Thesaurus / portico
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It’s a lively scene, with the father and wayward son embracing as the older brother stews, the mother looks on and a village woman dances beneath a portico.
FOLLOWING A TRAIL OF FRESCOES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINABARBARA NOE KENNEDYMAY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe service and reading of the names will be held under the outdoor portico at Epworth Methodist Church on Holland Glade Road in Rehoboth.
WORLD AIDS DAY ARRIVES AMID ANOTHER PANDEMICPARKER PURIFOYNOVEMBER 24, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEBeneath the portico, numbers of servants and retainers were lounging about, enjoying the fresco.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSThe pair disappeared among the glittering and gaily-dressed crowd that thronged the portico.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSHe stood still an instant, hidden by the porphyry columns of the portico.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSHer hand in his, he led her down the steps of the portico, all strewn with white bells of lilies, a carpet of blooming snow.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISThere is also a library, and the Homereium, a quadrangular portico, which has a temple of Homer and a statue.
THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO, VOLUME III (OF 3)STRABOTom Barksdale and Mabel were pacing the portico from end to end, chatting with the cheerful familiarity of old friends.
AT LASTMARION HARLANDThis was a great portico or enclosed garden rather than a temple, and was apparently stone built, which is a rarity in this land.
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAMThe Parthenon was built of Pentelic marble, and the temple proper was surrounded by a portico supported on rows of columns.
GREEK SCULPTUREESTELLE M. HURLLWORDS RELATED TO PORTICO
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