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There is no doubt manners and social graces are essential pillars that hold up our society.
His duty is to arouse the sleeper, to shake the complacent pillars of the world.
The former asylum opened in 1816 is a stately quadrangular building of stone with pillars of the Doric order.
Wonderful period detailing, including gothic windows, sandstone quoins and pillars, with access to the clock in the bell tower via a hatch.
Peace in Europe during the Cold War rested on two pillars that made up the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union.
There are sleeker body frame pillars, a steeply raked windscreen and a slicker, sportier back-end with rear spoiler and clutter-free hatch door.
The car's striking, swept-back rear window pillars also contribute to its more muscular appearance.
Two stone pillars held an arched roof up, which itself was engraved with runes and other types of symbols.
The rooftop of the stables was a flat sheet of metal with wooden pillars to hold it up.
Since the entire palace was made of alabaster, it hardly needed pillars to hold it up.
Suddenly the heroes felt the floor beneath them shake and they hid behind the pillars that held the ceiling up.
White pillars towered above him, and marble guards lined the aisle, stone spears held at the ready.
The aisles and nave of the church are connected by arches which are held up by 18 imposing stone pillars made from well chiselled limestone.
On top of each pillar, however, a large rectangular stone was placed, with each side resting on neighboring pillars.
As one of the pillars of democracy, they have the right to question every word and deed.
The pillars are wrapped in new reflective material which allows light to bounce off the stone and create a natural light in the building.
The minarets, columns, and pillars that make up the skyline are a mixture of recognizable Alexandrian landmarks and the Bellinis' own invention.
Between the pillars, just beneath the roof, alternating crests of the football club or cricket club are suspended by wrought-iron lacework.
By combining narrow pillars with a large glazed area, the cab offers an excellent all-round field of vision.
Real had the pillars removed from the main venue and the ceiling reinforced with steel.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Here, as at cancun, we were struck by the prevalence of the rounded pillars.
Ib, the queen of the afterworld, the goddess of deceased mortals, whose abode is down below the pillars of the world.
What shook the pillars of the Union when the Missouri question was agitated?
Against the pillars that support these arches, were affixed whole-length figures, or cariatides, in alto-relievo.
It is the caption that should be written at the top of our world enochian pillars.
They entwine garlands around the high pillars, and put wreaths of laurel over the arched windows.
The roof may be supported on pillars between which expanded metal of large size may be placed.
High pillars with crocketed and foliate capitals supported the springing of the large irregular arches.
We here have the calidarium supported on the pillars of the Fornax, the suspensura.
Its apex, where the two choroid plexuses blend with each other, lies just behind the anterior pillars of the fornix.
The city rocket ships that crossed the sky on pillars of scarlet flame darted helplessly, frightenedly for shelter.
A couple of ornate pillars flanked the door, and a gable roof, topped by a gilt vane, surmounted it.
Of his buildings at Gaya we have, it is true, only the remains of pillars and other ruins.
The two lions who support the pillars of the doorway are symbols of the Guelph cause.
Nearly all wore iron fetters on their legs, and some were shackled to the pillars.
There are some dusty streets, and silhouetting against the dim sky a dilapidated faade of some broken pillars.
The pillars of the fauces must necessarily be relaxed by this action of the soft palate.
So it is plain that the darwishes are one of the two pillars that support Islamism.
A kachcha verandah had been thrown out with a galvanised iron roof and wooden supporting pillars.
In one corner was a linney, with a thatched roof supported on wooden pillars in front and closed in at back and sides.
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