That the effect of the universal Embattlement upon the art of letters should be, in the main, extremely depressing, is quite natural; but the conspicuous loss of breadth and poise in writers of the first order seems less in accordance with necessity,-at least one might expect a very superior author to rise above that necessity.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
This was Edwin's moment: grasping the projecting stone of the Embattlement, and commending himself to Heaven, he threw himself from its summit, and fell a fearful depth to the cliffs beneath.
"The Scottish Chiefs"
Jane Porter
Peyton glanced around him at this compact feminine Embattlement.
"Susy, A Story of the Plains"
Bret Harte