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  • “Do you ever wonder about the nature of the world, Mister Fitz?” asked the foremost of the two riders, raising the three-barred visor of his helmet so that his words might more clearly cross the several feet of space that separated him from his companion, who rode not quite at his side.

    PodCastle » PodCastle 92: Sir Hereward and Mr. Fitz Go to War Again 2010

  • Sir Hereward, for the other part, had a good measure of vanity and in fact the raising of the three-barred visor of his helmet almost certainly had more to do with an approaching apple seller of comely appearance than it did with a desire for clear communication to Mister Fitz.

    PodCastle » PodCastle 92: Sir Hereward and Mr. Fitz Go to War Again 2010

  • Small touches of humanity appeared on the cold stone walls—family portraits and the three-barred crosses of the Byzantine Church.

    Behemoth Mr. Scott Westerfeld 2010

  • Sir Hereward, for the other part, had a good measure of vanity and in fact the raising of the three-barred visor of his helmet almost certainly had more to do with an approaching apple seller of comely appearance than it did with a desire for clear communication to Mister Fitz.

    PodCastle » 2010 » February 2010

  • “Do you ever wonder about the nature of the world, Mister Fitz?” asked the foremost of the two riders, raising the three-barred visor of his helmet so that his words might more clearly cross the several feet of space that separated him from his companion, who rode not quite at his side.

    PodCastle » 2010 » February 2010

  • Rain was tipping down outside the long window but, in the dimness of the University, a three-barred electric fire glowed cheerfully.

    Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008

  • Accompanying these words were vivid images of a cup holding ruby-coloured fluid and a three-barred cross.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Accompanying these words were vivid images of a cup holding ruby-coloured fluid and a three-barred cross.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Lewis wore a gray civilian jacket and a shirt to which a three-barred stand collar had been hastily sewn.

    The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

  • On the north side of the Observatory are two small buildings, covered with hemispherical sliding domes, in each of which is an equatorial sector, made by Sisson, and a clock, by Arnold, with a three-barred pendulum, which are seldom used but for observing comets.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 404, December 12, 1829 Various

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