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Gurth across a paved court, let him out through a wicket in the entrance-gate, which he closed behind him with such bolts and chains as would well have become that of a prison.
Ivanhoe 2004
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Jake was evidently much dissatisfied with the whole proceeding; and I could hear him muttering anathemas against his rival as he trotted behind me through the grounds, and out at the entrance-gate into the main-road beyond.
The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg
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Cromwell disturbed order and discipline in the chief entrance-gate to
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Various
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At the entrance-gate is the pharmacy, where the liqueurs made in the convent can be bought and tasted.
The South of France—East Half C. B. Black
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He arose from his seat, and followed the strains down between the sweet-scented myrtles to the entrance-gate.
Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus Richard Short
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They had erected a triumphal arch over the little entrance-gate, formed of bent osiers twined with flowers, and surmounted with paper flags, on which were inscribed, in large coloured letters, such mottoes as the Scotch 'Ye're gey welcome,' and the Irish 'Cead mile failte.'
Holiday Tales Florence Wilford
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On July 30, 1838, the masons arrived, and the entrance-gate was walled up with a kind of stone screen, leaving, however, a side-opening just large enough for an ass or cow to enter, so that this much-talked-of act of self-immurement was more an appearance than a reality.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston
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He does not put the glittering crown upon the entrance-gate, and hide the cross behind the wall.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year John Henry Jowett
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Swans are pictured upon the armorial bearings at the entrance-gate; a bronze swan spouts water from its uplifted beak in the garden fountain; while below, upon the two lakes that enclose the park, groups of living swans are floating about, as if to testify to the abiding characteristics of the place.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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Visitors mustering in the Elisengarten for their morning cups, notice the group of musicians in the orchestra by the entrance-gate.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 Various
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