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The creature itself stands upon a retractile foot-stalk, and thrusts out above its battlements a large head, with four leaf-like expansions surrounded by cilia.
I constantly hear Americans speak of the charm which our old mother country has for them, of the delight with which they wander through the streets of ancient towns, or climb the battlements of mediæval strongholds, the names of which are indissolubly associated with the great epochs of that noble literature which is our common inheritance; or with the blood-stained steps of that secular progress, by which the descendants of the savage Britons and of the wild pirates of the North Sea have become converted into warriors of order and champions of peaceful freedom, exhausting what still remains of the old Berserk spirit in subduing nature, and turning the wilderness into a garden.
< The battlements of a castle were, in disturbed times, the only recreation-ground of the ladies and play-place of the young people.
One face, that on the most accessible side, was occupied by the keep in which they were, with a watch-tower raising its finger and banner above them, the little, squat, round towers around not lifting their heads much above the battlements of the wall.
We did not yet see the particular staircase up which Lauener proposed to lead us, but we inspected minutely the battlements to our right, marking places for future attack in case our present attempt should not be successful.
But could a shelter be found amid the wild battlements of the peak itself, which would enable one to attack the obelisk at day-dawn, the possibility of conquest was so far an open question as to tempt a trial.
I rose and found the heavens swept clear of clouds, while above me the solemn battlements of the Matterhorn were projected against the blackened sky.
Under the battlements were numerous loop-holes, through which arrows might be shot with deadly precision against an advancing enemy.
That fortress, however, was now no longer in a condition to brave him as it had done before; the place was closely invested on all sides, and the garrison in dire want of provisions, for by this time the insurgents had taken possession of the whole island; even the young king Heinrich suffered severely; he frequently made his appearance255 upon the battlements and shouted to the besiegers who had brought him to such straits.
The Castle battlements arose upon my view at eight o'clock.
The outer court has a wall with battlements all round it; the doors are double folding, and of good workmanship; it would be a hard matter to take it by force of arms.
” The large cannons on the battlements now guard Fort Charles Maritime Museum, which documents the maritime history of Jamaica.
A blatant example of this is the Romanesque-Gothic Basilique Saint-Nazaire - which Viollet-le-Duc thought was originally part of the fortifications and so blithely added battlements to the west façade.
It stands next to the plain brick 15th-century Megio wheat granary, decorated only by battlements and the republic’s seal of St.
Take time to mount the stairs to the battlements for views of the city, you can also explore the ruins and excavations.
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