Their first care was to dig holes inside of their lodges; thus
ensconced they fought desperately, laying several of the enemy dead upon the ground; while they, though Some of them were wounded, lost not a single warrior.
Back in the yard was a room for servants, in which old Celestine had been
ensconced.
Possibly, too, Jonah might have
ensconced himself in a hollow tooth; but, on second thoughts, the Right Whale is toothless.
Phileas Fogg, snugly
ensconced in his corner, did not open his lips.
Or at least this was true until he learned, several days subsequent to the tragedy, that his son Jack had not reported at the public school en route for which they had seen him safely
ensconced in a railway carriage.
It is also certain that he is at present
ensconced in the hide of a beast, and is doing his best to play the part of a cameleopard; but this is done for the better sustaining his dignity as king.
They departed early in the morning, before any one else was down, except myself, and just as I was leaving my room Lord Lowborough was descending to take his place in the carriage, where his lady was already
ensconced; and Arthur (or Mr.
He then
ensconced himself in a corner, and began to smoke vigorously by way of keeping awake.
Declining, however, every kind of ovation, Barbicane
ensconced himself in a room of the Franklin Hotel.
They found the sharp new heap they were seeking, and
ensconced themselves within the protection of three great elms that grew in a bunch within a few feet of the grave.
That evening, then, at the usual hour, and while I lay snugly
ensconced in a most fragrant and convenient drawer, among various other beings of my species, though not of my family, alas!
While all was silence in the class--silence, but for the rustling of copy-books and the travelling of pens over their pages--a leaf of the large folding-door, opening from the hall, unclosed, admitting a pupil who, after making a hasty obeisance,
ensconced herself with some appearance of trepidation, probably occasioned by her entering so late, in a vacant seat at the desk nearest the door.