narrowings of the road

The frequent periods of siege were times of stress for its inhabitants (possibly about 100,000 during the Zayyanid period); but Tilimsan, the 'pearl of the Maghrib', also knew periods of felicity in the intervals between wars.

The advent of the Spanish guitar in England led to the wane in the popularity of the cittern, also known at that time in contradistinction as the English or wire-strung guitar, although the two instruments differed in many particulars.

1774: The Divine Predictions of Daniel and St. John Demonstrated: In a Symbolical Theological Dissertation on Cox’s Musæum. With Notes, Critical and Explanatory…, book title (J. Wheble)