What is "palaces"

Usage examples of "palaces".

The river lay behind them, and when Hanna turned, the broad brim of her hat shading her eyes, she could look up at the hill on which lay the two palaces, side by side, skopos and regnant, elaborate new constructions grown up on top of whatever ancient temple had once graced that hill.

And on the splendid palaces in the broad canals the watching Madonna stands glorified in exquisite sculpture and cunningest blendings of color,--ofttimes a crown of light above her, or rays of stars, symbolic, beneath her feet,--casting her benediction far out on the water, which, ever in motion, repeats it in shimmering, widening circles--all-embracing--in which the stars of heaven shine, tangled and confused with these stars of a paradise in which earth has so large a part.

Immediately outside the enclosure were numerous small palaces and mansions of the nobility, as well as the university, which adjoined the South Gate.

The palaces on Kings Row housed dignitaries, staffs, and guards of the lands that were represented in Aydindril.

The kings and queens and rulers of those lands stayed in their palaces when they came to address the council.

Kahlan had seen modest palaces that would fit within the space the staircase occupied.

It was less than a month since one of the palaces on the riverfront had burned down and a princess who was to perform at the New Year dances had died in the flames.

We were taught how to build not only bridges and fortresses but palaces, too.

Ishtar is the most important for it leads straight into the heart of the left bank of Babylon where the temples and palaces and treasuries are.

For Xerxes, they would reduce the rate to ten percent, which made it possible for him to start if not complete a dozen palaces during his lifetime, as well as conduct the Greek wars.

The Palace of Ease was what all palaces should be like: opulence on a gigantic scale with an equal amount of comfort.

Once they had access to the crystal palaces, finding the gate would be no harder than it had been up unti!

Itinerant cobblers repaired shoes on the marble steps of palaces, now empty, and whores sported where emperors had enjoyed other kinds of feasts.

The main ramp leading up to the palaces was choked with traffic as courtiers and servants fled.

Lamplight stippled the battlements of the distant city walls as well as the nearer palace walls that ringed the hill on which the two palaces stood.