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  • Vanbrugh was sacked mid-build, but Blenheim's combination of severity and magnificence is a monument to a great architect as well as a great soldier.

    Baroque architecture in Britain: examples from the era 2011

  • Blenheim's face was adamant, though my suggestion had produced a not entirely enlivening effect on his two friends.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • It seemed to me that some one caught Blenheim's arm from behind just as he fired; but I was not certain.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • That shot of mine from the gallery had upset Blenheim's plans very neatly.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • Blenheim's gaze, full of suspicion, was upon us as we straightened, but he could not possibly have heard anything; I had barely heard myself.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • As I spoke I bent forward, seized the table by its legs, and raised it, and concentrated all the wrath, resentment and detestation that had boiled in me for half an hour into the force with which I dashed it forward against Blenheim's face.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • Blenheim's confederates, taking no special pains for gentleness, stripped off the outer garments of the prostrate Schwartzmann, who moaned and groaned throughout the process, though he never opened his eyes.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • Blenheim's face, dark and oddly contorted; he had turned and was leveling his revolver at me, resting one knee on the driver's seat as he took deliberate aim.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • A sort of cold ferocity was growing in Blenheim's tones.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

  • Blenheim's voice, hoarse and muffled, reached us through the panels.

    The Firefly of France Marion Polk Angellotti 1936

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