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  • She crossed the castle-yard to the wood-cellar, her steps printing the thick hoarfrost.

    Lay Morals 2005

  • I dreamt — I dreamt I saw him drive into the castle-yard all in

    The Mysteries of Udolpho 2004

  • Such was the scene in the castle-yard at Coningsburgh when it was entered by Richard and his followers.

    Ivanhoe 2004

  • Then ride with the Golden Horse into the castle-yard; there will be great rejoicing at the sight, and they will bring out the Golden Bird for you.

    Household Tales 2003

  • In the castle-yard he saw the horses and the spotted hounds lying asleep; on the roof sat the pigeons with their heads under their wings.

    Household Tales 2003

  • But, proceeding further along it, he presently perceived a side-passage turning out of it at right angles, and this smaller passage, which was short, terminated in a flight of steps leading evidently into the castle-yard.

    Tales of the Caliph H. N. Crellin

  • He had just determined to step out boldly and risk detection, in the hope that in the bustle of the castle-yard his exit might pass unnoticed, when a gust of wind blew the door wide open, and he stood face to face, not ten paces distant, with that group of soldiers he had heard conversing.

    Tales of the Caliph H. N. Crellin

  • The wall of the castle-yard, it will be seen, has a parapet, and is flanked with towers, and the chapel to the right of the Lodge.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 531, January 28, 1832 Various

  • Then he went to the outward door that leads into the castle-yard, and, with his key, opened that door also.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • So when the morning was come, the Giant goes to them again, and takes them into the castle-yard, and shows them, as his wife had bidden him.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

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