly skirted the parapet wall except Jean, who strolled off with his tiny sketch-book. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Leaning over the parapet, he felt unmanly tears welling up from his heart. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z By-and-by Chisholm indicated a mooring post and, when Flora sat down, leaned against the granite parapet. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Four persons only were killed on that occasion, all of them from the fall of badly-constructed walls, loose parapets, &c. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z For the first three-quarters of an hour the attack was left to Major Panzera, who, it was hoped, would effect a breach in the parapet through the agency of his guns. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z Some one had flashed over the parapet wall at the same moment, and struck the water with a splash and a thud. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Ottilie, seated on the parapet, with her jewellery and her gorgeous parasol, looked out of place. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Caution was plainly needed, and he crept past the steamer, keeping close to the high parapet of the mole. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z In 1808 the battery was submerged, the parapet upset, and the barracks and garrison, with sixty men, swept away. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Then we fired again, raking the parapet of the Boers' trench, and wondering whether the big gun would reply to us, or whether those who had speculated upon its removal would win. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z He seemed to crash through the crowd, splintering it right and left, like a bombshell through a wall, and was going crazy and headlong over the parapet into the water. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z On the 3d of November, 1718, while in the trenches, and leaning against the parapet, examining the workmen, he was struck on the head by a cannon ball, and instantly killed. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Crossing the mole with a few quick steps, he climbed the parapet and dropped to the stones on the other side. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z She leaned her elbows on the parapet and presently became aware of the prospect. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Pechell ordered his men to retire from the direct line of shell fire, when just as they were shifting their position a shell struck the stone parapet, and burst among them. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z The two ends of the parapet are occupied by ancient Milliaria, being the first and seventh milestones of the Appian Way. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I followed him to the parapet, and looked over. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z A pile of goods forced him to leave the gloom of the parapet and it looked as if his figure cut against the sky, for the splash of oars stopped. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z There are six of these caryatids, or maidens, standing upon a high parapet of marble and supporting a marble roof. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z They compelled men to take cover, since if anything were seen to move behind the parapet of the fort, the Boers swept the area of the position with most cruel and deadly volleys. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z It is almost entirely ancient, except the parapets. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Of the 1,200 officers and men in this gallant charge, 937 had fallen; one body, that of an officer, was found within fifteen feet of the parapet. Fredericksburg and Its Many Points of Interest 2012-03-26T02:00:37.797Z The soldiers lay close behind their parapet of logs, watching the movements of their subtle enemies, and paying back their shot with interest. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z The parapet of stone grew like the walls of Rome, until, at last, it formed a semi-circle around the village, joining the mountain-side at either end. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z On it is a central 622 wall of some 38 ft. above low water, and on the wall a promenade sheltered by a parapet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It is elevated about 130 feet above the water, and the view from its ruined parapet covers an extent, and surpasses if possible in wildness, the landscape seen from the West Point Hotel. Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy 2012-03-20T02:00:14.607Z On one occasion a company of native troops actually gained the parapet of the fort. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The advantage of the position was entirely ours, for my men on the flank, enfilading the parapet, shot down all who attempted to dislodge us, while upon our side we rendered them the same service. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Now he went down to the parapet and stood looking at the view. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z When she reached a little bridge across an angry stream, she leaned over the parapet to look at the water, and the borrowed hat fell off and floated away. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z Braid, from the parapet, called loudly, and they hastened to his side. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z A quick march of less than three hours brought us before its walls, and, advancing my little battery, I prepared to enfilade the parapet and cover the advance of our stormers. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z On the north and west, where it stretches to the verge of the hill, the garden is open, defended only by its parapet. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The antennae passed through holes in the ceiling, emerging, as they guessed, under cover of the parapet, on the flat roof of the mill. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z The defenders lay in hiding behind the parapet, determined not to show themselves, not to disclose their hiding-place, unless it was certain that the Germans intended to occupy the hill-top. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z Passing to the rear of the stockade with but little loss, for the fire of our supports swept the parapet, we charged up to the ditch under a shower of arrow-headed rockets. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z "They are both her shadows," said Beatrice Sebright, in an undertone, to Rose Hatherbury, as they sat perched side by side on the parapet. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Looking over the parapet of the trench he was still confused and bewildered. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z As the Germans gathered themselves together for a final charge, Harry, Jim Braid, and the half-caste rushed together from the parapet to the only box of ammunition that remained. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z An old parapet in ruins, conceals the borders of the water. The Dramas of Victor Hugo: Mary Tudor, Marion de Lorme, Esmeralda 2012-03-15T02:00:28.817Z It was upon this parapet, with its dizzy outer descent, that the younger visitors were accustomed to perch themselves when they came to Villa Dorio. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Genevi�ve could see him standing near the parapet; the little girl was at his feet, with her head resting on his knees. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Harry allowed his eyes to travel over the parapet of the fort. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z It might be possible to escape that way, by the parapet and the tiles. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Dorothy remained outside, using the hammock as a swing, pushing herself to and fro slowly by a touch on the parapet now and then. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He then led the mother a little further apart, and obliged her to sit down upon the stone-bench, leaning her back against the parapet. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z In the parapet of this fort there were loopholes through which to fire, and in the centre, well screened from observation, was a small hut made of the branches of trees. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z She sat on the gun-carriage and he leaned against the parapet by her side. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z She was looking at a boy who was leaning over the parapet opposite. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He wrapped her up in his winter-cape, and carried her gently in his arms as far as the parapet of their platform. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z The rest threw themselves headlong from the parapet, or perished miserably in the flames. William Hickling Prescott 2012-03-11T03:00:12.297Z There was a German officer there, and he stood up on the parapet, and directed the machine gun fire. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Mackenzie, who had been leaning against the parapet, turned and began to go down the descent. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He seated his sinking wife upon the parapet, and himself kneeled down to support her. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z The parapet was to be surrounded with trees, the square was to be seeded down to grass, and the whole was to be enclosed with a post and rail fence. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z The German-American gave a grunt of surprise and then a yell of rage and jumped over the parapet and began firing his rifle in the direction of the machine gun. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z The broken shelf, without its parapet, certainly looked precarious; so much so that the driver of the wagon, when he came up, hesitated. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z A number of men had hoisted the gun on to the edge of the parapet, in full view of the group below. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z So now, my dear son," said the brother, "stand out on this parapet and call in a loud voice to thy faithful ones that they may draw nigh and hear thee. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Beyond the moat is a parapet twenty feet thick and 385 feet in circumference. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Notwithstanding such a heavy fire directed against a bulwark without a parapet, only seven men were killed, and about twenty wounded. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z The steep roof had no parapet; and the cruel pavement below was stone; the two bodies, grappled in a death-clutch, must go down together. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The girl's gesture was apparently expressive of relief, and Desmond who sat down on the lava parapet proceeded to relate what he knew of Ormsgill's projects and adventures. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z The summit is perfectly level, and protected by a parapet wall, whence a magnificent view extends on every side over the level valley. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z There was no parapet, and the bridge was barely wide enough to permit them to pass abreast. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z On the 2d of October, at day-break, a battery of eight twenty-four pounders opened against the angle of the foundery bulwark, and by ten in the morning the whole of the parapet was a ruin. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z I saw in the distance a lad seated on the parapet, apparently looking out for us, but I thought nothing of it. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z In the courtyard of our house in France there was an out-house with a sloping roof and a flat parapet about four feet high. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z They were Cresap's Maryland riflemen, reconnoitring the pines along the river, into which the soldiers beside me on the parapet were showering bullets. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The parapet has crumbled, and the bomb-proofs are choked with rubbish. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z He applied the match and sprang forward to the very edge of the parapet to watch the effect of his shot. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The Vicomte, urged up the steps by the women, leant over the parapet, and learned the truth for himself. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z The church dates from the fifteenth century and is a pleasing structure of perpendicular Gothic style, with a shapely octagonal tower embellished with fretted pinnacles and a parapet of graceful design. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Through the smoke I saw the fort across the valley, its parapets crowded with people. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z It is about a hundred feet from the crown of the parapet to the water, and, though the elevation is inconsiderable, is one of the choice points of observation in Narraganset Bay. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Vaulting on to the parapet, he looked down at the quay to see how the men were faring. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z She leant with the others over the parapet, and she listened with them to the shuffling feet of the men below, as slowly in a double line they bore the cloaked form towards the house. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Other dogs who do not get so far as the donkey-stand lean thoughtfully against the parapet of the Piazza, where some lounging sailors look out over the gulf. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Mount linked his great arm in mine, and helped me up to the parapet, 201 where the Virginia militia were firing by platoons into the forest. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z At sunset the gates were closed, and the number of sentinels on the parapet increased. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z He stole along by the parapet in the deep shadow cast by the moon, until he saw, huddled in the corner between the tower and the wall, the form of a man. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The steeply-pitched lead ended in a broad, flat gutter, fenced by a rail fixed in the parapet. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z In some of the latest examples indeed, the Buttresses have Set-offs, and, rising above the parapet, have also a pyramidal Capping. The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated 2012-02-16T03:00:02.940Z Bang! bang! went the rifles; the parapet swam in smoke. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z I ascended the hill above the town on which the Normal School is situated, and in a few moments stood on the parapet of Fort George. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Once the parapet is cleared, eight feet of water-covered marble must be navigated. At 9/11 Memorial, Police Raise Suicide Fears 2012-02-16T01:17:16Z It was a pleasure to hear his rich voice carolling one of the dreamy songs of Ireland, as he caught fish for breakfast over the garden parapet. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Hastily summoning his captains, he pointed over the parapet, and laid a hand upon his dirk with a motion understood by all. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Along the parapets the soldiers were firing frenziedly; the quick cannon-shots shook the fort, smothering us with smutty smoke. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Six other pieces were lying, useless and dismounted, on the parapet. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z These roofs, among the peasantry, have no parapets. 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 Jelu mountains, the highest in Central Kurdistan,—a mass of crags, spires, and fantastic parapets of rock, with rifts and abysses of 282 extraordinary depth,—come down almost directly upon it. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z Out of the water rose a platform of great stones, with a fringe of gnarled and rusty pines, through which were visible battlements of earth crowned by a low parapet. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Bang! went a cannon from the parapet, and, leaning out of the porthole, I saw the flag of England crawling up the halyards over my head. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z From foundation to parapet, everything that the skill and power of man could do had been done without stint of means or limit of will. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z This throne is a large stage, with parapets and a high fan back, and is reached by several steps. 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 They leant on the parapet, looking at the river. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Sampei, going his rounds, and hearing a strange sound, glanced over the parapet, and pressed his two hands upon his heart to still the commotion there. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Soldiers and farmers were now hastening to the parapets, carrying buckets and jars of water, for Cresap feared the sparks from the burning village might fall even here. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Paterfamilias leans back against the parapet where palms wave luxuriously in the summer breeze. A Ten Year War An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York 2012-02-11T03:03:42.997Z This throne is a large platform, with a very high back and parapets of bold stone fretwork, supported on marble lions and other figures, and is ascended by three or four steps. 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 Sit down here on the edge of this parapet. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The muffled sentinel was leaning upon his lance against the parapet, and started from doleful reverie as she appeared before him. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z It had a parapet and battlements, with steps leading up to them. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z He fell into a sort of sulky desperation; was on the point of springing over the parapet, and dashing himself down from the Bridge into the river. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z The scenery changed its aspect here, and for walls and parapets of splintered rock there are rounded gravelly hills and stretching uplands. 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 Ascending by this means, the whole party stood together with their chief on this natural parapet. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z The sentinel, leaning over the parapet, discerned by the conical shape of the speaker's hat that he was a priest. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z She leaned upon the parapet and looked out to the distant horizon. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Peeping over the parapet into No Man's Land, he expressed his sensations in the words: "Now I am on the frontier of freedom." Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z On the top of it, a few feet below the circular parapet, the dead are laid to be devoured by birds and consumed by exposure to the elements. 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 first man who reached the parapet was seen by a sentinel, who was quickly knocked in the head. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Clutched by a dozen fists, Koshiu remained poised and stifled on the parapet, and presently a low voice issued from the shadow. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Her hand, though it rested on the warm parapet, shook as if she were trembling from the cold. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z No more perfect gem of composition exists; and the Perpendicular parapet which now crowns it very inadequately takes the place of the spire which seems to have been purposed by the original builder. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The last march was a hot and tedious one of eighteen miles, along an uninteresting open valley, much ploughed, 369 bounded by sloping herbage-covered hills, surmounted by parapets of perpendicular rock. 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 Rejoicing in the solitude, Istar leaned over the south parapet of the wall, and looked out upon the light-flooded city, while Belshazzar, in a dream, waited at her shoulder. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z Up the terrace walls crept roses, yellow and red, pink and white, and tossed their trailing sprays across the parapet. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z He saw below him—far, far below him, past perpendicular walls of blue rock—the narrow projection that was the parapet before the grotto of the Magdalen. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Returning to the staircase it does not take many steps more to bring us to the roof proper, with its open-work parapets and long leaden slope. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Such of them as succeeded in clambering upon the parapet were hurled back upon their comrades in the kelaks beneath. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z The illicit tinkling of a piano came from an open window in the new King's buildings and two men leant idly on the parapet of the bridge and watched him as he paddled slowly underneath. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z He leaned over the parapet and stretching out his hand opened it. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He saw, beyond the parapet, the precipice continue to the prim�val forest, the trees of which presented a blurred mass of lancelike points to receive him. Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z Magnificent earthworks they are, some 10 feet high on the inner side, and on the outer at least 30, from the bottom of the great ditch which flanks them to the crown of the parapet. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Sightseers festooned the parapets, crowded the balconies, tapestried the windows with eager faces, and formed a solid mass between the wooden barriers of the processional lane and the plate-glass show-fronts of the business houses. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Pamela sat down upon the parapet and, leaning over, gazed into the torrent far below. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Rames turned his back upon the policeman and leaned on the parapet. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z She took a step or two towards the parapet of the Alameda. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z When that parapet was topped by a palisade of timber, they must have presented formidable obstacles indeed. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Brown sat down on the parapet, and, taking off his gold-rimmed glasses, held them in his hand. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z Was the schoolmaster leaning over the parapet looking downwards to the station or to the deserted walk in front of the Casino? The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z As I leaned upon the parapet there came before my eyes, raised by I know not what chance suggestion, a vivid picture of my little far-away hamlet in the country of the English lakes. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z A bridge spans the ravine in a single arch; in the centre of the bridge Miranda stopped, leaned over the parapet and looked downwards. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Beautiful as Nevile's Court is, it was originally yet more beautiful, with transomed windows, and gabled dormers instead of the present eighteenth century parapet. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z Jacinta closed one hand as she leaned upon the parapet and watched it, until she turned with a little start at the sound of footsteps. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The stone parapet, the bench, the plot of grass, the cedar in the angle of the corner--among these familiar things memories must throb for him even as they did for her. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Into the corner I thrust my back, and working my elbows and knees, with some help from the roughness of the stones, I managed to mount on to the parapet. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Miranda was leaning against the stone parapet, though how she was there she could not have told. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Challoner was discussing plans for the morrow with his guides by the parapet at the time, and the three men turned as one towards the centre of the clamour. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z She was leaning on the parapet, and looking out across the sea, but her eyes were turned northwards now, and she did not hear him until he gently laid a hand upon her shoulder. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z She rose from the parapet and went forward to meet him. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z The parapet raised on these was seven feet high, and the materials consisted of logs and timber framed and filled up with gravel, stones, earth and sand. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z When they had once examined the place, the Buccaneers broke down the parapet, spiked the cannon,58 threw them over the walls, and burnt the gun-carriages. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.880Z It was a small house of the E shape, raised upon a low parapet and clothed in ivy. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z The roadway is nearly level, and the parapet is plain, with buttresses rising from the piers, City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z He mounted to the roof in the morning, while Warrisden sat there after his breakfast, and crouched down behind the parapet so that he might not be seen. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z A roof was put on this building about the time of the death of old Mr. Uniacke, and the parapet removed. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z The convent roof was nearly flat, with a parapet of stone, and it was one hundred and ninety-one feet long by eighteen wide. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z We joined them, and saw that an upright ladder rose to the parapet. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z We spent hours sitting on the parapet in the sun, looking at it. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z He turned back to the parapet with the thought that he had better, perhaps, send up a note in the morning pleading his duties at the school as a reason for breaking his engagement. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Miss Berry," he said, as they sat to rest awhile on the parapet of the little bridge by the weeping willows, "I don't mind going to Africa, but I can't bear going all alone. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z Entrench′ment, an earthen parapet thrown up to give cover against an enemy's fire and the ditch or trench from which the earth is obtained: any protection: an encroachment.—Entrench upon, to encroach upon. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z Godey leaned against the parapet of the broad bridge above the tidal river whereon the boys stood, as if the contemplation of so much energy ambitiously directed was too much for him. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z We spent the hour in the garden of the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and then along the parapet we strolled in search of tea. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z |
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