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  • He showed me then to what he called the Warder's Library -- an iron-barred room, more bare and brown than any I had seen since I left school.

    Studies and Essays: Quality and Others John Galsworthy 1900

  • He showed me then to what he called the Warder's Library -- an iron-barred room, more bare and brown than any I had seen since I left school.

    Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

  • He showed me then to what he called the Warder's Library -- an iron-barred room, more bare and brown than any I had seen since I left school.

    The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy John Galsworthy 1900

  • The morning, being the first after the battle of Loudon-hill, had dawned upon its battlements, and the defenders had already resumed the labours by which they proposed to render the place tenable, when the watchman, who was placed in a high turret, called the Warder's Tower, gave the signal that a horseman was approaching.

    Old Mortality, Volume 2. Walter Scott 1801

  • The morning, being the first after the battle of Loudon-hill, had dawned upon its battlements, and the defenders had already resumed the labours by which they proposed to render the place tenable, when the watchman, who was placed in a high turret, called the Warder's Tower, gave the signal that a horseman was approaching.

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Martindale Castle would have been visible; and where, when they were hid in night, their situation was indicated by a light constantly maintained in a lofty tower, called the Warder's Turret; and which domestic beacon had acquired, through all the neighbourhood, the name of Peveril's Polestar.

    Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

  • He sold it about a year before his death in 1873, having previously parted with the 'Warder' and his share in the 'Evening Mail.'

    The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843

  • "Warder," said Damian de Lacy, in a stern tone, "am I yet thy prisoner, or no?"

    The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801

  • The morning, being the first after the battle of Loudon-hill, had dawned upon its battlements, and the defenders had already resumed the labours by which they proposed to render the place tenable, when the watchman, who was placed in a high turret, called the Warder’s Tower, gave the signal that a horseman was approaching.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • "Warder," said this unearthly sound, "what is the meaning of this disturbance?

    Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

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