The work of dismantling dangerous fortresses which he had begun twenty years before was at last completed, and no armed revolt of the feudal baronage was ever again possible in England.

The British now having the complete command of the Delaware, totally dismantled this fort: in which state it remained till last year, when a french engineer was engaged to put it again into a state of defence.

And I dismantled my cloak, and wrapped it about me, and did feel that the Diskos was safe to my hip.

After all his other chores were done, Israel had a conference with Monsieur Leclerc, and the two sallied into the garden, and in an hour had dismantled the low dwelling, cleared away the wreck, levelled and smoothed its site, and

" Joe shut the water off and began dismantling a faucet, eventually reaching the washer, held by a brass screw.

she said, bearing upon the last word with triumphant accent, as she continued to dismantle the poor flower.

He asked whether, if he were to disband his forces, dismantle his garrisons, and return to his usual residence in the vicinity of the parliament, they, on their part, would pass their [Sidenote a: A.D. 1646.

They dismantled their houses, and took away the windows, doors, &c. Aug. 19th.

He had under him some eighty officers and men, and knowing that he could not hold all three forts, and fearing that the South would seize Fort Sumter, he dismantled Fort Moultrie, spiked the cannon, cut down the flagstaff, and removed to Fort Sumter, on the evening of December 26, 1860.

Six months to dismantle the dead rooms of a marriage, down to a borrowed tent, patches of snow, and invisibly, all around us, sap rising in its own sweet time.

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This being resolved upon, Cortes ordered his friend Escalente to dismantle all the ships and then sink them, preserving only the boats for the purpose of fishing.

Crozet promptly dismantled his station, burying and burning all that could not be carried away, and marched his men to the boats.

The Carstairses were dismantling the studio.

Occasionally Mr. Abner Nott, in a practical relapse, raged against the derelicts, and talked of dispossessing them, or even dismantling his tenement, but he was easily placated by a compliment to the "dear old ship," or an effort made by some tenant to idealize his apartment.

When for the thorns with which I long too long, With many a piercing wound, My Saviour's head have crowned, I seek with garlands to redress that wrong, Through every garden, every mead I gather flowersmy fruits are only flowers Dismantling all the fragrant towers That once adorned my shepherdess's head; And now, when I have summed up all my store,

At the same time a league of "brotherly assistance" was negotiated, stipulating that the estates should aid the parliament with an army of twenty-one thousand men; that they should place a Scottish garrison in Berwick, and dismantle the town at the conclusion of the war;[b]

It was evident that great care had been taken not to injure or dismantle the vessel.

In the interval between the assaults, a shell had pierced and dismantled the barricade, and the cannon began to fire grape-shot.

The Castle occupied every foot of the Island that was visible to us, appearing to rise out of the Water,mists rested upon the mountain side, with spots of sunshine; there was a mild desolation in the low-grounds, a solemn grandeur in the mountains, and the Castle was wild, yet statelynot dismantled of Turretsnor the walls broken down, though obviously a ruin.

Even those towns where loyalty had hitherto stood above suspicion received the order to dismantle their churches and destroy all "pictures and Popish fancies" with sullen dislike and hostility.