Each night they could see the woman's silhouette on the curtains of the oriel as she paced to and fro. From LearnThat.org.
The oriel is a strange singer. From Wordnik.com. [Two Summers in Guyenne] Reference
The oriel windows by their side bear contributions in. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
From the great oriel window a noble vista is unrolled. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
The oriel window was perhaps twenty feet off the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Second Skin]
After carefully examining the chamber and the oriel, the. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Udolpho] Reference
On the square the oriel window, where in old heroic days. From Wordnik.com. [Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer] Reference
There was a door leading to an oriel, a little enclosed balcony. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
No, Miss Diana, not even an oriel, beautiful as is an oriel window. From Wordnik.com. [Barchester Towers] Reference
He heard a man come through the oriel and enter the audience chamber. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
"She could jump from that oriel window in the round tower," said Willie. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
The face looked out from the frame of the oriel, confident, authoritative. From Wordnik.com. [The 9th Directive]
He passed along the corridor now towards the great oriel window at the end. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
The grand oriel window and panelled and groined entrance are justly admired. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter] Reference
St. Mary Hall, a statue of Henry VI, and, in the oriel, two smaller figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains] Reference
So when they heard the smashing of the oriel shutter, Philip decided to take a lead. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
He conducted me into a great hall, where there was a great, large Saracenic oriel window. From Wordnik.com. [Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo] Reference
Brighter and richer than any tints that ever poured through painted oriel flowed the glories of sunset. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
Its back was to the road: at its eastern end was a fine arched window like the oriel window of a church. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
A pale splinter of a moon shone through the oriel windows, bathing the long, empty room in a silver wash. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
When I took a sighting through the Balvar scope it picked up movement at once in the oriel of the temple. From Wordnik.com. [The 9th Directive]
One side of this room was given up to the windows, and there was a charming hexagonal oriel in the corner. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
The listener in the oriel came to the conclusion that there were some lively characters among the — — th. From Wordnik.com. [A Changed Man] Reference
The hall, 70 feet by 30 feet, is of five bays, with the usual dais and oriel window at the far end from the entrance. From Wordnik.com. [The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains] Reference
I passed under the east oriel window of the old mansion, where all the old saints and histories and such-like are painted. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
From another point, Whitefriars Gate, the end of the building, with its fine oriel window, is seen to considerable advantage. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 405, December 19, 1829] Reference
At the last minute before raising his gun he had taken off the smoked glasses; they were folded neatly on the ledge of the oriel. From Wordnik.com. [The 9th Directive]
The windows projected oriel-wise over the garden below, and there was a splendid view from them both up and down and across the river. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
The lights shone through the open oriel windows right upon her path, but she crept under the shadow of the wall and passed hastily on. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
It shone from what appeared to be an old oriel window, and being surrounded by the deep shadows of overhanging walls, sparkled like a star. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Curiosity Shop] Reference
The eye still rests with admiration on the numberless gables, the quaint chimneys, the oriel windows, the fretted parapets of the Tudor building. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Prose Fiction] Reference
But by some strange caprice of fortune, a hoard was opened to me in one of the lower shelves, beside the oriel window, which was more valuable than. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
No person, however, was in it, and he proceeded to the oriel, where every thing remained as on the preceding night, but Ludovico was no where to be found. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Udolpho] Reference
Very little remained of the old abbey beyond its ancient gateway, which was three stories high, and displayed two very handsome double-storeyed oriel windows. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
As soon as the duke's temper was restored, they consulted the party collectively at afternoon tea in the oriel room on the subject of Angelica's dissatisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Crows shot from the eaves, and an oriel window seemed to have collapsed, leaving a gaping maw, but smoke was issuing from a chimney, so someone was in residence. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
The sequence is, of course, interrupted by the oriel window in the central bay on the south; and the narrower openings in the apse only admit of a twofold division. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less] Reference
Breakfast was scarcely over, when the sound of horses feet announced the arrival of a stranger; and Adeline, from the oriel recess of the hall, saw the Marquis alight. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Forest] Reference
There is no tower without its spire, no turret or gable without its pinnacle, no oriel without its pointed roof, no dormer without some such playful leaping up into the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
They came and passed the oriel, where an officer or two, looking up and discovering Mrs. Maumbry, saluted her, whose eyes filled with tears as the notes of the band waned away. From Wordnik.com. [A Changed Man] Reference
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