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  • Ah! there was much misery in those casernes; and from those roofs, doubtless, many a wistful look was turned in the direction of lovely France.

    Lavengro 2004

  • What a strange appearance had those mighty casernes, with their blank blind walls, without windows or grating, and their slanting roofs, out of which, through orifices where the tiles had been removed, would be protruded dozens of grim heads, feasting their prison-sick eyes on the wide expanse of country unfolded from that airy height.

    Lavengro 2004

  • Rations of carrion meat, and bread from which I have seen the very hounds occasionally turn away, were unworthy entertainment even for the most ruffian enemy, when helpless and a captive; and such, alas! was the fare in those casernes.

    Lavengro 2004

  • The soldiers seemed to have little or nothing to do, but to flirt with two or three gaudily-dressed negresses, who showed their white teeth and their black muzzles from the doors of the casernes, and to laugh at the chaplain of the garrison, for such I conclude was the grade of the old priest, who met us, toddling about in a state of drunken fatuity, very much resembling the condition of Obadiah in the

    Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes

  • Leaving Dereham in April, 1810, Captain Borrow and his family were transferred to Norman Cross, in the parish of Yaxley, some four miles from Peterborough, to guard a large number of French prisoners in sixteen long casernes, or barracks.

    Souvenir of the George Borrow Celebration Norwich, July 5th, 1913 James Hooper

  • Ah! there was much misery in those casernes; and from those roofs, doubtless, many a wistful look was turned in the direction of lovely France.

    Through the Magic Door Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1907

  • ` ` What a strange appearance had those mighty casernes, with their blank, blind walls, without windows or grating, and their slanting roofs, out of which, through orifices where the tiles had been removed, would be protruded dozens of grim heads, feasting their prison-sick eyes on the wide expanse of country unfolded from their airy height.

    Through the Magic Door Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1907

  • Rations of carrion meat, and bread from which I have seen the very hounds occasionally turn away, were unworthy entertainment even for the most ruffian enemy, when helpless and captive; and such, alas! was the fare in those casernes.

    Through the Magic Door Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1907

  • If you said even that a country should not make war, its cannon would rust in the parks, and its soldiers play leapfrog in the casernes.

    Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 1902

  • Rations of carrion meat, and bread from which I have seen the very hounds occasionally turn away, were unworthy entertainment even for the most ruffian enemy, when helpless and captive; and such, alas! was the fare in those casernes.

    Through the Magic Door Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

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  • "the buildings in which the soldiers of a garrison live; barracks."

    October 10, 2008