Arches

Examples

• From the top of the crosses rise imperial arches, closing under a mound and cross. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Yes--the dry arches of Waterloo Bridge. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• In the building of the Cooper Institute in New York City in 1857 he was the first to employ such beams with brick arches to support the floors. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Vast arches, that may have been the gates of the city, are built in the same way. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Permission could not be obtained to interfere with the navigation of the Straits in the slightest degree during the building, and so piers and arches could not be used. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Both listened to the thunder, which was loud, and to the rain, as it washed off the roof, and pattered on the parapets of the arches. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• And yet its arches, its columns, and its statues proclaim it to have been built by an enlightened race. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• While each set constitutes virtually a separate stage, they are all on the same floor, without wings or proscenium-arches, and separated only by a few feet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I was fond of wandering about the Adelphi, because it was a mysterious place, with those dark arches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This elevated portion of the work is approached on the southern side by twelve arches, of 60 feet span each, and on the north by three similar arches. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Four arches form each span, each arch consisting of an upper and lower curved member or rib, extending from pier to pier, and each member composed of two parallel steel tubes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Seven stone arches of 52? feet span make up the rest of the bridge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There were arches, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Laurie was equally impracticable, and would have had bonfires, skyrockets, and triumphal arches, if he had had his own way. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Triumphal arches, the falling walls of many temples, strewed the ground at my feet. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Garlands and triumphal arches were hung across the road to welcome the young bride. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The arches supporting the aqueduct afforded protection for advancing troops as well as to those engaged defensively. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was a grass-grown track descending the forest aisle between hoar and knotty shafts and under branched arches. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When opposition was encountered our troops sheltered themselves by keeping under the arches supporting the aqueduct, advancing an arch at a time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Weeds and flowers spring from its massy arches and its circling seats, and vines hang their fringes from its lofty walls. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Why, you went into the Arches. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Here are no aisles, no arches, no inscriptions, no banners. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The City of Mexico is supplied with water by two aqueducts, resting on strong stone arches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• What was the Arches? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The ribs of two of these arches remained, though the roof had fallen down betwixt them; over the others it remained entire. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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