It began to be clear that his course was taking him in a spiral, approaching the inner citadel by gradual stages.

Now in middle life he decided that the individual conscience would have to replace authority as the inner citadel of the Church.

No one leaves the inner citadel, by land or sea, without a pass.

As yet the inner citadel rose fair and vase, and the broad gates stood firm.

"Shall I stand in my inner citadel and give account of myself to a madman?"

He was back in the present moment, with only a confused memory of that domain glimpsed from the towers of his inner citadel.

In 1854 Silistra was fortified with an inner citadel and a ring of ten outer forts.

When dawn broke parts of the inner citadel were on fire.

These inner citadels gave defenders ample defensive positions against intruders.

Although the outer part of the city had fallen, the inner citadel still resisted.