The great defect of the avenue is the poverty of resource in the designs of the buildings, but this is the only species of poverty present here.If the houses are palatial without, they are even more so within.Some of them are models of elegance and taste; others are miracles of flashy and reckless adornment.…Cited from Lights and Shadows of New York Life, by James D. McCabe
A miraculous thing it was to see the house of their dreams coming into being, with every feature just as they had planned it.And what a palatial structure it was -- with so much space and air!One could actually move about in it without danger of striking one's head; coming into it from the tent, one felt as if he were entering a cathedral!…Cited from Love's Pilgrimage, by Upton Sinclair
He had to build a palatial garden under certain amount of time.But with three days to go before the deadline, the architect hadn't built anything yet.…
The town would not contain any dilapidated housing estates or standard housing.Instead it would hold palatial town-houses and other houses that were made for civil servants.The inner-center would only hold leisurely cycle paths since the town should be small but beautiful, a "virgin city".…
This large and palatial-looking building has served many uses.It was once the residence of the Governor of Bombay.…
The throne room was unearthed in 1900 by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, during the first phase of his excavations in Knossos.It was found in the center of the palatial complex and west of the central court.This throne room is considered the oldest stone throne of the Aegean region, indeed the oldest in Europe.…
He walked through Monroe Street until he reached State.At the corner he caught sight of a palatial structure, nearly opposite."What building is that?" he asked of a boy.…Cited from Walter Sherwood's Probation, by Horatio Alger
Hal followed the young captain from the house.Half an hour later he found himself in the palatial office of the chief of the German secret service.…Cited from The Boy Allies with Haig in Flanders, Claire Hayes
The family consisted of mother, father, and son, named for his father.In the city another house as large and more palatial received the family when they tired of the country home.…Cited from Suzanna Stirs the Fire, by Emily Calvin Blake
Then Tikku finds out that Tamanna (Pooja Bhatt) is the daughter of Ranvir Chopra, an up-and-coming politician.He tells her, and she goes to their palatial house.Watch what impact this has on the Chopra family and the excuse they have for abandoning Tamanna.…
You find period revival buildings in a variety of places, but this one is really palatial.
His quarters were not perhaps palatial, but what man, king of himself alone, would live in a palace?He bumped his head with the utmost regularity against the lintel of the front door each time he entered, and only learned at last to bob by instinct.…Cited from Pearl of Pearl Island, by John Oxenham
His first wife and children preceded him in death.He died as the company was rapidly expanding and before he moved into a palatial home he was building.The city of Bettendorf, Iowa is named after the two brothers.…
Its skilful builder became insane soon after he had finished it, and shortly afterwards died.It was quite a palatial model and much more handsome than its supposed original was ever likely to have been.It had eight doors with eight flights of steps leading up to them, and above were eight towers with watchmen on them, and inside the house was a table with eight sides made from wood said to have been from the original table in the house of Groat, and procured from one of his descendants.…Cited from From John O'Groats to Land's End, by Robert Naylor and John Naylor
In total, four meetings of Saxon nobles are known; this is not evidence for a regularly occurring Landtag, however.During the palatial period, the ring walls and the most important public buildings within the main fortress were built.To the north an original bailey developed, which at first covered only three hectares, however.…
We landed our first freight at Nova Mihalofski, a Russian village on the southern bank of the river.The village was small and the houses were far from palatial.The inhabitants live by agriculture in summer, sending their produce to Nicolayevsk, and by supplying horses for the postal service in winter.…Cited from Overland through Asia (Illustrated), by Thomas Wallace Knox
Here was another enemy, a different stripe of man.He sat in his palatial office and never let an opportunity pass to thrust a knife in my back.His blows, less coarse and brutal, were even more effective, for they were backed by the weight of great wealth and respectability.…Cited from The Romance and Tragedy, William Ingraham Russell
Right here is where I see myself giving up this palatial apartment and going into a boarding-house.For heaven's sake, eat light, you two.…Cited from Branded, by Francis Lynde
It presents a courtly scene in an imaginary rural landscape.A palatial building is surrounded by large trees and a river.Most the prominent focus is a hunting scene of galloping horsemen, but there are also shepherds and dogs caring for their herd.…
Stotesbury, West Virginia, a coal mining town in Raleigh County, is named for him, as well as his equestrian estate, the Stotesbury Club House.Several of the palatial estates he built with his second wife have been demolished in the years since his death.…
