Though they were in such position as to half encircle the fort, yet a body of Brandenburgers succeeded by surprise in forcing their way into its walls, from which subsequent French attacks failed to dislodge them.
They made their efforts successively on the right and on the left of the point under aim, so that they could encircle the point which formed in this manner a salient, and was suitable for concentration of artillery fire.
It would be easier for many acting as one man, to move the wheels, but if this cannot be, I must wait as other hearts have waited, but I will work in any and in all ways to break the yokes which encircle the necks of our people.
Jamaica has a number of good roads and bridle paths; the main roads, controlled by the public works department, encircle the island, with several branches from north to south.
The seas that encircle their many-coasted islands teem with fish and aquatic products, which have always constituted an essential article of diet.
The incurved upper surface is often tastefully ornamented with patterns of incised or excavated lines which are arranged in groups, in vertical or oblique positions, or encircle the vessel parallel with the border.
Besides the features described it has been farther embellished by four incised lines which encircle the rim, forming a loop on the opposite sides as seen in Fig.
Uranus has four satellites, and possibly faint rings like those which encircle Saturn.
They are great cowards, and sometimes encircle human habitations in troups, and fall on their sleeping prey.
This includes the vast array of mountain chains, peninsulas, and bands of islands which encircle the Pacific Ocean with a belt of burning mountains.
One cedar outlives a hundred generations of the grass and flowers that encircle its steadfast feet.
If this meaning is adopted, b will be the summons to order the bough-bearing procession, and c a call to march onwards, so as to encircle the altar.
And what though hell encircle us with ninefold coils!
Black clouds encircle the horizon; the thunder falls with a deafening noise.
Should I encircle my brows with the curses of his subjects?
A gracious sovereign throws his portals wide, Admitting every guest, excluding none; As freely as the firmament the world, So mercy must encircle friend and foe.
To encircle Paris needs half a million men, and no sane general would dare to detach such a large number of troops for this purpose while his enemy was capable of taking the field against him.
So he is invested with sword, and helm, and target, and takes his place, not without boyish pride, amongst the young warriors who encircle the hallowed spot where the Druids celebrate their solemn and mysterious rites.
Her large shapely figure is draped in snowy robes that trail upon the ground, and massive ornaments of gold encircle arms and ankles.
My interest in this moon was intensified when I realized that it was but a few thousand miles distant, and so small, that it would require but a couple of days' comfortable walking to encircle it.
In seven hours it wouldencircle Mars, and again appear above the eastern horizon.
It has been customary from within a few years of the foundation of the Order in 1348 for the Knights-Companions to encircletheir personal arms with the Garter.
Thus the plate of Sir Sanchet Dabrichecourt has a red mantling powdered with gold lozenges, a treatment suggested by two bands of red similarly decorated which encircle the bush of feathers forming his crest (fig.
The grasp of the bronchoscope in the right hand should be similar to that of holding a pen, that is, the thumb, first, and second fingers, encircle the shaft of the tube.
The fundiform fibers, F, encircle the mouth of the esophagus.
Doubtless the sleeve twined with the fillet would be made to encircle the base of the crest, and it is not unlikely that the wide hanging mouth of the sleeve might have been used for the lambrequin.
The Prelate of the Order of {584} the Garter (an office held by the Bishops of Winchester) is entitled toencircle his arms with the Garter.
The Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick is as such entitled to encircle his escutcheon with the ribbon or circlet of that order, from which his official badge depends.
Serjeants-at-Arms encircletheir arms with their Collars of SS.
Knights Grand Commanders and Knights Commanders encircletheir shields with the circlet of the order, which is of purple inscribed in letters of gold, with the motto of the order, "Imperatricis auspiciis.
In speaking of the garter, the opportunity should be taken to protest strongly against the objectionable practice which has arisen of using a garter to encircle a crest or shield and to carry the family motto.
Knights Commanders of the Bath have no collar and cannot claim a grant of supporters, but they encircle their shields with the circlet of the order, suspending their badge below the shield by the ribbon from which it is worn.
The Prelate of the Order of St. Patrick was as such entitled to encircle his escutcheon with the ribbon or circlet of that order, from which his official badge depends.
Knights Commanders of the Order encircle their shields with a similar circlet of the order, and hang their badges below.
Tell them to encircletheir dwellings, beginning to the right, and see if, by following the walls, they do not return to the spot from which they started, coming in from the left.
If the earth be round, there must be means to encircle it by water, as well as by land--to complete the entire journey, as well as to perform a part.
The flanking units endeavor toencircle the objective.
She allowed him to lead her to the sofa and, seating himself in the corner, encircle her with his arm.
This would shut every exit from the North Sea to the Atlantic and at the same time encircle all the exits from the Baltic: the Skager Rak and Cattegat and the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal.
In addition a number of lines are planned of which one is to encircle our province of East Prussia.
