Standing, for the most part, on the hallowed
precincts of the quarter-deck, they were careful not to speak or rustle their feet.
These nurseries of mine went smoothly and privately along undisturbed in their ob- scure country retreats, for nobody was allowed to come into their
precincts without a special permit -- for I was afraid of the Church.
Beyond the
precincts of the lists more than one forge was erected; and these now began to glimmer through the twilight, announcing the toil of the armourers, which was to continue through the whole night, in order to repair or alter the suits of armour to be used again on the morrow.
It was now day-light, and I returned to my house without waiting to congratulate with the emperor: because, although I had done a very eminent piece of service, yet I could not tell how his majesty might resent the manner by which I had performed it: for, by the fundamental laws of the realm, it is capital in any person, of what quality soever, to make water within the
precincts of the palace.
So here Ulysses stood for a while and looked about him, but when he had looked long enough he crossed the threshold and went within the
precincts of the house.
A token of the perils of the wilderness was seen in the grim head of a wolf, which had just been slain within the
precincts of the town, and according to the regular mode of claiming the bounty, was nailed on the porch of the meeting-house.
General Gage and his troops were cooped up within the narrow
precincts of the peninsula.
Beneath him, the Rocky Mountains seemed to open all their secret recesses: deep, solemn valleys; treasured lakes; dreary passes; rugged defiles, and foaming torrents; while beyond their savage
precincts, the eye was lost in an almost immeasurable landscape; stretching on every side into dim and hazy distance, like the expanse of a summer's sea.
It so happened that day that the pain I suffered having somewhat abated, and feeling in much better spirits than usual, I had complied with Kory-Kory's invitation to visit the chief Mehevi at the place called the 'Ti', which I have before described as being situated within the
precincts of the Taboo Groves.
But in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its
precincts at all.
The place of justice is an hallowed place; and therefore not only the bench, but the foot-place; and
precincts and purprise thereof, ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption.
Up this road from the
precincts of the city two persons were walking rapidly, as if unconscious of the trying ascent--unconscious through preoccupation and not through buoyancy.
