Sentence example with the word 'bastiles'

bastiles

Last update: June 21, 2015


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The armories built for the accommodation of the guard were called by the unions "plutocracy's bastiles," and the mounted State constabulary organized in 1906 by Pennsylvania were at once dubbed "American Cossacks."   [Please select]

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The latter found the most favor with military men, but the Press denounced it as nothing less than a series of Bastiles to overawe the city.   [Please select]

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The prisons of Paris and of the departments were filled with suspected persons, until 200,000 prisoners were crowded within these republican Bastiles.   [Please select]

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