It was a sheet of falling water as tall as the depth of the gorge itself, which came arcing out from between two pillars of basalt and fell to a roiling, frothing pool.
The columns of tree-trunks, the pillars of the world, stood all around them, too distant in the dim light to allow them to gauge their speed of descent.
Beyond the basaltpillars from which the fall issued, however, the stream foamed over a long ladder of rock shelves which seemed to lead straight up into the sky.
Thus lived and thus died, one of the principal founders and firmest pillars of New England.
The sailing along Libya from the Canopic mouth in Egypt to the Pillars of Hercules .
I shall begin from the Pillars of Hercules in Europe and continue to the Pillars of Hercules in Libya, and as far as the land of the great Ethiopians.
This whole coasting from thePillars of Hercules to Cerne Island takes twelve days.
The Pillars of Hercules are opposite each other, and are distant from each other by one day's sail.
What this imported I could ill divine, And, pulling now the rein my horse to stop, I saw three pillars standing in a line, The last stone pillar on a dark hill-top.
Instead of standing in one of the narrow chambers of shadow that lay behind its pillars with his lips on hers, she was being cross-examined about saucepans.
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The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.
On one of the pillars of that church, now in ruins, some hand, now cold in death, has traced the record that eighteen hundred persons partook of that solemn Sacrament.
The interior was very handsome, all of white stone, and adorned with fine pillars and beautiful carving.
John Arniston went back to his room, and while he waited for a book of reference (for articles must be written so long as the pillars of the firmament stand) he lifted an evening paper which lay on the table.
He saw the blue smoke go up from the supper fires into the windless air in pillars of cloud, then halt, and slowly dissipate into lawny haze.
The first veil was ten cubits every way, and this they spread over the pillars which parted the temple, and kept the most holy place concealed within; and this veil was that which made this part not visible to any.
The one of these pillars he set at the entrance of the porch on the right hand, and called it Jachin [9] and the other at the left hand, and called it Booz.
The smallpillars had the same animals engraven that were engraven on the sides.
Large phosphorescent fish were twined round pillars of stone, rather like the fish you see on the lampposts on the Thames Embankment, only in this case the fish were the lamps.
Well, think about it then,” said Francis impatiently, and turned to admire the clusters of scarlet flowers that hung from the pillars of the gallery.
The cave was lighted by bars of phosphorescence placed like pillars against the walls.
Phosphorescent fish these torches were, and gave out a moony light like that of the pillars in the Cave of Learning.
There was the lit d'ange, which had a canopy that did not extend over the entire bed, and had no pillars at the foot, the curtains were drawn back at the head and the counterpane went over the foot of the bed.
When in good proportion, with pillars tapering from them, they were very effective, and gradually they grew smaller.
The majority of the beds were smaller and lower, however, and the pillars usually rose out of drum-like members, huge acorn-like bulbs that were often so large as to be ugly.
Frequently the pillarsat the foot of the bed were not connected with it, but supported the cornice which was longer than the bed.
The cornice, the bed-head, the pedestals and pillars supporting the cornice were all richly carved.
The sight of the big shabby room, with its pillars and book recesses and sloping desks, gave her a momentary sense of relief.
Far away to the north, as far as the eye could reach, were pillars of smoke, ascending from other plantations.
Imagine arches of light, pillars wreathed in flame, altar covered with flowers and brilliant with immense wax candles; while in the midst gleamed the Virgin in a perfect bower of pure white lilies.
There was light enough reflected from these hanging pillars to see, and he looked anxiously into Venning's face.
Stepping over one of the leafy buildings, and just avoiding knocking down the pillars of an edifice that was probably the town hall, they entered the opening, piled their outfit, and started a fire to prepare the evening meal.
Her hand hath hung thepillars with embroidery, and strewn the floor with plush.
Pillars of white cloud set up along the heavens looked like the castles of the blest, built for hierarchs of heaven on the beach of the azure sea.
The grammar school was founded in 1614; it occupies modern buildings, but the original house remains, a picturesque half-timbered building, raised upon pillars of wood.
He was almost worshipped by his friends and his party, and regarded by all as one of the very pillars of the State.
Mr. Everett tells us that he had his seat by the side of the veteran, and that he should not have been more surprised to miss one of the marble pillars from the hall than Mr. Adams.
The weakening of the pillars of religion hath strengthened the hands of the ignorant and made them bold and arrogant.
I am one of the sustaining pillars of the Primal Word of God.
An attempt, I feel, should at the present juncture be made to explain the character and functions of the twin pillars that support this mighty Administrative Structure—the institutions of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice.
The pillars that sustain its authority and buttress its structure are the twin institutions of the Guardianship and of the Universal House of Justice.
Give unto me in this hour the strength of Samson that I may overturn the pillars of this temple of abominations, even though we all perish in its destruction.
It contained a fireplace, so that the watchman might keep himself warm during the winter nights, and from a gallery between the pillars he commanded a view of the sacred spot and its treasures.
On the southern side, the whole row of the pillars and arches of the chapel, and some traces of a clerestory, still remain.
Such of the pillars and arches of the hall as still survive are strongly coloured by the great fire of 1174, in which Prior Conrad's choir was destroyed.
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