If thine enemy trusts in his walls to defend him then let thy catapults hurl stones at his battlements; fling rocks thereat and let the swinging ram and shield-protected testudo[157] shake his gates.
A public library, like any other public property, is susceptible of being used as a tool, and may easily degenerate into a political job, unless specially protected by its charter.
It is not protected by the fact that this judgment coincides with the judgment of professional critics--so far at least as these may be ascertained.
And it is for those who believe that a public library should be a conservative influence in the community to see that it has the authority and is protected in its exercise.
Two shelves about two feet apart should be protected in front with a chintz curtain hanging from tiny rings to a brass pole.
This should be divided in half; one partition provided with a well-locked door, the other protected only by a curtain.
Every pair of boots should be kept here, protected from dust and ready for wear.
They drew up the wagons in a semicircle, end to end, the oxen bunched inside, partially protected by a small cottonwood grove in the rear.
West and Whaley protected Jessie while she turned the fish.
Probably the drivers, after they had unhitched the teams, had been drawn deeper into the draw to a spot more fully protected from the wind.
He shot a swift, slant look at Barney, a look that told the Irishman to say nothing and know nothing, and that he would be protected against the law.
That confounded engineer, protected as he is by the army, is resolved to dare every thing.
Less protected than the beasts of the forest, he found himself compelled to Think!
We have had in Chicago numerous recent illustrations of the way in which police-protected houses of infamy save good women and girls.
It is not in politicians, or anybody else, to resist temptation when the temptation itself is protected and cherished.
The determination to annihilate the dens which had been protected so long was caused in part by the high crime of bringing back a girl who had escaped to another city, to compel her to work out a debt in one of the dives of Des Moines.
Italian girls are further protected by the severe standards of their parents; an Italian father will almost kill a daughter who has gone astray.
The words "previous chaste life" should be erased from the law and all female persons should be protected from the traders.
Now, if you had something of great value which needed to be protected day and night, would you select for such a task a blind watchman?
If the procurer marries the girl to circumvent the law he cannot be prosecuted; if the girl makes one mistake in life, she cannot be protected from being procured.
They found a protected corner in the smoking-room where Lucy was content to sit and look out of the open door to see what was going on about the deck.
The departing passengers, most of them protected by an upper deck, pressed four deep against the rail, and waved and shouted in return.
A number of ladies crowded on deck, and, aided by the stewards, were safely tucked into chairs in places protected from wind and spray.
More than you fancy; do you not wish me to tell you the name of the man who protected and eventually saved Dona Carmela?
Enormous masses of wood lay that same evening on the ground, which they had so long protected with their beneficent shadow.
You are mistaken, Chief, the Sachems have not done such a thing, or thus insulted a young man protected by the law of nations.
The latter formed a dense dome of foliage over the callis, which they sheltered from the hot beams of the southern sun, and protected from the cold gusts which at times descend from the mountains in the winter season.
And when we come to Christianity it must be remarked that, so long as that nascent religion was regarded as merely a variety of Judaism, it was actually protected by the Roman power, and owes no little of its original progress to the fact.
In winter the writer's hands were protected by mittens, so that not even the sharpness of the weather should rob him of a moment.
When not in use, and sometimes even then, such tables were protected by coloured linen cloths.
In its most southerly bight, however, is a secure well sheltered bay, for vessels of moderate draught of water; beingprotected by a long sandy shoal which must be rounded before a vessel can enter.
The weather was mild and pleasant, and a few slight showers fell at night, but we were now so well protected among the tea-trees, and had so much firewood, that we were not inconvenienced by the rain.
His front was defended by a castle, which commanded the only approach by which he could be assailed; while his rear was protected by the Awe, a deep and rapid river, running out of a loch of the same name.
So with each primary impulse in civilised man: it is surrounded and protected by a busy swarm of attendant derivative desires, which store up in its service whatever honey the surrounding world affords.
It is protected from weather, is a safe anchorage, would have ample depth of water at any state of the tide, the landing would be instant on arrival, and it would be supplied with every convenience and accommodation for passengers.
The cliffs of Mota, and perhaps the intelligence of the people, had comparativelyprotected it, though Port Patteson had become a station of the "labour ships.
In front, the names of the different articles of clothing are printed from a copper plate and protected by a sheet of horn.
On the remaining sides a deep fosse, protected on the north by a double vallation, and cutting off all external communication in that direction, secured the garrison from any sudden incursion or surprise.
A low archway passage, protected by carved gates similar to those at the front of the building, had been formed in the partition, and through this Ulpius and his prisoners now passed into the recess beyond.
Those hands, that have protected a Roman life, shall never grasp a Roman sword, shall never pollute again by their touch a Gothic weapon!
Within the lofty steel railings, which protected the building, the famine-wasted slaves of the senator appeared reeling and tottering beneath full vases of wine which they were feebly endeavouring to carry into the interior apartments.
The town of Neveia, lying, as you well know, in the direct road of the barbarians when they marched upon Rome, was protected from their pillaging bands by a tempest of thunder and lightning terrible to behold.
You cannot yearn towards cruelty and woe, for you have aided and protected me!
He protected me, and you may rest assured that she and her kind will not go unpunished.
The chief of police and his wife saw to it that I was protected the rest of my brief sojourn, but no one can ever know how much nearer that experience drew me to my loving Lord.
All the way to Emirghian I gave thanks to the Almighty for having protected at least a few imperial palaces and a few old estates which could still give an idea of what the Bosphorus looked like before the war.
High stone walls, white washed, protected the privacy of the gardens from the glances of passers-by.
Fine Sea Islands cotton is mounted in Canada Balsam and protected by a small circular cover glass.
He became poorer and poorer, and was only protected from absolute want by subscriptions and assistance provided by his true friends in the trade, notably Mr. Kennedy, a Manchester manufacturer.
As a rule these markings are protected by means of a small cover-glass.
His invention was not at all adequately protected by patent rights, and a number of manufacturers were allowed to use the Mule on their simple written promise to give him some remuneration.
Claiming himself no rights of clanship or vassalage, he was fortunate in the alliance and protection of Vich Ian Vohr and other bold and enterprising Chieftains, who protected him in the quiet unambitious life he loved.
He took charge of his enemy's property, protected his person, and finally obtained him liberty on his parole.
If the thong and leather stopper are made to fit the horn tightly, the dry baked rags, the charred cotton, or whatever substance you use for punk, when placed in the horn will be perfectly protectedfrom moisture or dampness.
Thus with the feet and legs protected they could ride through the cactus plants and dash through the mesquite country without fear of being pricked by the thorns, no matter what happened to the horse.
The object of withdrawing the rod was to get at and enlarge the loop in order that it might be slipped over his tail, since the head was protected by the bough.
The nutmeg grows on a tree as large as the buckeye, or horse chestnut, and is of the same nature, differing in one respect, however, the nutmeg being protected by an inner shuck.
The mouth is so well protected with this bone, which looks like a low, dense brush thicket, that nothing can enter the throat until it has proved palatable.
No one enters that brush unless their hands are covered, and face and neck protected with a heavy veil, to thwart any attack by that winged messenger of death.
The reason the secretary bird isprotected is because it is a bitter foe to snakes.
Most of the wild animals in that part of the world are protected from hunters by government laws, but the hippopotamus and the crocodile are left to the mercy of any who wish to kill them.
It falls from the tree, when the outer shuck cracks, but is protected by the inner or second covering.
He is here protected from the heat reflected from the mass of metal during the operation of forging.
