Literary notes about rampart (AI summary)
The term rampart is employed both literally and figuratively across a range of literary genres, often evoking the image of a fortified barrier protecting a city or stronghold, as seen in historical narratives and epic poetry [1][2][3]. In some works it denotes physical defensive structures, such as the earthen or stone fortifications that encircle a settlement or fortress [4][5][6], while in other contexts it takes on a more metaphorical role, representing an unyielding barrier against emotional or societal threats, as when a character’s demeanor is compared to the steadfastness of a rampart [7][8]. This multifaceted use underlines its symbolic power, simultaneously conjuring images of physical protection and the inner resolve required to withstand adversity [9][10].
- The sight of his blood, and the exquisite pain, appalled the courage of the chief, whose arms and counsels were the firmest rampart of the city.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - He surrounds the city with a rampart, a moat, and a wall: thus he enlarges the pomœrium.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW Near the grass-covered rampart which encircles Copenhagen lies a great red house.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - These ancient pit dwellings are usually surrounded by an earthen rampart.
— from English Villages by P. H. Ditchfield - 2. He fortified the camp with a ditch fifteen feet wide and a rampart nine feet high.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The emperor Hadrian, during his residence in Britain, about the year 121, caused a rampart of earth to be raised between Newcastle and Carlisle.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - Steady-eyed like her husband, she preserved an air of unfathomable indifference behind the rampart of the counter.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - On his left was Porthos, whilst D’Artagnan was on his right; each guarded a door and served as a rampart to him on either side.
— from Twenty years after by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Then I turned to see how much of our rampart remained.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - I can liken it to nothing but a limitless cataract, rolling silently into the sea from some immense and far-distant rampart in the heaven.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
