Hearst had his little fingers on Mrs Tovey's ample waist, on what felt through the silk like an ironclad's battleworks.
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Battleworks
Synonyms for "battleworks"
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The horizon of heaven is felt as a metal battleworks deflecting the arrows of prayer that are sent to soar as pleas for some castle-master's help for forgiveness: My prayer must meet a brazen heaven And fail and scatter all away.
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"I know what's inside the battleworks," she said. "The biggest, harshest weapons in existence, I know. ..."
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