begird

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Stately masonries, longdrawn arches, cloisters, sounding aisles buttress it, begirdle it far and wide.

From Past and Present by Carlyle, Thomas

The waters begirdle the earth alway, The sea ever rolled as it rolleth now: What babblest thou about grain and fields?

From The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 by Various

Like a ring of lightning, they, volleying and ca-ira-ing, begirdle her from shore to shore.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

No; if you could mount to the stars and do yacht voyages under the belts of Jupiter or stalk deer on the ring of Saturn it would still begirdle you.

From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Stately masonries, long-drawn arches, cloisters, sounding aisles buttress it, begirdle it far and wide.

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas