castles in air

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Yet amid all the wreck and ruin of her tumbling castles in air, a glad little thrill made itself felt.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

"Some looked for building great houses, and such pleasant situations for them as themselves had fancied, as if they would be great men and rich all of a suddaine; but they proved castles in air."

From The Women Who Came in the Mayflower by Marble, Annie Russell

The phantoms have flown which I cherished; The dreams which delighted have passed; My castles in air have all perished— I grieved o’er the fall of the last.

From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various

Thus do we build castles in air when flushed with wine and conquest.

From The Way of All Flesh by Butler, Samuel

Let us listen, as in duty bound, to what the elders are saying first, for they are already building castles in air for the boys and girls to inhabit.

From Rose in Bloom by Alcott, Louisa May