perches

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The Piercing Eye and the Peremptory Manner that caused all the Book-keepers to fall off from their High Perches and prostrate themselves had no visible effect on Laura and the Girls.

From People You Know by Ade, George

Near the Theaters, were Publick Walks, in length a Stadium, which is about 90 Perches.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

The Perches, of which there are three, conjoined, to support the machinery.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 287, December 15, 1827 by Various

The first of these orders includes the Sticklebacks, the Perches, the Mullets, the Gurnards, the Mackerel and the Sword-fish besides others.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

Three batteries were also constructed in the Bois des Perches to fire on the citadel, and one on the skirt of the wood near Bavilliers against the defences of the city.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count