The main building was designed by Samuel Rhodes, mayor of Philadelphia, and in architectural excellence is regarded assecond only to Independence Hall.
Second only to Cliveden in architectural interest is The Highlands, located on the Skippack Pike overlooking the Whitemarsh Valley from a lofty site among giant old oaks, pines and sycamores.
Here was conceived that liberty which had its birth in Independence Hall, so that its claim to fame issecond only to the latter.
He is called Doctor Universalis, for he was one of the most proficient scholars of his day, second only to Roger Bacon in his knowledge of nature.
The Turks hold his memory in abhorrence, whilst the Persians call him the Lion of God, and venerate him as second only to the prophet.
Massinger, as a tragic writer, appears to me second only to Shakspeare; in the higher comedy, I can hardly think him inferior to Jonson.
Perhaps he is second only to Virgil among all poets.
The history of the discovery of this entozoon is second only in interest to that of Trichina spiralis.
Second only in clinical importance is the little four-spined strongyle (S.
It was on the evening after Montebello, that General Dessaix, whom Napoleon considered as second onlyto himself in military genius, arrived at headquarters.
Botero had thought and observed much; he is, in extent of reading, second only to Bodin, and his views are sometimes luminous.
As a centre of shipbuilding the Tyne is second onlyto the Clyde.
Europe for many ages, second only to St. George; regarded as the patron of old soldiers, and protector against the plague.
The opening up of the upper waters of the Yangtsze to steam navigation has made it a commercial entrepot second only to Shanghai.
Such apparitions have probably played a part, second only to that of dreams, in generating the almost universal belief in the separability of soul and body.
Glendive, already mentioned as the point at which the railroad enters the Yellowstone valley, is second only to Miles City in importance as a shipping and distributing point.
For 140 miles of its course, in Western Montana and the Panhandle of Idaho, it follows the windings of a stream that for grand and imposing scenery is second only to that renowned river itself.
AGNI, the Hindu God of Fire, second only to Indra in the power and importance attributed to him in Vedic mythology.
In Homer's Iliad he is described as of great stature and colossal frame, second only to Achilles in strength and bravery, and the ``bulwark of the Achaeans.
The city issecond only to Helsingfors for its trade; sail-cloth, cotton and tobacco are manufactured, and there are extensive saw-mills.
Greene was, as a military leader, esteemed as second only to General Washington.
The palace of Sennacherib, second only to the temple of Karnak in grandeur--covered an area of eight acres, and contained some eighty apartments.
The diorite statue of Khafra, so often shown in prints, is here; also the squatting statue of a scribe, second only in beauty to the one in the Louvre.
Dutugaimunu, in the epics of Buddhism, enjoys a renown, second only to that of King Tissa, as the champion of the faith.
To mankind in general the injunctions of Buddha prescribe a code of morality second only to that of Christianity, and superior to every heathen system that the world has seen.
They in fact admit Christ to have been a teacher, second only to Buddha, but inferior, inasmuch as the latter, who was perfect in wisdom, has attained to the bliss of Nirwana.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "second only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
