"Block up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... now the parish church of St. Peter, derived, however, one advantage from the revolution. Another church, dedicated to St. Germain, which had previously stood immediately before it, so as almost to block up the approach, was taken down, and the west front of the cathedral was made to open upon a spacious square.—Solid, simple grandeur are the characters of this front, which, notwithstanding some slight anomalies, is, upon the whole, a noble specimen of early ...
— Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2) • Dawson Turner
... English and Dutch found ships and mariners enough to keep the armada itself in check, and at the same time to block up Parma's flotilla. The greater part of Seymour's squadron left its cruising-ground off Dunkirk to join the English admiral off Calais; but the Dutch manned about five-and-thirty sail of good ships, ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various
... you must set a block up here. I shall have a cut or two at it to-morrow. There's a good cavalry weapon up there—next that cast of ...
— Stephen Archer and Other Tales • George MacDonald
... nearly a block up the avenue, then he got bothered by the people passing up and down so continually, and he began to whine and run aimlessly about; I could hardly make him go on; and when I took him in the cross streets, he ...
— We Ten - Or, The Story of the Roses • Lyda Farrington Kraus
... a short distance off, while Jan remained with me, he led the ox to the spot. The cave, fortunately, had no inhabitant; and, having placed the goods within, and piled some stones so as completely to block up the entrance, he returned, retaining only the powder and shot, the ostrich feathers, three or four skins, our cooking utensils, a few packages of tea, coffee, sugar, pepper, and similar articles weighing but little. Unfortunately, ...
— Adventures in Africa - By an African Trader • W.H.G. Kingston
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