His brief bag opens to him a Pandora's box of noxious influences; and as he passes the precincts of the court, he leaves behind him all the amenities of life and all the charities of his nature.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
It is tall and built of that grey stone that takes the mind of the observer back to those school precincts of his youth.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
He kept this pace till quite outside the precincts of Richmond Hill, then he struck his horse with a passion that astonished the animal and the next moment shamed himself.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr