It was he who, thirty years before, had fortified Paris that had now fallen only by famine, who had opposed the war when it might yet have been averted, who had travelled over Europe to defend the interests of France, who had been elected representative by the choice of twenty-six departments.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
This seems the more singular when we realize how ancient a place Stockholm is, having been fortified and made his capital by Birger Jarl, between seven and eight hundred years ago.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
But he was fortified with a hidden strength of which she did not know-brown eyes of trust, and a face as sweet and innocent as a flower.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey