The other two sides werescreened from observation by lattice work, outside of which evergreens were planted to give added seclusion and shade.
A ventilator in the roof and two sunny little windows, screened at will from within by tiny Venetian shutters, gave ample light and currents of fresh air.
Fortunately it was on thescreened side of the fire.
Julian this time accompanied the party; and I got renewed thrills, to see how he marveled at the wonders that blazed the trail, from the little cascade that screened the entrance, to the placer mine, and the shining gold horde in the cave.
In his relief, he did not notice a vague form which flitted along the edge of the wood, so close to the trees that the shadow screened it from clear view.
The choir, which occupies the fourth and fifth bays, is enclosed by the most elaborate walls, except at the entrance to the east, where it is screened by the remarkable iron reja.
For this reason, only a few of the highest windows arescreened by semi-transparent curtains, and the light pours in unbroken through most of their brilliant tints--down the nave in deep blood reds and indigo blues.
Screened from the cold winds of the upper table land by the protecting barrier of mountains which hem in the vales of Mexico and Puebla, the valley of Cuernavaca basks, on their southern slopes and feet, in a tropical climate.
But this is woman's business: 'tis not so To listen screened to the ambassadors, To ride abroad with Nero charioted, Or wear her head upon the public coins.
In a couple of hours things had quieted down enough so that the heavily-screened warships could approach the planet and finish up their part of the job.
Even though Hilton knew that the Oman commander-in-chief was exactly as good at perceiving as he himself was, he found himself scanning the thoroughly screened Strett world forty or fifty times an hour.
Thus it does not seem reasonable that any except rigorouslyscreened personnel would die in the process.
Duncan remained where he was, alone, screenedfrom view by overhanging vines, as desolate in spirit as any man can be, who is suddenly brought face to face with an unpleasant truth.
He approached the music-room, and, screened by a Japanese curtain that hung across the entrance, peered inside.
He screened his body behind a tree, but he was nigh enough to catch every word that was said in an ordinary tone, and he understood the Winnebago tongue well enough to want no interpreter.
Lanherne lies in the loveliest vale in Cornwall, shut in and screenedfrom the blasts that sweep from the Atlantic.
If the mixing is to be done by hand the materials must be screened to remove any unslaked lumps of lime.
Thoroughly burnt clay or ballast, old bricks, clinkers and cinders, ground to a uniform size and screened from dust, also make excellent substitutes.
Until this moment the Indians had not fired a shot; but now the bullets began to whistle over the heads of those who were exposed to view, as the Abenakis, themselves screened by the bushes, began the real attack.
Nearly all the rude furniture was piled against the two windows and one of the doors, and the beds had been spread on the floor where they would best be screened from any stray bullets.
High points of vantage were occupied to the last inch with small boydom, booths or screened seats had been rented for the use of the ladies, and the streets were hardly passable.
He guided her to a corridor, where branches of rhododendron screened an alcove of settees and seductive cushions.
He saw instantly how it had happened; the windfall had blocked the way, and she had sprung clean over it, not noting the screened spear, which now held her as effectually as any railroad spike.
For hours he walked the lighted avenues, or sat moodily on wayside benches, and at length, on a rustic seat screened by shrubbery in a little park, he dozed.
They were completely screened from the fire by some buildings of the suburbs abutting upon the slope.
I flung the reins upon the neck of the mustang, who was too blown to stir, and handling my rifle, waited for the bull to move so that I might see something more than the great shaggy front, which screened his body.
My child I screened a little from the chilling wind by placing a saddle in an angle at her head--a novel addition to the couch of a young lady.
The curtains were drawn, and a single candle was burning on the table, screened by a bound music book so that the light did not fall on the cot.
His eyes, looking serenely and steadily at Rostov, seemed to be veiled by something, as if screened by blue spectacles of conventionality.
There were stars in the sky and the new moon shone out amid the smoke that screened it.
It was so last night when she came in penitent and began seeing about warming my room, and in spite of her exhaustion and weakness pushed the shutters and screened the windows, taking pains and trouble about my .
Thera is no reason why they should not be shallow, exposed to light and air, and cultivated as rock-pools by the introduction of seaweeds and small animals, but they must then be screened from rain, cold and dust.
In the civil basilicas the apse was screened off by columns, and constituted the court of justice.
Come on and take a look around," added Whopper, and started for the other side of the cove, where a mass of brushwood and overhanging trees screened a portion of the water from view.
He had to pass through a fringe of brushwood and then he gained a tiny cove, well screened from the lake proper by a number of overhanging trees.
