And it so happened that adjacent to a couch on which she had taken refuge was a small table on which she noted a vase of red rosebuds ; ;

The fence, his only refuge when the metal death came roaring at him, was made of rails, all right, but the rails were protected by a thick screening of barbed wire that would rip his flesh if he pressed against it.

After some initial success in his efforts to take possession, Albert was driven from Saxony, and also from his Northern march by Henry, and compelled to take refuge in south Germany.

After the taking of Troy, it is said he rushed into the temple of Athena, where Cassandra had taken refuge, and was embracing the statue of the goddess in supplication.

He was, however, dispossessed of both Macedon and Epirus by Demetrius II of Macedon, the son of Antigonus II ; upon which he took refuge amongst the Acarnanians.

On one occasion he was separated from Ursicinus and took refuge in Amida during the siege of the city, which was then attacked by the Sassanid king Shapur II ; he barely escaped with his life.

Previous to the war, the city's civilian population was about 300, 000, but before it was over, most of the populace had sought refuge elsewhere in Iran.

Thrace was Ares ' birthplace, true home, and refuge after the affair with Aphrodite was exposed to the general mockery of the other gods.

After the death of his master the school of Syria was dispersed, and Aedesius seems to have modified his doctrines out of fear of Constantine, and took refuge in divination.

Abd al-Rahman's mother was a member from the Nafza Berbers with whom he found refuge after the murder of his family in 750.

In AD 60 or 61, while the current governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was leading a campaign against the island of Mona ( modern Anglesey ) in the north of Wales, which was a refuge for British rebels and a stronghold of the druids, the Iceni conspired with their neighbours the Trinovantes, amongst others, to revolt.

The original interpretation of brochs, favoured by nineteenth century antiquarians, was that they were defensive structures, places of refuge for the community and their livestock.

The republic was restored, and Bokassa, who took refuge in Côte d ' Ivoire and France, was sentenced to death in absentia for various crimes, including cannibalism.

In ancient Greece, the Acropolis ( literally: " peak of the city "), placed on a commanding eminence, was important in the life of the people, serving as a refuge and stronghold in peril and containing military and food supplies, the shrine of the god and a royal palace.

Although an amphibious invasion was never in question, blockading by Union naval forces was common, particularly at Halifax, where Confederate navy ships sought refuge and reprovisioning.

Egypt is identified in the Bible as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: " When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod the Great, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son " ( Matthew 2: 12 – 23 ).

Like Zurich, New York City was a refuge for writers and artists from World War I.

Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David.

From one perspective, these spaces are places of marginality created by an often homophobic heterosexual community ; from another perspective, they are places of refuge where members of gender and sexual minorities can benefit from the concentration of safe, nondiscriminatory resources and services ( just as other minorities do ).

* The Harbor Beach Light is located at the end of the north breakwater entrance to the harbor of refuge, created by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, protecting the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan.

Skaro appears in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories The Mutant Phase and Davros ( where we learn that Skaro had two moons: Falkus and Omega Mysterium, names drawn from a chart of Skaro's solar system in a 1976 Marks and Spencer tie-in book-Falkus is there revealed to be an artificial planet created by the Daleks as a last refuge ), and was where the Emperor Dalek operated from in The Genocide Machine, and features prominently in the I, Davros spin-off series, looking at Davros's life and the events that led to him creating the Daleks.

This created a coastal refuge.

In effect, the new British North American provinces of Upper Canada ( the forerunner of Ontario ) and New Brunswick were created as places of refuge for the United Empire Loyalists.

# Domesticity – A woman's proper sphere was the home where a wife created a refuge for her husband and children ; Needlework, cooking, making beds, and tending flowers were considered proper feminine activities whereas reading of anything other than religious biographies was discouraged

Originally created and managed by New York City as a " wildlife refuge ", the term was retained by Gateway when the site was transferred in 1972.

At this time he offered Luther a refuge in his own territories and began to cultivate close relations with Martin Bucer, whose understanding of political questions created a common bond of sympathy between them.

The refuge was created in 1970.

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge | Pelican Island in Florida was the nation's first wildlife refuge, created in 1903

In the former book, Q takes refuge in the barrier, whereas the latter suggests that the Galactic Barrier had been created to exclude the malevolent being 0 from the galaxy.

Originally created and managed by New York City as a " wildlife refuge ", the term was retained by Gateway when the site was transferred.

It was created from neglected farmland to provide a valuable refuge for people and wildlife amongst the rapidly expanding local community.

El Jabalí was created in 1981 as a protected forest and wildlife refuge.

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1955 and in 1998 the refuge reached its present size of.

The refuge was created in 1958 as the Oak Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, but the name was soon changed to the current name because the State of New York maintained and still maintains the similarly named Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Area adjacent to the federal refuge at its eastern boundary.

Such were the conditions when the Holy Prophet was commanded to tell the people: " I seek refuge with the Lord of the dawn, from the evil of everything that He has created, and from the evil of the darkness of night and from the evil of magicians, men and women, and from the evil of the envious ", and to tell them: " I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, and the Deity of mankind, from the evil of the whisperer, who returns over and over again, who whispers ( evil ) into the hearts of men, whether he be from among the jinn or men.

Say, “ I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak from the evil of everything He has created, and from the evil of the dark night when it penetrates, and from the evil of the women who blow on the knots, and from the evil of an envier when he envies.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of Daybreak From the evil of that which He created ; From the evil of the darkness when it is intense, And from the evil of malignant witchcraft, And from the evil of the envier when he envieth.

Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn From the mischief of created things ; From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads ; From the mischief of those who practise secret arts ; And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy.

After centuries of logging and other human activities which were devastating the swamp's ecosystems, the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1973 when the Union Camp Corporation of Franklin, Virginia donated 49, 100 acres ( 200 km² ) of land ; the refuge was officially established through The Dismal Swamp Act of 1974.

The refuge was created to be a resting and breeding ground for migratory waterfowl especially during fall and spring.

One theory of the origins of Freemasonry claims direct descent from the historical Knights Templar through its final fourteenth-century members who took refuge in Scotland whose King, Robert the Bruce was excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church at the time, or other countries where the Templar suppression was not enforced.

Ananda Marga counts hundreds of missions around the world through which its members carry out various forms of selfless service on Relief ( The social welfare and development organization under AMPS is Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, or AMURT., Education and women's welfare ( The service activities of this section founded in 1963 are focused on: 1-Education: creating and managing primary, post primary and higher schools, research institutes etc., 2-Relief: creating and managing children's and students ' homes for destitute children and for poor students, cheap hostels, retiring homes, academies of light for deaf dumb and crippled, invalid homes, refuge reabilitation etc., 3-Tribal: tribal welfare units, medical camps etc., 4-Women's welfare: women welfare units, women's homes, nursing homes etc.

The monster breaks into the house and eventually melts its way through the nearly indestructible doors of the Krell laboratory where Adams, Altaira, and Morbius have taken refuge.

The King and his ministers took refuge in the snow-covered woods and escaped harm, continuing farther north through the mountains toward Molde on Norway's west coast.

In 1418, for example, the future Charles VII took refuge in the Bastille during the Burgundian-led " Massacre of the Armagnacs " in Paris, before successfully fleeing the city through the Porte Saint-Antoine.

' Whereas Christians ( who have learned that their eternal life consists in knowing the only true God, who is over all, and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent ; and who have learned also that all the gods of the heathen are greedy demons, which flit around sacrifices and blood, and other sacrificial accompaniments, in order to deceive those who have not taken refuge with the God who is over all, but that the divine and holy angels of God are of a different nature and will from all the demons on earth, and that they are known to those exceedingly few persons who have carefully and intelligently investigated these matters ) will not endure a comparison to be made between them and Apollo or Zeus, or any being worshipped with odour and blood and sacrifices ; some of them, so acting from their extreme simplicity, not being able to give a reason for their conduct, but sincerely observing the precepts which they have received ; others, again, for reasons not to be lightly regarded, nay, even of a profound description, and ( as a Greek would say ) drawn from the inner nature of things ; and amongst the latter of these God is a frequent subject of conversation, and those who are honoured by God, through His only-begotten Word, with participation in His divinity, and therefore also in His name.

Indeed, as she becomes aware of the political machinations among the older priestesses Thar and Kossil, the Tombs become a refuge to her, as she is the only one who may freely move through the labyrinth under them.

As the FLN campaign of influence and terror spread through the countryside, many European farmers in the interior ( called Pieds-Noirs ) sold their holdings and sought refuge in Algiers and other Algerian cities.

During the era of Spanish commerce through the Americas, it was used as a refuge for pirates, as well as local fishermen and sailors.

Speed and a colleague took refuge behind a columned stone wall before Whitman placed a well-aimed shot through the six-inch spacing between the columns of the wall, killing Speed.

A road link to King Cove is being drawn up and planned, with some controversy surrounding the planned route through the Izembek refuge.

Transportation through the borough was enhanced with access to ferries and trolley systems and Leonia became a refuge for many of America's most creative thinkers which included five Nobel Prize winners.

At the end of the monarchy, it was in the waters of Estoril that many sought refuge and escape ; aristocrats, nobles and other exiles escaped through the ports along the Estoril coast to escape the Republican forces.

The clays and blacksoils of the Top End typically develop deep cracks as they dry after the monsoonal summer rains, which persist right through the eight-month dry season until the wet begins again, usually producing floods that force small creatures like the Long-tailed Planigale to seek refuge on high ground.

Situated at the heart of the country town or village, the tavern was one of the traditional centers of social and political life before 1789, a meeting place for both the local population and travelers passing through and a refuge for rogues and scoundrels.

Visitors to the refuge can walk, bike, drive, or kayak though the wildlife drive which takes you through five miles ( 8 km ) of mangrove tree forests and tidal flats, this drive is perfect for watching the island's wildlife and looking at the island's native vegetation.

The fugitive Afrasiab, having been repeatedly defeated by the armies of his adversary, the mythical King of Iran Kay Khosrow ( who happened to be his own grandson, through his daughter Farangis ), wandered wretchedly and fearfully around, and eventually took refuge in this cave and died.

Seymour panics and runs through the streets, and the police lose his trail later when he takes refuge in a yard filled with sinks and toilets.

The refuge was once a portion of the Mississippi River but now the Little River flows through the refuge.

A large network of man-made ditches in the Missouri Bootheel region drain 2, 000 miles ( 3, 000 km ) of farmland through the refuge.

Baibars ' army attacked through the breach and on entering the outer ward where they encountered the peasants who had sought refuge in the castle.

Tom and Louise exit the craft through a disposal chute and take refuge in a tool shed.

In one particular military exploit, known as ' the storming of the thirteen passes ', Liu's Black Flags fought their way through the mountains and attacked Huang Chongying's headquarters at Hayang, a town on the Clear River near the border with Yunnan, forcing the Yellow Flag leader to take refuge with his montagnard allies.