The sight of the two-headed eagle of Du Guesclin, however, was a passport into any fortalice in France, and ere they had passed the gate the old border knight came running forwards with hands out-thrown to greet his famous countryman.
Sir Nigel, "I do not think that there can be any such doings at Christchurch, and I am very easy of the fortalice so long as my sweet wife hangs the key of the outer bailey at the head of her bed.
I have seen a stronger fortalice carried in a summer evening.
And moreover, as it was necessary to have a priest at the chief fortalice of the family, it was best that it should be one who would not be too strict in his penances, and could be conveniently silent as to the doings within its walls.
Hereupon quoth Yusuf to himself, "By Allah, none founded this puissant fortalice in such power and prepotency and forcefulness save for a mighty matter and a cause of much consequence.
With a piece or two properly mounted on that fair height, and a palisado cutting off the headland from the main, it would fall into as pretty a little fortalice as could be asked.
Grandfather had a synthesizer and tapes for a Fortalice in his ship.
The drawbridge was raised, and the outer fortalice or barbican was furnished with a massive door.
At Bursledon, on this side, is the fortalice of the Hewitts, though from here 'tis hidden by the trees.
He climbed the eminence upon which it stood, and discovered the ancient fortalice to be completely deserted.
But he was not permitted to remain in quiet for long, as the fortalice was speedily invested by Armato, the Soldan of Turkey, with a great army.
The fortalice itself stood at the extremity of the spur, and a strong wall with a fortified gateway extended across the other end of the neck, touching the water on both sides.
The glory of the little fortalice had now departed.
This is he that forceth fortalice and penetrateth every impregnable place!
Ho, thou who forcest fortalice and overthrowest cities and countries!
Colonel von Huellessem surprised the enemy's outposts there, stormed the rock-crowned fortalice of Chateau Robert le Diable, and took prisoners the defenders who had sought refuge amid the ruins of the castle.
Just in front of La Cluse the road winds between high rocky precipices into the wide basin of the Doubs, completely commanded by the isolated fortalice of Joux perched on the solid rock.
The only engines of war contained in Boyd's fortalice consisted of two "cut-throat guns of iron".
To capture a considerably less formidable fortalice than St. Aliquis implied a tedious siege, such as few kings would undertake save in an emergency.
And these he impressed upon his dwelling-house, which looks backward to the mediæval fortalice and forward to the modern palace.
It has a grim square fortalice above it, now in ruins, and a stately castle to the south-east, built about the time of Braccio.
About noon the air grew clearer, and Capri reared her fortalice of sculptured rock, aërially azure, into liquid ether.
Doubtless it had been a redoubt or petty fortalice against the Spaniards, built in the old days of the Beggars.
Far to the right rose the grim fortalice of Pevensey, squat and powerful, like one great block of rugged stone, the parapet twinkling with steel caps and crowned by the royal banner of England.
Percy pointed to the small outlying fortalice upon the knoll, on which also flew the flag of the bloody head.
The family lived on the island in Loch Tollie,--the same fortalice formerly occupied by the MacBeaths.
The M'Leods still held the fortalice or crannog called Eilean Grudidh, in Loch Maree, about a mile distant from Letterewe.
There are no remains of the castle of Naast, said to have been a fortalice of Vikings.
Across the river was the somewhat dilapidated fortaliceof Tilquhillie, the seat of an ancient and decayed branch of the Douglases.
