Monuments

Examples

• She is represented upon her monuments in masculine garb, and with a long beard as a symbol of wisdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It appears to have been unknown to the Assyrians and Egyptians, or if known, its knowledge confined to their wise men, as it does not appear in any of their monuments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Being rather isolated, it shows to better advantage than any other of the monuments of ancient Rome. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For behold in them is no reverence for the solemn monuments of the past, and whithersoever they go they destroy and spare not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Closely related to the railroad, however, is bridge building, and many of these noble structures hang between heaven and earth, conspicuous monuments of the engineer’s skill. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Granite supplies the most durable materials for building, as many of the ancient Egyptian monuments testify. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• They were great builders, and left many monuments and inscriptions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The splendid epochs will be interpreted as monuments of man's creation, not of his propulsion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He went about Egypt looking at temples and monuments and gathering information. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The great works of the ancients are in the main mere monuments of the patient manual labor of myriads of workers, and can only rank with the buildings of the diatom and coral insect. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the midst of this appalling ruin of the monuments of man's power, nature asserted her ascendancy, and shone more beauteous from the contrast. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• With all the helps which written monuments afford, we do but faintly realize the condition of man two thousand or three thousand years ago. Plato. The Republic.
• In it lie the body of Canova and the heart of Titian, under magnificent monuments. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Many of the sky-scrapers so called, are splendid monuments of the latest inventions of the century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Egyptian monuments record great sea fights, and also a march of these people along the coast of Palestine towards Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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