Sentences with phrase «rampart against»
On the one hand, his writing is beautifully descriptive throughout: «The sun touched the crenellated rim of the east wall, streaming through the crenels, blocked by the merlons: for a long moment golden rays shot above their heads to throw the silhouette of the ramparts against the western wall, playing on the gatehouse towers.»
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For years, I have been warning people that the time has come to man (and woman) the ramparts to defend the citadel of human exceptionalism (that's a metaphor for you literalists) against its many attackers.
Moreover, this book does not mount the ramparts to defend the Bible against the onslaughts of the modern world; nor does the writer feel guilty for asking, even pressing, a modern reader's questions.
Against advice of counsel and lover, she pays a visit to the house as workmen are tearing off a section of roof in order to install a «widow's walk» rampart.
Still, you and your associates are doing important work in «Defending the Ramparts of (Scientific) Freedom against the Forces of Darkness».