Battlements

Examples

• I expect little aid from their hand, said Front-de-Boeuf, unless we were to hurl them from the battlements on the heads of the villains. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• As the King was walking upon the battlements one day, a woman cried out, saying, Help, my lord, O King! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• To the battlements then, said De Bracy; when didst thou ever see me the graver for the thoughts of battle? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Lifting his eye to its battlements, he cast over them a glare such as I never saw before or since. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• We sauntered carelessly and unthinkingly to the edge of the lofty battlements of the citadel, and looked down--a vision! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He ordered every horse and mule in Persia to be shorn, and pulled down the battlements of the neighbouring cities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As he came down the great staircase at last, after Mrs. Rochester had flung herself from the battlements, there was a great crash--all fell. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Gnarled and twisted trees spring from the old walls every where, and beautify and overshadow the gray battlements with a wild luxuriance of foliage. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The Castle battlements arose upon my view at eight o'clock. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• You live just below--do you mean at that house with the battlements? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Later, cast them from the battlements--or--how many priests have ye on hand? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• San Paolo be my witness that did ye but find the stout Count Leonardo in his cups, sheer from the castle's topmost battlements would he hurl ye all! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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