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Only five gates in the fortified wall within which the shy soul intrenches itself, where an attack may be made.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

For since God has so formed us that we love to give as well as take, a great independent mind, complete in itself and incapable of receiving from others, must always stand somewhat apart from men; and even a great heart, when conjoined -- as it seldom is -- with a great head, is rarely able to drawbridge over the wide moat which intrenches it in solitary loneliness.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

If the firing line is stopped, if fire superiority is lost and cannot be regained, the firing line intrenches and holds on until darkness or until a favorable turn in the situation develops.

The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training Olin Oglesby Ellis 1920

"Ordinarily infantry intrenches itself whenever it is compelled to halt for a considerable time in the presence of the enemy."

The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training Olin Oglesby Ellis 1920

In spite of the advantage that an enemy, as able as he is bold, takes of these conditions, and the fact that he intrenches himself anew in his impregnable mountains, hard prest on every side, he is forced not only to allow his cannon and baggage to fall a prey to the Duc d'Enghien, but also the country bordering the Rhine.

The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South Grenville Kleiser 1910

But to things we would have them learn, the great and only discouragement I can observe, is, that they are call’d to it, ’tis made their business, they are teaz’d and chid about it, and do it with trembling and apprehension; or, when they come willingly to it, are kept too long at it, till they are quite tir’d: all which intrenches too much on that natural freedom they extremely affect.

Some Thoughts Concerning Education. Sections 71-80 1909

Skilled industry intrenches in powerful combinations.

The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion 1901

This seemed to cross a late opinion of Mr. Calvin's, and then taken for granted by many that had not a capacity to examine it, as it had been by him before, and hath been since by Master Henry Mason, Dr. Jackson, Dr. Hammond, and others of great learning, who believe that a contrary opinion intrenches upon the honour and justice of our merciful God.

Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton Rich'd Hooker George Herbert etc Walton, Izaak 1898

Property, born of the reasoning faculty, intrenches itself behind comparisons.

What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890

+ -- Severity drives the offender into fresh determination to do wrong; and intrenches him behind the conception that he has been treated unfairly.

Practical Ethics William De Witt Hyde 1887