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On a Renaissance sarcophagus lie the two tiny effigies, in white marble, surrounded by guardian angels and other symbolical figures.
This wooden effigy was drawn along upon wheels, and the people in the street scattered the consecrated branches before it.
All that we see of Abraham Lincoln, so cunningly contemplated in this splendid coffin, is a mere shell, an effigy, a sculpture.
I have no ambition to expose myself, even in effigy, in a shop window for the edification of street boys and city clerks.
Beautiful proportions, delicate patterns, gracious effigies of the Madonna and the angels we can have, and also the most lovely garlands.
The effigies were matched indiscriminately, and every king was placed by the side of a queen, whether his own or another's.
Jay was hung in effigy, and the democratic press poured forth upon his head an untiring volley of misrepresentation and abuse.
In this village effigies of objectionable characters, after they have been carried through the streets, are sometimes burnt in the St.
The procession marched on, burned the effigy in front of the distributor's house, gave three rousing cheers, and went home.
In the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral, upon an alabaster mausoleum decorated with fine carving, lie the effigies of Ferdinand and Isabella.
The mention in the foregoing letter of the Napoleon effigy is the beginning of what proved to be a rather interesting episode.
The villagers were greatly moved by his excellent behavior; they erected him a temple, and said prayers before his effigy.
The holy office, however, not content with punishing his corpse, wreaked also an impotent and ludicrous malice upon his effigy.
The headland upon which this effigy occurs is so regular as almost to induce the belief that it has been artificially rounded.
The effigies of Apollo and the Muses had been dragged forth, and were being diligently broken up with mallets and hammers.
The latter claims attention for its graceful beauty and the peculiarities of character shown in the face of the effigy within.
Monumental effigies, as commonly understood, represent recumbent figures, and the accessories of the effigies themselves have been adjusted to that position.
Knox in effigy was exhibited, about twenty-three of those concerned in it have been fined in sums of from five to forty shillings.
On the polished wood he scratched, with great pains, the effigy of a pig, whose snout blared forth a gale of quarter-notes.
Ropes stretch across the streets from house to house, and from every house dangles an effigy of Judas, made of paper pulp.
The most melancholy consequences have on some occasions resulted from stratagems with effigies, representing apparitions for innocent and momentary amusement.
Here on the mesa-top near an extensive ruin are two life-size crouching mountain lion effigies carved side by side out of the soft bedrock.
I think, however, from the examination of not a few examples, that many early sepulchral effigies were greatly exaggerated as to size.
Reclining on one of these tombs are the carved effigies of a man and his wife, represented as though resting upon a couch.
Group of mounds exhibiting bird, mammal, linear and conical mounds as they occur characteristically in Effigy Mound subculture of Final Woodland.
From this time forward we have in military brasses and effigies figures of the knightly sword brought before us as it actually was.
In the north aisle is a costly monument, with effigies of Sir John and Lady Suckling, of whom there is an annual commemoration.
Before him, in neat little lustrous stacks, stood seven thousand francs in gold, three hundred and fifty effigies of Napoleon the Little.
I doubt whether Vladislav is entitled to an effigy with feet crossed, as his part in the second crusade was not remarkable.
Upon them are stretched the life-size effigies of the deceased, while along the sides are sculptured in high relief angels supporting shields.
The whole brotherhood had assembled in the underground founder's hall, to offer up a special thanksgiving before the effigies of the founders.
Every picture that glides athwart my heart is broken: every idol that I have fondly loved is nothing more than an effigy.
They danced in circles, while pointing scoffing fingers at their enemies upon the walls, and bowed in obeisance before their ugly effigies.
The corners were decorated, if the term may be used, with effigies of warriors preserved by the process peculiar to the people.
Nor do we know whether the assassin who had escaped may at first not have been provisionally represented as hanged in effigy.
Merchant-like he appraised my loveliness seen through the gauzy wrappings such as are used to deck the painted effigy of the goddess.
They marched through the streets shouting vengeance, burning in effigy, and making alarming demonstrations before the handsome houses of certain loyalists.
I was never asleep; and in whatsoever unreasonable direction my mind rambled, the effigy of Master Richard Watts perpetually embarrassed it.
Some towns had a specialization due to their proximity to the sources of raw materials, such as nails, cutlery, and effigies and altars.
The tree in Boston on which the effigy of the stamp distributor had been hung had become an important member of colonial society.
On the ceiling, which is richly ornamented, are four medallions, exhibiting, under the effigies of four admirable women, the four feminine cardinal virtues.
The common people, who had never been able to comprehend doctrinal mysteries, found their religious wants satisfied in turning to these effigies.
This effigy of majesty is allowed to burn down to the socket, whilst the hapless Matilda was hurried into an untimely grave.
Effigies used to cure or prevent sickness by deluding the demons of disease or inducing them to accept the effigies instead of the persons.
Not without reason may we call these effigies of restless, writhing human beings wonderful diagrams of anatomy and concrete illustrations of dynamics.
Before the altar steps were two ancient effigies of knights in armor, with crossed gauntlets and their feet supported by crouching lions.
He also followed the Chinese custom of erecting a temple to his ancestors, and the coins that passed current bore his effigy.
All around were marble effigies, blackened, broken, as they survived the burning of the late cathedral, at the time of the great fire.
The feet of all these effigies are crossed, their heads rest upon stone pillows, while the top of each sarcophagus represents a couch.
The inhabitants of Savannah organized a funeral procession and the effigy of George the Third was buried in front of the State House.
Bowls, pitchers, and ladles were the most usual shapes, but cylindrical vases and effigy pots with human figures were not unknown.
Wherever she turned "The Home" stared back at her, an orgy of red and blue surrounding the smiling effigy of the actress.
The preceding evidence shows that the effigy of Death is often regarded with fear and treated with marks of hatred and abhorrence.
The preceding evidence shews that the effigy of Death is often regarded with fear and treated with marks of hatred and abhorrence.
In the upper chapel are preserved some remarkable wax effigies of deceased monarchs and others, which were used in ancient times in funeral processions.
On every side there is a profusion of glorious standards, of illustrious arms, of marvelous works of art, of effigies, emblems, and immortal names.
His effigy, watched by an angel, and prayed for by two canons, lies under a canopy of great richness and elaborate workmanship.
The appendages on the vessels, both effigies and lugs and handles are of aid in determining the relationship of the site to other areas.
I remained looking at the effigy before me, with a reverential feeling akin to that of the devotee at the shrine of a patron saint.
Alluding to the restraint of the king's person, they bore his effigy on their banners, with a rude rhyme, demanding liberty or death.
The shaman induces him to take up lodgings in this effigy, and the success of his persuasion is apparent when the invalid recovers.
The recumbent effigy is hedged in by a series of elaborately decorated shafts, forming a kind of open-work grille, with pinnacles and niches.
Upon a sarcophagus lies an effigy of the Great Dog with his good sword at his side; above is his equestrian statue in full armor.
His effigy, clad in mourning and adorned with the royal insignia, was placed upon a throne and four articles of accusation were read.
It used to be said that these represented crusaders; but nobody seems really to know what was the meaning of the cross-legged effigies.
Bonfires were soon blazing in every street, and anything that could do duty for an effigy of the Rump was cast into them.
In this procession substantially all the Gentile villagers took part, and at its head a splendid effigy of the crucified one was borne.
The alabaster effigy of Don Juan de Padilla, believed to be by Gil de Siloe, is one of the noblest sepulchral monuments in the kingdom.
His mute indifference had seduced all suggestions of flesh from him and even his blonde beard and hair seemed pasted upon an effigy.
I cannot imagine what my revered father sees in that old wooden effigy, whose only idea of strategy is to retreat from strong positions.
Jay was burned in effigy, or the attempt was made so to express the public disapprobation, in more than one of the larger towns.
It was a fitting ornament for a city of giants; such an effigy as might have embellished a palace built and inhabited by Titans.
The full skirts of the gown are tastefully disposed, but not so much so as we sometimes find on effigies of the fourteenth century.
There were said to be seven gates in these walls, and seventeen round towers, and effigies of men cut in stone to represent watchers.
If he wished to obtain power in sealing, he would build effigies of twigs representing the seal, the harpooning outfit, and the hunting canoe.
They denounced it from one end of the country to the other, burned copies of it at mass meetings, and hanged Jay in effigy.
Morley would be free to cast him altogether aside, and coin for the uses of the matrimonial market some nobler effigy in purer gold.
The fretted tombs where the effigies of warrior and priest lay life-like in dead marble, the fretted canopies that brooded above their rest.
The fanatics of the Reformation and Cromwell's soldiers left little of the sepulchral brasses and gorgeous tombs and effigies which once were here.
The Egyptians frankly surmounted the effigies of their Virgin Mother with the figure of a fish, the form of which suggests the reason.
Bowls and jars predominated, but ladles and mugs were also made, and there were some effigy vessels, usually in the form of birds.
His personal resemblance to his effigy, the work of a sculptor of the idealistic school, was in no respect remarkable; and he felt, alas!
They consist of effigies of heroes and warriors, generals and commanders, soldiers on foot and horse, the genii of strength and valor, wrestlers, etc.
The townspeople had got across with a certain gentleman, of whom Alfred Harris and I made an elaborate effigy, which we intended to burn.
In this quaint costume they cart about through the streets effigies made of straw and other combustible materials which are supposed to represent Winter.
She sprang to her feet and beat upon the effigy with doubled fists, her eyes ablaze, her loose hair whipping at her naked breast.
It was tight-fitting, as may readily be gleaned by inspection of brasses and effigies, and no folds or creases can be observed in it.
Jumbo is shameless and rejoices in his name, for, as the curious may see for themselves, his weather-vane bears the effigy of an elephant.
Both are recessed in the wall, and are covered with an arched canopy, and in each the effigy of the person commemorated is preserved.
The so-called "crusaders" effigies are thought to be of a later date than the last crusade; no inscriptions remain, so that they cannot be identified.
The effigy is formally tried and accused of having perpetrated all the thefts that have been committed in the neighborhood throughout the year.
Her effigy was delineated in the same manner as that of the Sun, on a vast plate that nearly covered one side of the apartment.
The effect of these French commanders upon me was quite different from my encounter with that last belated adventurer in the effigy line.
The recumbent figures take the place of the effigies of the deceased, which were usually made of wood, in the likeness of the dead person.
The symbolic markings and appendages of the Plumed Snake effigy are distinctive, and are found in all modern representations of this mystic being.
The robins had already got every berry and gone, leaving the feline effigy in the bare tree, an object of mirth and ridicule.
King William's effigy, emblem of bitter feuds, was in gala attire to-day, as if to suggest that rival creeds were met for once in amity.
The two effigies lie under a deeply-recessed arch filled in with tracery, the recess being adorned with sculptured subjects on its three sides.
That this excessive plainness was not always carried out, however, may be gleaned from a few effigies which display an almost lavish ornamentation.
If he had been a gargoyle, or a sculptured effigy of Peter, his ears would have heard that tread, and known the maker of it.