10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSIDIONARY»
Discover the use of
obsidionary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
obsidionary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A general biographical dictionary
Certain mines and other destructive contrivances, and engines of obsidionary
warfare, constructed by Mm, repeatedly baffled the attacks of the Ottoman forces,
and laid their works in ruins. Forced at length to surrender, the conquerors visited
...
2
Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern ...
brickwork it is true, but in their height and thickness no less formidable to Arab
besiegers in their present state of obsidionary science, than the defences of
Antwerp or of Badajoz to a European army. The outer circle of walls, with its
trench and ...
William Gifford Palgrave, 1866
3
The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman ...
... without any consideration of his titles to these honors , should be adorned with
the civic and obsidionary crowns ; the first a badge worn by those who had saved
a fellow. citizen in battle , the second by those who had delivered the' city itsclf ...
4
Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and ...
'Oneyzah itself boasted a double enclosure of fortifications, unbaked brickwork it
is true, but in their height and thickness no less formidable to Arab besiegers in
their present state of obsidionary science, than the defences of Antwerp or of ...
William Gifford Palgrave, 1883
5
The Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
His birthday was observed as an anniversary — his statues were erected in all
the towns of Italy, adorned with the civic and obsidionary crowns — and his robes
ordered to be made after the fashion of those of the ancient kings — the title of ...
James Francis Hollings, 1839
6
A Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and ...
'Oneyzah itself boasted a double enclosure of fortifications, unbaked brickwork it
is true, but in their height and thickness no less formidable to Arab besiegers in
their present state of obsidionary science, than the defences of Antwerp or of ...
Palgrave (William Gifford), 1868
7
A Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and ...
'Oneyzah itself boasted a double enclosure of fortifications, unbaked brickwork it
is true, but in their height and thickness no less formidable to Arab besiegers in
their present state of obsidionary science, than the defences of Antwerp or of ...
William Gifford Palgrave, 1868
8
The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman ...
... Without any consideration of his titles to these honours, should be adorned
with the civic and obsidionary crowns; the first a badge worn by those who had
saved a fellow-citizen in battle, the second by those who had delivered the city
itself ...
9
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
... dissidence, dissident (adj, hence n); insidiatc, insidious; obsidional (whence,
anl, the var obsidionary)—obsess (whence, anl, obsessive), obsession (whence
obsessional), obsessor; sep POSSESS, etc.; preside, presidence and presidency
, ...
10
The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman ...
... without any consideration of his titles to these honours, should be adorned with
the civic and obsidionary crowns ; the first a badge worn by those who had saved
a fellow-citizen in battle, the second by those who had delivered the city itself ...
