A stone pillar was at the head of each, but for what purpose the blocks were originally intended I have no idea.
I tapped it twice against the right-hand pillar of the door, just as I had been in the habit of doing for years, and inserted it in the lock.
A pillar of amber flame leaped from the chimney-top and fell in multitudes of sparks; and at the same time the lights in the windows turned for one instant ruby red and then expired.
Here the sky was soft and clear, and every pillar amongst the ruins stood out against the empty background of sea and sky.
The dark pines which crowned their sandy slopes lost their forbidding frown in an unaccustomed softness, and every harsh line and broken pillar of the ruined chapel was toned down into a rich, sad softness.
At that moment, the clock of the Pillar House rang out seven.
First a faint haze, rising in the still air, then a burst of white, until the fleecy pillar was plainly outlined as it ascended and drifted backward into the green forest.
Esbern Snare; And Troll andpillar vanished in air!
And now the church was wellnigh done; One pillar it lacked, and one alone; And the grim Troll muttered, "Fool thou art!
The Spray reared Cape Pillar rapidly, and, nothing loath, plunged into the Pacific Ocean at once, taking her first bath of it in the gathering storm.
This was the place where I was to refit and whence I was to sail direct, once more, for Cape Pillar and the Pacific.
On the tenth day from Cape Pillar a shark came along, the first of its kind on this part of the voyage to get into trouble.
From Cape Pillar I steered for Juan Fernandez, and on the 26th of April, fifteen days out, made that historic island right ahead.
When I had got, as nearly as I could judge, about eighteen yards past thepillar or mass of boulders, I turned to have another look round.
Accordingly I departed back again, making my way round the isolated pillar of boulders, beginning to feel, as I did so, that I was pretty well done up with excitement and fatigue, and should be more so before I had skinned those three lions.
He is a pillar of strength in the Church, thoroughly imbued with the truths of the gospel, and the divine origin of God's great latter-day work.
On a stone pillar beside it a chain was fastened, and at the end of the chain was a large cup.
When he reached the fountain where a silver cup hung by a silver chain, he filled the cup with water, as the troll had bidden him, and threw it over a pillar of stone that was set beside the fountain.
Except during the time required for her household duties, Madame Sauviat was always seated in a rickety wooden chair placed against the corner pillar of the building.
The pillar we have mentioned, placed at the angle of two streets, was a treasure to the seekers for Limousin antiquities, on account of its lovely sculptured niche in which was a Virgin, mutilated during the Revolution.
The mutilated Virgin on their corner pillar never failed (after 1799) to be wreathed with holly at Easter.
Yes, by good fortune, the pillarfrom which he had just descended was only ten paces distant; and Ossaroo, in returning towards it, measured the ground with less than five.
These creatures are wonderfully sagacious; and if he only perceives that the pillar moves under his weight, a new idea may get into his brain, and then it will be all up with Ossaroo.
Mowbray stood fixed like a pillar of stone, his arm dropped to his side, his hand still clenched on the weapon of death, reeking at the touch-hole and muzzle.
He never troubled himself with politics, but the passing of the Reform Bill caused him to suggest that it should be commemorated by a pillar higher than had ever before been erected.
Serene it shone, Such pillar as led forth the Chosen Race By night from Egypt's coasts.
How oft, his churches roaming, flashed its beam From pillar on to pillar, resting long On carven imagery of flower or fruit, Or deep-dyed window whence the heavenly choirs Gave joy to men below!
All Hickleybrow was soon aware of that stupendous pillar of smoke, and came out upon the crest, in various deshabille, to watch them coming.
Between the pillar and the sanctuary itself, was a small table covered with an embroidered shawl, worked in spangles that glittered and shone, and beneath the table were a number of smooth stones.
Huge stone pillars covered with devils and crawling lizards supported the long portico that ran the full length of the building, and between each pillar an immense paper lantern gleamed like a dim moon.
He leaned against an outer pillar for support, and gradually the noise of the street drew him back again to reality and to the solid facts of life once more.
This very beautiful class of summer-flowering climbing or pillar roses, is too often neglected in these days.
Tarred twine, or Raffia tape, are the best materials for tying standard and pillar roses.
In the case of standards, large bushy plants, or pillar roses, a stake should be put against them before the hole is filled with earth.
Coupe d'Hebe and Chenedole are both good roses; while Charles Lawson for a brilliant crimson pillar rose, and the pure white Madame Plantier for bush or pillar, are not easily surpassed, as their flowers are borne in immense quantities.
I shall want some oblation to lay on the altar, and if I know my companion he will not have forgotten his hundred foot of rope or his craft of the mountains and together we will Leave our rags on Pavey Ark, Our cards on Pillar grim.
As the red pillar sank deeper and deeper in the pit the flames burst up through the muzzle and licked with fury about the ruthless claw as if to tear it to pieces.
John Millard leaned against the pillar of the piazza, talking to him.
Would such men as the Livingstons, the Carrolls, the Renselaers, or the wealthy citizens of Philadelphia or Washington have come here and fought Indians and Mexicans; and been driven about from pillar to post, living on potatoes and dry corn?
After the meeting the brethren gathered round Gregory and thanked him for his assistance, and he shook hands with them and the elderly ladies present with the manner of one who might have been a "pillar in the temple.
How is it that a refined and orthodox young lady, a pillar of the church, too, I gather, can regard with other than unmixed disapprobation a man who breaks the third commandment and all the rules of Lindley Murray at every breath?
