There came at this moment a raid upon Mr. Elliott by three or four ladies, members of his congregation, who surroundedhim and Dr.
The house was beautifully situated on high ground, surrounded by grand old trees, and at one side was a flower-garden.
We were then to go in and wait until the thieves came in, when they were to besurrounded and taken prisoners.
The camp meeting spread over a small, irregular plateausurrounded by swamp and sluggish streams.
Ideals are useless unless one is able to see, to feel something beyond this ruthless mechanism by which we are surrounded and hemmed in, to have some perception of another scheme.
They fell into an oasis of silence, surrounded by mad music and laughter.
The mist thickened until it looked like steam, and almost before they knew it they weresurrounded on all sides by a dense fog.
Behind him came Nyoda and the adoring Winnebagos like Diana surrounded by her maidens, while Katherine stalked in the rear of the parade leading the angel-faced Sandhelo, on whose back she had set a tired youngster.
Sam calculated that from the upper spring there would be headway enough to run a small fountain in the center, surrounded by a pond-lily bed which would be kept in place by a stone curbing.
A fringe of gray beard surrounded his clean-shaven face, which was criss-crossed with innumerable little furrows that the wind and rain had worn in it; but a pair of shrewd old eyes twinkled from under his bushy eyebrows.
By cementing the floor of that bowl they could have a splendid swimming-pool for timid bathers, where they could not go beyond their depth; and it was entirely surrounded by a thick screen of shrubbery.
This hole was dug in the center of a meadow, which was then surrounded by Indians armed with small boughs, who beat the grasshoppers towards a common center and drove them into the trap.
It will therefore be seen that this subject is surrounded with some difficulty, and it must not be understood that the legends here given are vouched for as of wholly Indian origin.
The traveller who speeds over one of the railways radiating from the city of New York, may be attracted, when a short distance out from the suburbs, by a fine stone villa surrounded by beautiful grounds and conservatories.
He was about to single out an adversary, as if to engage in a joust, when he was instantly surrounded and a stroke dealt at him which only the stoutness of his leathern cap-visor prevented from terminating his existence.
To gain her ends, she surrounded Edna with every attention, and was more than a mother to her in fact, pending the time when she would be one in law.
Thousands surrounded the reviewing field, and it was only with difficulty that we found our way through.
We were in a small room, perhaps ten by twelve, surrounded by blank walls, save for openings made by the two doors on opposite sides.
That move only increased the suspicious reserve which surrounded us.
Though the Hall itself is in one of the West Central Squares, it is surrounded on three sides by districts crowded with poor.
Like the planet Mercury surrounded by the lustre of sunset, her permanent brilliancy passed without much notice in the temporary glory of the situation.
As Eustacia crossed the firebeams she appeared for an instant as distinct as a figure in a phantasmagoria--a creature of light surrounded by an area of darkness; the moment passed, and she was absorbed in night again.
They were surrounded by dusky forms between four and five feet high, standing a few paces beyond the rays of the lantern.
Her black hair was looser now than either of them had ever seen it before, and surrounded her brow like a forest.
He turned upon them his painfully circular eyes, surrounded by concentric lines like targets.
He received a large sum to defray his expenses; and when he appeared at court, on December 17th, he was no longer in irons and disgrace, but richly appareled and surrounded with friends.
The fountain is to be provided with an ice-chamber capable of holding two tons of ice, and is to be surrounded with a water-pipe containing ten faucets, each supplied with a bronze cup.
The Spaniards while thus employed were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration upon actions which they could not comprehend, and of which they could not foresee the consequences.
The base is a large platform of basalt, surrounded by a balustrade of iron, above which are five lanterns.
This island has large lagoons, and is surrounded by a reef.
In South California the trees labor under the great disadvantage of being surroundedby bare brown earth.
Around these crystals sixty-two large garnets are set, and these again are surrounded by wreaths of flowers and leaves in embossed work, set thick with more diamonds than could be counted.
One had need of goodly devotion to keep a composed mind and contented spirit in a dwelling-place surrounded by such dangers.
Like birds in the air or fish in the sea, "at home, abroad, We are surrounded still with God.
Through your treachery, he was surrounded by five times the number of his own men; and, for aught you cared, instead of lying wounded here he might have been dead.
As we shall treat your silly proposition, sir," said Fred, quite losing his temper at being made the bearer of such an absurd defiance from a little knot of men, completely surrounded as they were.
And there, within this vista of light, surrounded by dancing motes, was the landlord's daughter.
At noon they reached a village, and here they decided to replenish their little hoard of money, so, making their way to the piazza, they surrounded themselves with a crowd for whom they danced the trescone and sang themselves hoarse.
Two enormous hills[511] were surrounded by walls ingeniously built so as to project or slope inwards and thus leave the flanks of an attacking party exposed to fire.
The Fourteenth[307] were surrounded by the numbers that attacked them.
He surrounded himself with an armed escort, and kept changing his house and gardens.
The rebels might certainly have been crushed had Flaccus and Gallus each advanced their forces from opposite directions and thus surrounded them.
He at once put on mourning and left the palace, surroundedby his sorrowful household.
The older men began to curse their credulity, and to point out the fearful danger to their small force of being surrounded by Caecina's army in the open country.
At the head of his column were carried the eagles of four legions, surrounded by the colours belonging to the detachments of four other legions.
Had Civilis furnished the attacking column with more troops, they could never have been surrounded by such a small force, and having stormed the camp would have destroyed it.
A few tried to break away, but were surrounded and overpowered.
I looked round at my friends, desiring to warn them of our desperate situation; but even that was not feasible, for each was surrounded by two or three of the strangers, so that I could say nothing to them which would not be overheard.
For some distance their road lay through a pleasant and well-cultivated country, dotted at intervals by hamlets and scattered cottages, which were surrounded by groves of orange-trees or clumps of dates and palms.
The house I bought was surrounded by a very high wall, and had a large quadrangle within laid out as a garden, with fruit-trees and fountains of clear water.
The clubs or primitive shields of the Monudus are surrounded in the middle by a band of buffalo skin, under which the hand is passed to hold them.
It must not be forgotten that the cliff-dwellers are surrounded on all sides by immigrant populations of the Athapascan stock (see p.
In non-civilised countries almost always the villages and urban agglomerations are surrounded with palisades (Kraal of the Kafirs, Fig.
The city was surrounded by a strong wall built originally by Edward I, and one may follow it throughout its entire course of more than two miles.
The flower-bordered lanes lead past cottages and farm houses surrounded by low stone walls and half hidden by brilliantly colored creepers.
The town is situated in the very center of the Highlands, surroundedby hills that supply the gray granite used in its construction; and here we broke our journey for the night.
The abbey-builders chose their locations with unerring judgment, always in a beautiful valley near a river or lake, surrounded by fertile fields and charming scenery.
Inside there was a grassy court, surrounded by the walls and ruined apartments of the castle.
It is a many-towered structure, piercing the blue sky and surrounded by an air of sullen inaccessibility, while the red-cross flag flying above it proclaims it a station of the king's army.
It is still surrounded by its old wall with twenty-one watch-towers and the three gateways originally leading into the town have been recently restored.
Many old castles and magnificent mansions crown the heights overlooking the river, but we caught only glimpses of some of them, surrounded as they were by immense parks, closed to the public.
It occupies a commanding position on a point of land extending far into the sea and almost surrounded by water at high tide.
And there are few places in the Kingdom where one is so impressed with the spirit of the ancient order of things as when surrounded by the crumbling walls of Glastonbury Abbey.
The house is surroundedby a park and the poet here enjoyed a seclusion that he could not obtain in his Isle of Wight home.
It stands in an almost level country near the coast and must have depended for defense on its enormously thick walls and the great double moat which surrounded it, rather than the strength of its position.
The town is made up largely of cottages with thatched roofs, surrounded by the bright English flower gardens.
The house itself was built nearly two hundred years earlier and was later surrounded by a moat as a further means of defense.
Edward was standing in his tent, surrounded by his nobles, brothers, and his wife's kinsmen, as the young Plantagenet prince was brought before him.
The riders pressed onward through the widening forest path, and, sure enough, found themselves quickly in the little clearing which surrounded the village of Much Waltham.
Placing the reluctant prince in the midst, so as if possible to save at least him from steel or lead, the gallant little band with axes and pikes commenced hewing its way through the living wall which surrounded it.
It never would have an opportunity to develop in us if we were not surrounded by those who love us, make excuses for us, and put up with us.
One of the greatest temptations, when you are surrounded by pleasant friends, is to fritter time away.
She might have become hard and bitter, crying out against the injustice that took her children while other happy mothers are surrounded by their little ones.
By the mere fact of your coming together, then, surrounded by the same influences, under the spell of the same traditions and ideals, you create an element of life which did not exist before and which reacts powerfully upon every one of you.
Humbert afterward kept the whole British force at bay for more than a fortnight, and did not surrender until his little army had been surrounded by thirty thousand men.
The emulsion vessel in the copper is surrounded by warm water, and the copper itself is jacketed and connected with the hot water pipes, so forming part of the circulating system.
The still is of tinned copper, two gallon capacity, and the condenser is the usual worm surrounded with cold water.
They, in their turn, became surrounded and formed into another group, who whispered eagerly with each other.
I feared you would besurrounded with courtiers and fine ladies or with singers, musicians, hairdressers, and other baboons.
Here he found the Lady Anastasia sitting at a table, surroundedby a little crowd of players.
Then after the dance I saw her standing beside the Lady Anastasia, her eyes sparkling, her cheek flushed, smiling and laughing, while a whole troop of gentlemen surrounded her with compliments.
Mr. Prappet presented to Lady Anastasia those of the ladies who belonged to the gentry, and she was presently surroundedby a court or company, with whom she discoursed pleasantly and graciously.
They have discovered that customers inducted into a beautiful shop and surrounded by tactful obliging clerks are more willing to buy and are more likely to be satisfied with what they purchase.
When surrounded by numerous appeals to attention, they get wakened up by resisting these attractions and find superfluous energy adequate to attend to the subject in hand.
