| It appeared to breathe some feminine element, so dainty was it, so begirt with flowers. |
| To the south-east appeared rather a large lake, begirt with white fields of gypsum and terraces. |
| Suddenly a heavy discharge was heard, and Fort Mackenzie was begirt with smoke and dazzling flashes. |
| The crags were begirt with icicles, reaching down many feet and brilliant with elusive prismatic glimmers. |
| Which of my ancestors had begirt me with an impassable barrier in this horrible strait? |
| The villas with which London stands begirt, Like a swarth Indian with his belt of beads. |
