The room was chilly, the marble flooring freezing.
The spell was broken like a dropped mirror on a marble floor.
She ran her fingers along the smooth marble mantle.
It was colder than her marble floor!
The commo room where he sat was large with marble walls and leather chairs, a sign of the upper class's decadence.
The interior was marble and polished wood, dating back to a time when first generation craftsmen took pride in their workmanship.
By Rysbrack, sculptured out of a single block of marble taken from the French by Admiral Sir George Rooke.
The trees stood motionless and white like figures in a marble frieze.
He did not see her marble beauty forming a complete whole with her dress, but all the charm of her body only covered by her garments.
A huge marble fireplace dominated the large family room, its image reflected on the shiny expanse of hardwood floor.
Her blood was a slash of stark red against a white marble floor.
The current stopped, and she convulsed on the cold marble floor.
Their gazes followed the drops of blood as they fell from her arm to the marble flooring.
A single marble obelisk marked the bloodline and legacy of a once powerful clan.
To the south-west of the Forum are the remains of three small temples, one dedicated to Venus, and a well-preserved Mithraeum, with mosaics representing the seven planets, &c. To the south-west again is the conspicuous brick cella of a lofty temple, on arched substructures, generally supposed to be that of Vulcan, with a threshold block of africano (Euboean) marble over 15 ft.
The State Capitol, built of native granite and marble (1887-1895, cost $2,500,000), is an imposing building.
Marble is found in many parts of New South Wales and South Australia.
The Renaissance artists and thinkers had very few tools: pen and paper, paint and canvas, marble and chisel, and a few more.
But here was a fairy forest with black moving shadows, and a glitter of diamonds and a flight of marble steps and the silver roofs of fairy buildings and the shrill yells of some animals.
All he had to do was sell one of the original pieces of artwork displayed casually in the marble foyer and he'd be fine for years.
She forced herself to continue to the apartment's entrance and flung open the door, revealing a hall with auxiliary lighting reflecting off a white marble floor.
"This way," the fed said, starting down a corridor lined with gilded mirrors and marble statues.
Katie sought an entrance into the palatial estate, not seeing one along this side. She ran alongside the marble structure. It was well over quarter mile in length. Toby pulled away from her suddenly, and she stopped so fast, she tripped.
At least somebody else would get the distasteful task of telling a wailing Mrs. Wassermann one of her bouncing baby boys was stretched out on a marble slab in Norfolk, Virginia.
Darian guided the horse through marble streets marked by statues of his forefathers and beyond the city into the wood running along a stream that ran through the immortal countryside.
He thought he glimpsed a marble wall and hesitated, peppered by memories and magic.
We find in nature two other unlike substances, marble and Iceland spar, each of which is wholly composed of carbon dioxide and lime.
Marble terraces and balustrades surround the tank, and a marble causeway leads across the water to the temple, whose gilded walls, roof, dome and cupolas, with vivid touches of red curtains, are reflected in the still water.
There are also in that neighbourhood famous marble quarries.
The severe west front is relieved by three rows of semicircular arches, and has a central porch (there were at one time three) supported by huge red marble lions, sculptured no doubt with the rest of the façade by Giovanni Bono da Bissone in 1281.
Cesareo; this is a marble altar richly decorated with mosaic in sculptured panels, and (below) two angels drawing back a curtain (all in marble) so as to expose the open grating of the confessio.
Granite is the most widely spread of the crystalline rocks; but dikes of various kinds occur, and gneiss, schist and marble are also met with.
The principal mineral resource of Vermont is its building and monumental stone, including marble and granite and a small amount of limestone.
Vermont marble is the best and most plentiful in the United States.
It has been quarried since 1785; marble monuments were first manufactured about 1808; and at South Dorset in 1818 marble seems first to have been sawed in blocks, the earlier method having been chiselling.
The principal supply is in West Rutland, Proctor and Pittsford; this, the "Rutland marble," is a duller, less lustrous white, and of a greater durability than the Carrara marble, and is used largely for monuments and statuary.
On Isle La Motte, Grand Isle county, there are marble quarries, the characteristic colours of the marble being "Fisk black" and "Fisk grey."
The output of marble in 1908 was valued at $4,679,960 (out of a total of $7,733,920 for the entire production of marble in the United States).
By taking a block of marble and carving a statue, or taking a handful of seed and growing a cornfield, you have combined your labor and know-how with something of little value and have created something of more value.
When her attention was drawn to a marble slab inscribed with the name FLORENCE in relief, she dropped upon the ground as though looking for something, then turned to me with a face full of trouble, and asked, "Were is poor little Florence?"
My house is not resplendent with ivory and gold; nor is it adorned with marble arches, resting on graceful columns brought from the quarries of distant Africa.
Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead.
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The food is as top quality as the surroundings with appetizers such as exotic mushroom napoleon setting the stage for entrees like the double-cut white marble pork chop.
The extensive menu features American cuisine and guests have their choice of rooms to dine in, from an old-fashioned diner with booths and a counter, to a marble terrace, sun-drenched garden room, or a warm tavern, to name just a few.
Kyma at 3085 Piedmont Road is known for upscale Greek dining with extravagant white marble décor to enjoy as you dine.
The limestone and marble foyer was lined with artifacts, a sign of Tamer's passion for all things ancient.
They emerged through a back door into a massive foyer made of white marble and limestone with ancient carvings on the walls and statues positioned throughout.
He was leaning over the railing overlooking the massive marble foyer.
Heart beating fast, she descended the stairs in the marble foyer, listening.
He leaned back, and a recessed, marble ceiling came into view.
Ensconced lights glowed in the midday, and antique furniture, rare paintings, elegant marble sculptures befitting a museum, silk Persian rugs underfoot, and many other priceless displays of prestige lined the wide hall.
Opposite the living room was a massive bathroom with marble floors, a Jacuzzi, small sauna, and a large shower with multiple shower heads.
Rhyn took in the small marble statues and portraits of wealthy Venetians on the walls.
He stepped through to a massive atrium with a marble floor, pillars, and water fountain surrounded by small gardens.
The first marble quarry was opened in Dorset in 1785 and a second at Middlebury in 1805; and the first granite was quarried in 1812.
Virgil is serene and lovely like a marble Apollo in the moonlight; Homer is a beautiful, animated youth in the full sunlight with the wind in his hair.
Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses.
Genius is not a retainer to any emperor, nor is its material silver, or gold, or marble, except to a trifling extent.
Fina from his plans in 1468, and carved the fine marble altar, the original painting and gilding of which are still preserved.
The most important export is fish, other items being seaweed, marble, preserved foods, butter and margarine and infusorial earth.
"I'll kill you!" he shouted, and seizing the marble top of a table with a strength he had never before felt, he made a step toward her brandishing the slab.
The marble he saw came into view as he crested the hill in the center of the orchard.
She trotted away from him up the beach towards the marble obelisk that rose out of the orchard.
His eyes found her as he descended the marble stairs.
Zinc and marble are worked in the neighbourhood.
The environs of Creil (Oise) and Chteau-Landon (Seine-et-Marne) are noted for their freestone (pierre de taille), which is also abundant at Euville and Lrouville in Meuse; the production of plaster is particularly important in the environs of Paris, of kaolin of fine quality at Yrieix (1-Jaute-Vienne), of hydraulic lime in Ardche (Le Teil), of lime phosphates in the department of Somme, of marble in the departments of HauteGaronne (St Beat), Hautes-Pyrnes (Campan, Sarrancolin), Isre and Pas-de-Calais, and of cement in Pas-de-Calais (vicinity of Boulogne) and Isre (Grenoble).
Their restoration was somewhat drastic, the ancient parts being cut away to allow of additions in marble, and the new parts treated in imitation of the ancient weathering.
It may be translated into every language, and not only be read but actually breathed from all human lips;--not be represented on canvas or in marble only, but be carved out of the breath of life itself.
The marble ciborium, a small reproduction of the splendid one in S.
Marble terraces and balustrades surround the tank, and a marble causeway leads across the water to the temple, whose gilded walls, roof, dome and cupolas, with vivid touches of red curtains, are reflected in the still water.
On the other hand, inscriptions prove that the marble blocks intended for the pedimental statues of the Parthenon were not brought to Athens until 434 B.C., which was probably after the death of Pheidias.
