| 单词 | alabaster |
| 例句 | In the starlight, Frank’s face might have been alabaster, like an old Roman statue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Crouching there pale and naked and translucent, its alabaster bones cast up in shadow on the rocks behind it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Before bathing he would perfume the pool with the salts that he carried in three alabaster flacons. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “The white alabaster vase in the drawing-room was always used for the lilac, Madam.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Near where he stood an old man squatted on his haunches beside a great slab of alabaster, examining and blowing at a small hollow in one corner of it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Her eyes were a crystal, sparkling blue, and her skin was white as alabaster. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z At the far end of the room, where the altar would have been, stood a ten-foot-tall statue of pure white alabaster - a young woman in a white robe, a serene smile on her face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then 1 can take a chisel and small tap hammer and tap away at the alabaster. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A sunbeam streamed through the big glass windows of the Serenity Suite and bathed Aunt Florentine’s alabaster white casket in a golden light. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Even in the pale early-morning sunlight, the white alabaster of its front gleamed painfully in her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Trumpeters signaled their arrival as they passed through the looming alabaster walls of Rifthold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Its massive dome, capped over white alabaster stonework, seemed determined to hold every one of the stars’ glittering lights in its reflection. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He led Ranofer straight back to Zahotep and the drill, and pointed to the box of black sand near the alabaster slab. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z No lotus or twining marsh flower traced itself slowly upon an alabaster vase. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And if I take a nail file or even Eva’s old paring knife— that will do—and scrape away at the gold, it will fall away and there will be alabaster. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And the alabaster vase stood, as it had always done, on the table behind the sofa.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Fanbearer had paid a great sum for that red granite coffin with the alabaster lid. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was monstrous, with two alabaster angels guarding the gate, and a dome-shaped fountain sputtering in the front yard. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The alabaster is what gives your face its planes, its curves. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She reads a couple of very vivid paragraphs about the “whiter-than-white, nearly alabaster, snowy, bleached Alps” in Switzerland, where her family went on vacation. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Wind whistling up through the jagged gash in the floor kept the myriad bits of paper circulating like alabaster particles in a paperweight and contributed to a sensation of lacquered, waterlogged unreality. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He stared at the old building, at the grand alabaster staircase gleaming in the morning light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Across the cyvasse table, the man behind the alabaster army pursed his lips in disapproval. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They made an alabaster trench in his mouth, and his pink-purple lips peeled bade over them like the meat of a conch shell He had a big welt, like a scar, on his left cheek. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved his catapult again, closed his hand around Tyrion’s alabaster dragon, removed it from the board. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They slashed through the statue’s knees, felling her like an alabaster Christmas tree. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Her skin was hard and cold, the color and texture of alabaster. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Right in the middle of the aisle, the heritage-but-not-hate-loving cherubs observing her impassively with their lifeless, alabaster eyes. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She wore her blond hair pinned up under her hat and a double strand of costume pearls around her neck, a neck that reminded him of alabaster. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Among the most moving are the “Mourners,” small alabaster sculptures made in Burgundy in the 15th century. Perspective | I just went to the Met and MoMA after five months away from museums. Someone, please, pick me up off the floor. 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z She can’t speak, but she can hit shattering high notes with her voice, and her eyes change color, “from alabaster, to slate, to polished jet.” Gothic Horror Fiction, Old and New 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z But in five English songs, Mr. Gerhaher found words, like the alabaster “patience” in “She Never Told Her Love,” that demanded a similar dissolution of the singer’s ego into the very bones of the text. Review: ‘Book of Hanging Gardens,’ Sung by Christian Gerhaher 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z I transformed the alabaster ribbon into a tracked-up mess, racing back up after each run to lay more squiggles next to my own. Canyons Ski Resort, Park City, Utah 2011-12-09T19:25:27Z And furthermore, “people with alabaster or ebony skin” will be the outliers, and will be “heralded for that uniqueness.” In Tyra Banks’s future, everyone will have a personal robot companion 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z With pitch-black eyes and alabaster makeup, clutching a headless doll, she looks spookily doll-like herself, and speaks with a mournful lilt. Review: ‘Ride the Cyclone,’ About Teenagers, and Angst, in Purgatory 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z She is the Mona Lisa with a bevelled jaw; it's up to us to intuit what goes behind that alabaster mask. Marina Poplavskaya: 'I am a person of extraordinary ability' 2011-04-09T23:05:35Z Mr. Castile, a school cafeteria manager, has the noble head of a Greek bronze, complete with a jawline beard and an eye whose flat whites the Greeks would have made from silver or alabaster inlay. Why the Whitney’s Humanist, Pro-Diversity Biennial Is a Revelation 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z There is nary a black face, Diana’s hair is dyed platinum blonde and the interior of the beautiful Brooklyn brownstone she moves into is the color of an alabaster space station. Recycling old film: Two Tribeca features — with “Girls” ties — do so to opposite effect 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z And then there’s the cast, a multiethnic treat whose diversity is neither text nor subtext, but a reminder that the alabaster complexions of many a costume drama should not be mistaken for historical accuracy. ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: A Boy’s Story 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Spectators, including Naomi Campbell, sheathed to the ankles in alabaster fur, may well have been puzzled. The Photographer and Auteur Steven Klein Loves to Shock, but Surreptitiously 2011-11-24T10:45:04Z She has large, piercing eyes, a high, aristocratic forehead and alabaster skin. | 'A Streetcar Named Desire': Small Space, Big Egos: Something Will Explode 2010-06-18T23:18:00Z Apparently they are plaster replicas of ancient statues, not carvings in alabaster and other durable stone with which authentic imperial sculpture was made. The Mosul Museum video from Islamic State could be a staged drama 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Ianculescu uses two varieties of alabaster, brown and grainy or gray and stubbly. Review | In the galleries: Many works in ‘Spring Solos’ form a chorus of concern for the environment 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z From there, alabasters were exported to churches all over England and throughout Europe. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z There are examples of plates of fruit made from jade and alabaster from the Qing dynasty in China. Fake Food Is Trendy Again 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z People sometimes mistake the wood for alabaster or a mysterious polymer. Antiques: Michael Cardew, British Ceramist, Is Subject of a Biography 2012-12-21T05:27:15Z Translucent alabaster sarcophagi, the author describes as “curiously alive and attractive.” A case for D.H. Lawrence as a father of modern travel writing 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z One is a simple drawing of a heart, which Emin now wants to make in pink alabaster. Meeting Tracey Emin 2012-05-25T23:05:29Z But a soft-drink commercial she made attracted the attention of a film director, who was struck not least by her emerald-green eyes, alabaster skin and shapely figure. Laura Antonelli, Leading Italian Actress, Dies at 73 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z To one side Gaston Lachaise’s marvelously alive portrait bust of O’Keeffe, in alabaster, observes. Georgia O’Keeffe, Stylist and Curator of Her Own Myth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Ms. van Seenus — with her alabaster skin, haunting blue eyes and more shapely physique — conveyed a different sensibility. Moving Through the Lens 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z I especially loved the one thing I could absolutely never have: their flawless alabaster skin. Hiding my freckles 2012-12-27T22:35:00Z Alice Krige has a face, a voice, and that luminous alabaster skin, that makes her both regal and yet also almost otherworldly. "She Will" star Alice Krige is haunted and haunting: "There must be something a bit odd about me" 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In addition to featuring a nationally prominent chef, Miguel Castro Silva, Largo is outfitted with magazine-worthy interior design: a soaring ceiling, long glowing alabaster bar, funky egg-shaped lamps. Choice Tables: Lisbon?s Culinary Golden Age? 2011-03-11T19:55:00Z That afternoon, my husband and I walked around Ostuni, a maze of blindingly alabaster stone buildings framed by a sky so blue as to look two dimensional. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Jesus’ bright, alabaster flesh is set off from the shadowy background in intense chiaroscuro, which Mr. Tuymans compounds by displaying the painting under a spotlight in an all-black circular gallery. High Drama, High Contrast: Finding the Baroque in Contemporary Art 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Vast quantities of art were destroyed, including almost all the alabasters residing in English churches. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Naming their site the "New Royal City", it was in 1937 that two bricked-up strongrooms were found, containing large amounts of bronze, alabaster, Roman glass and ivory, even Chinese lacquer. The Begram ivories: Rescuing Afghanistan's lost history 2011-02-27T00:05:25Z There's medieval art, tapestries, alabasters, stained glass, English oak furniture, Degas and Cézanne, Islamic art, ancient Chinese art and modern sculpture by Rodin. 1000 kids | Art and design museums 2010-03-30T23:05:00Z The permanent collection galleries feature everything from vintage ship models to a luminous Mayan carved alabaster bowl and other pre-Columbian treasures donated by the noted Belgian collectors Paul and Dora Janssen. Heads Up: Antwerp, Gilded Once More 2012-10-19T17:13:07Z Other wooden objects are gilded to reflect light or wrapped in incised gold sheets, while carved and painted alabaster, a soft and translucent stone that absorbs light in a gentle glow, is common. How good is the King Tut exhibition? An art critic weighs in 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The figure of King Khafre, who reigned from 2576-2551 B.C. and built the Great Sphinx and the second largest pyramid at Giza, presides at the entrance: a statue of seemingly glowing calcite alabaster. 'Tutankhamun' in Seattle: artifacts both dazzling and humble 2012-05-25T05:42:18Z For example, if you try to clean alabaster by wiping it with a cloth, especially a moist one, you are likely to drive grime into the stone rather than remove it. How to clean a yellowed marble lamp 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s all alabaster walls, pale wood furniture and floors, and potted palms. In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z There were wall paintings in churches, beautiful alabaster carvings made in the Midlands and sought as far away as Italy, and splendid monasteries. What makes art a target for attack? 2013-07-08T16:23:22Z You can imagine how vivid they must have seemed to medieval worshipers, and you can understand why English alabasters became so popular. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The other, contrasting line of the X-composition is created by Danaë's naked, alabaster body, plus the radiant play of light that illuminates the voluptuous scene. Getty purchases Gentileschi's radiant 'Danaë,' now owns 2 of 3 paintings in a set 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z He bathes his stars in a gleaming light that gives their pale faces a luxurious alabaster sheen. Movie Review: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2’ Ends the Series 2012-11-15T23:24:23Z Ms. Scott Thomas’s impeccably chiseled features – a glamorous alabaster mask in films like “The English Patient” – appear almost to be melting here, involuntarily rearranging themselves as she tries to settle on a single, composed expression. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Surprised by 'Betrayal' 2011-07-13T16:31:48Z I hunkered down under the single umbrellaed table, slathering SPF 50 on my alabaster legs. "Bama Rush" reminded me of my own desperate need to belong 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Hickey, her brother on “The Big C,” knew her at Juilliard, and remembers her as a tomboy, “not immediately glamorous,” whose only discernible vanity was her alabaster skin, which she carefully protected from the sun. The Age of Laura Linney 2010-07-28T20:52:00Z “It is a denouement that illuminates the final pages like a flame glowing through alabaster.” 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The colours are muted but gorgeous, and while the people of Warley are all pale as alabaster, they look more elegant than ill. TV review: Room at the Top; Doomsday Preppers 2012-09-26T21:00:02Z Who or what is this nymph with skin like alabaster and iridescent hair? Review | For Earth Day, a beloved but often overlooked love story 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Beneath Rabe’s alabaster beauty is a shrewd intelligence marked by disillusionment, and a vulnerability that allows her characters to get swept off their feet despite themselves. Michael Schulman: Lily Rabe in “Much Ado About Nothing,” at the Delacorte 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z "I'm sure the first alabaster heart will be a disaster, I'd have to keep working at it, but it's about me being driven by myself," she says. Meeting Tracey Emin 2012-05-25T23:05:29Z Tereshkina is a dark-haired beauty with alabaster skin and a reserved persona. Mariinsky Ballet's 'Raymonda' at Segerstrom: Why love story could use a little heart 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Ann Greene Kelly complicates weirdly recycled objects with bits of carved alabaster. Review: In ‘A Rare Earth Magnet’ at Derek Eller, a Focus on Repurposed Materials 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z One is a tiny Babylonian Venus, her nude body carved from milky alabaster, her eyes set with rubies, a gold crescent moon in her hair. See Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The figures may be realistic or neo-Cubist, and rendered in terra cotta and stoneware, alabaster and limestone. In the galleries: At annual benefit show, the world goes round 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Adults doted on little Elizabeth, who had luminous eyes, alabaster skin framed by raven-black tresses and a tiny birthmark on her right cheek that her mother highlighted with a cosmetic pencil. Elizabeth Taylor, legendary actress, dies at 79 2011-03-23T13:57:00Z One is a poignant, nearly 600-year-old alabaster figure of a saint who Catholic tradition says was crucified by the ancient Romans – a sculpture that the Nazis looted in 1934 from a German Jewish industrialist. Getty acquires first photos ever taken of ancient ruins ISIS recently destroyed 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z The surroundings were resplendent in high-priced alabaster tiles; you could see your reflection under you while stepping on them. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z It is a denouement that illuminates the final pages like a flame glowing through alabaster. Ismail Kadare Grapples With the Supernatural 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z It is made from a mix of kaolin clay and rocky materials like feldspar, quartz or alabaster, and fired at high temperatures. Art Review: A Jewel Box for Translucent Treasures 2011-12-15T22:59:09Z With her alabaster skin, high forehead and snowy blond hair, Ms. Marling can look ghostly, almost translucent, a very English apparition. Laura Marling?s British Folk CD ?Creature I Don?t Know? 2011-09-04T04:25:17Z Safe in her alabaster chamber, Dickinson might well be turning somersaults. ‘The Belle of Amherst’: Joely Richardson as Dickinson 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Bastet is perhaps the most famous example; the defender of the sun god Ra, she is usually sculpted in black alabaster. Cat-inet reshuffles: the long history of felines in politics 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Lips like a bud, alabaster arms and legs, sweetly ringed in fat, almond blue eyes and a crown of wet, red curls. Divorcing while pregnant 2013-01-16T01:00:00Z One gallery-size group, carved from alabaster, seems to struggle from rocky pedestals like Michelangelo’s “Slaves.” Monuments: The Poetry of Dreams 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z Like the crystalline structure of alabaster, its rigidity is a weakness. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z So does Acton’s work, most notably when it contrasts rough rock with nearly translucent Italian alabaster. In the galleries: At Hillyer, a universe of change, instability and chaos 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Nearby, the handsomely carved alabaster lid of one jar shows Tut’s serene countenance at its most Michael Jackson-like. How good is the King Tut exhibition? An art critic weighs in 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Last year marked the opening of the Amos Rex Museum, a $58 million undertaking that consists of underground galleries with domed ceilings that bulge from the earth like alabaster foothills. Want a charming Nordic city without the corresponding prices? Try Estonia’s Tallinn. 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z He loved working with rich or unexpected materials — rare woods or alabaster. The Virtual Splendor of Paris’s Glass House 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z More showstopping highlights include a large white alabaster baboon dating from around 3100 B.C. and lent by the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Art Review: ?The Dawn of Egyptian Art? at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-04-12T22:17:19Z The Patek Philippe showroom at 18 New Bond Street has been done up in a sophisticated palette of sycamore, brass and alabaster. Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z It is, of course, beautiful, with lush gardens and buildings with alabaster walls. ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘The Good Place’ Took Us to Hell and Back 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z One of the most remarkable things about the youth carved in alabaster is the fact that he's an ancient Greek. The ghosts of ancient Afghanistan 2011-02-27T21:30:00Z The renovation returned real gold leaf and alabaster to the 18th century theatre's grandiose interior. Russia's shiny new Bolshoi grappling with gripes 2012-02-01T15:46:09Z Nor did the makeup artist bother covering Lohan's freckled shoulders and arms to match Taylor's storied alabaster skin. Skip 'Liz & Dick' and watch a film they headline 2012-11-20T14:25:09Z The tiny stone building gives no suggestion of the extravagant alabaster statues within — funeral monuments of the St. Paul family, local grandees who became staunch Puritans. On the Pilgrims? Path Through England and the Netherlands 2011-11-17T20:41:15Z “It seemed like the perfect place for alabaster.” | Making His Own Bed 2010-05-05T19:34:00Z Finally, sensing victory in my discomfort, a sly grin springs up on Mara’s elfin, alabaster face. T Magazine: This is Rooney Mara 2013-08-22T19:30:38Z Lights were installed at the base of the sculpture, which would have illuminated the beautiful alabaster elongated face. Vandal attack lights at landmark sculpture 2011-07-19T11:14:51Z Checkered paths weave through gardens framed by alabaster ivy-wrapped columns, trimmed cypress trees, box hedges, pergolas and ponds with floating lilies. In the heart of Madrid, a park for all seasons 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z There's no mistaking the beauty of this alabaster nude, who would be arresting even without his story of survival. The ghosts of ancient Afghanistan 2011-02-27T21:30:00Z Their bodies were coated with an alabaster acrylic paint, a new product from MAC cosmetics that, once dried, would not rub off on the clothes. Front Row: A Mannequin in Every SenseA Mannequin in Every Sense 2011-04-13T19:27:40Z Nearby, the Marble Faun shapes limestone and alabaster into intricately frilled but only tenuously figurative shapes. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z "There were fluted columns in African marble, alabaster columns, and stucco ornamentation decorated with gold leaf." Archeologists May Have Finally Found Emperor Nero's Private Theater 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z There were also mines in the Sinai for turquoise, alabaster, and quartzite. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Limestone, marble and alabaster are among the most solid materials employed by artists, yet Deborah Reichmann sees them as endlessly mutable. Review | In the galleries: Exploring a sense of place in a shifting world 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z A 5-kg pendant chandelier is designed such that the alabaster bowl is held by four chains of equal length, as shown in the following figure. Calculus, Volume 3 2016-03-30T00:00:00Z The intention was to scrub the honey-hued marble alabaster white to convey classical perfection. The Robot Guerrilla Campaign to Recreate the Elgin Marbles 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Fortuño took a piece of alabaster for the vanity and illuminated it from behind to give it a warm glow. Watergate co-op on the market for $2.4 million 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z First and foremost, this rocket’s demise is not going to disturb Earth’s alabaster orb. Looming Rocket Impact Forecasts Trouble for Future Lunar Exploration 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z A notable exception is “Scylla & Charybdis,” mythic sea monsters represented here by two carved chunks of alabaster, one milky and the other glassy. Review | In the galleries: Exploring a sense of place in a shifting world 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Both the novel and the musical tell the story of the dubious doctor Junius Crookman, who invents the Black No More treatment, guaranteeing that he can transform the darkest Negro to the whitest alabaster. Is There Such a Thing as Black Thought? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Here he is a few weeks later in Bhutan, soaking in an alabaster monastery on a gorgeous November day. Myspace Tom got it right 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z We meandered through the exhibits to Egypt’s ancient rulers — once-powerful pharaohs, now trapped inside granite sarcophagi and alabaster jars filled with their mummified guts. A Decade On, Silence Fills Egypt’s Field of Broken Dreams 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z “You moonbathe while others sunbathe,” Pablo Picasso reputedly told her, a reference to her alabaster skin against her jet-black ensemble. Juliette Gréco, spellbinding French concert and recording star, dies at 93 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z A couple new methods she has picked up are woodworking and alabaster carving. Minot artist raises money to help stop dog’s blindness 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z In them, two topless men face each other against a backdrop of wild reeds and alabaster sky. Sex and sensibility: the photographers capturing a new American youth 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In another of her arrangements, a mass of tissue-petaled ivory peonies is disrupted by an alabaster anthurium, its spadix jutting up from the flower’s platelike surface. How Floral Arrangements Began to Take Over the Table — and the Entire Room 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z In the antechamber, they saw chariots in kit form, ready to assemble themselves in the afterlife, carved animals, alabaster jars, treasure chests – “and gold,” raved Carter, “everywhere the glint of gold.” Original tomb raider: was Tutankhamun buried in someone else's grave? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z General, most of the patients and much of the staff had been African American, but when Eva arrived at Fairfax Hospital, she saw only alabaster. A terrible crime, a patient waiting for a transplant: The tragic, redemptive journey of one heart. 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z From the second-floor ceiling, alabaster pendants form an abstract chandelier evoking the Big and Little Dipper constellations. Van Cleef & Arpels unveils its freshly renovated jewelry boutique in Beverly Hills 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The colors of this piece are remarkable, from the deep blue of the Madonna’s robes to the alabaster skin of the Christ child, all beneath a golden barrel vault. Venice’s Ca’ Sagredo Hotel: Where ancient history meets modern luxury 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z His alabaster skin, however, has been painted a rich shade of mocha. Linda Vallejo and a decade of art that unapologetically embraces brownness 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z In real life, the carved alabaster block weighs just under a ton, but in digital life it can hover beautifully up on the wall. LACMA’s concrete wall problem: Why a chic design comes with consequences 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Now she finds her spirits lifted whenever she catches a glimpse of these alabaster beauties. Perspective | Ever seen a white squirrel? Meet the guy who’s keeping tabs on them, nationwide. 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Electric lights set in alabaster sconces provided illumination. Perspective | This ill-fated tomb was party central for a generation of Northern Virginia teens 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z When he sat, his alabaster hair disappeared against the marble wall. He’s wielded power for decades. Now a legendary lawmaker faces a deadly illness. 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Start with a discreet, less grandiose overhead fixture—say, a pendant light with an alabaster globe that diffuses the glare. Goodbye, Showy Chandeliers. Hello, Low-Key Lighting That Transforms Rooms 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Look closer: They’re as softly textured as old wood, and they gleam like alabaster at sunset. Swiss Architecture Firm Herzog & De Meuron Celebrates 40 Years 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The lunchtime discussion lasted through tea, and eventually the late-afternoon sunlight was slanting through the multicolored alabaster panes of Bushra’s living-room windows. How the War in Yemen Became a Bloody Stalemate — and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z It is one of those gloomy June mornings when Los Angeles feels as if it is being deflated by mist, when the Mexican fan palms disappear into alabaster skies. Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy designs intimate spaces for a denser L.A. 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z An alabaster bust, its features weathered beyond recognition, was also found with the sarcophagus. Mystery black sarcophagus opened in Egypt 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The sarcophagus is unmarked, although a badly eroded alabaster bust found nearby might be a likeness of its occupant. Sarcophagus Found. Contents Unknown. (‘No Guessing, Please.’) 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The original’s incredible concoction of frescoes, marble, alabaster and gilding was exquisitely represented in the model, the centerpiece of which, of course, was the magnificent staircase. Stairway to Disappointment 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z "Look at all that marble," he said to a reporter with him, awed by the solid mass and alabaster hue of the headquarters of the nation's central bank. The Farmers in the Fed 1979-03-02T05:00:00Z And a rather gruesome 5,000-year-old Egyptian recipe suggested blending the burned prickles of a hedgehog immersed in oil with honey, alabaster, red ochre and fingernail scrapings. Why is there stigma around male baldness? 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z After five minutes that felt like 10, Diamanda Galás finally approached the piano, her steps as measured as her alabaster countenance and the curtain of inky, bone-straight hair that hung well past her shoulders. Swoops, shrieks and croons: Diamanda Galás transfixes at Palace Theatre 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z There are beautiful white alabaster and marble courtyards, fountains and reflecting pools. orange groves, an amazing spa and an Alain Ducasse-trained chef. Hotels, A Love Story: 24 Famous Globetrotters On Their Cherished Escapes 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The biggest mishap he's willing to admit to is that the alabaster base of Jacob Epstein's Jacob and the Angel got a small chip when it was unloaded in the early years of Tate Liverpool. The man who's been hands-on with priceless art for 40 years 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z In this tomb, archaeologists also found four alabaster jars with the Egyptian god Horus carved onto the lid. See Inside This Newly Discovered Ancient Egyptian Cemetery 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The pieces, which include paintings, alabaster reliefs and polychromatic wooden coffins, were sold to the Catalan government by the nuns of the Sijena convent, in Aragón, in the 1980s. Scuffles break out as artworks removed from Catalan city's museum 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Medieval and Renaissance sculptors carved gorgeous statues and religious icons from alabaster, a soft, creamy white stone similar to marble. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Castleberry - who showed up as well, bearing a couple alabaster chess pieces once owned by his dad - was all in. Uganda’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ lifting Northwest University 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Castleberry — who showed up as well, bearing a couple alabaster chess pieces once owned by his dad — was all in. A movie was made about this chess champ. Now Uganda’s ‘Queen of Katwe’ is lifting Northwest University 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Evidently, history and heritage are only important when invoked to defend alabaster monuments to slaveholders. Bears Ears is sacred to Native Americans. But heritage isn't all equal for Trump | Julian Brave NoiseCat 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The home was stuffed with memento mori, among them skulls carved out of ivory and alabaster as well as a 16-inch-tall bronze skeleton. Kenneth Jay Lane, popular designer known for replications of priceless gems, dies at 85 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z In a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Kloppmann and a team of art historians, geologists and geochemists traced the origins of more than 60 alabaster statue. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Its main material is pale limestone, not marble to be sure, but it’s the closest alabaster look-alike. Perspective | Next year’s All-Star Game is Nationals Park’s second chance to make an impression 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z She stared absently at the alabaster wall before turning back to the woman. An incomparable evening with Rose Hartman, pioneer of a photographic style 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The pieces — made of materials including marble, alabaster, bronze, leather, foam, rock crystal and concrete — were the subject of a recent show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, or MOCA, in Los Angeles. Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy sign copies of ‘Furniture’ book in Paris 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z Charles revised the song’s lyrics, leaving out phrases such as “pilgrim feet” and “alabaster cities . . . undimmed by human tears.” Perspective | My fellow liberals hate Lee Greenwood’s ‘God Bless the USA.’ I love it. 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Such signatures are fingerprints that made it possible to match the flakes to their original alabaster quarries. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z All throughout the land, alabaster monuments memorialize these triumphs and tragedies. Indigenous sovereignty is on the rise. Can it shape the course of history? | Julian Brave NoiseCat 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z In 1999, in the garden shed, he crafted an alabaster torso of an Egyptian princess in the short-lived, experimental Amarna period style, inspired by a red sandstone version held in the Louvre. 'I wasn’t cock-a-hoop that I’d fooled the experts': Britain's master forger tells all 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Conley recalled pink alabaster bowls unique to Italy and bracelets sent over the Atlantic Ocean. Dog tag of WWII vet found, returned to daughter 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Nearly every page is drenched in rose photos, an extravaganza of silky, ruffled petals in shades from alabaster through deepest blood red. Yes; you can grow beautiful roses in the Northwest. Nita-Jo Rountree tells you how. 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Both were historically well-known as centers for the alabaster trade. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The bar is alabaster marble and so is the counter that embraces the open kitchen. Carmine’s in Bellevue makes every night a celebration 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The bodies of Kaczynski and his wife, Maria Kaczynska, will be removed from their alabaster tomb at the Wawel Cathedral in Krakow, the resting place of many of Poland’s kings and writers. In conspiracy probe, Poland exhumes president, others killed in 2010 plane crash 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Video footage released by the jihadis at the time showed bearded men hammering, bulldozing and ultimately blowing up parts of the ancient Iraqi treasure, ripping down huge alabaster reliefs depicting Assyrian kings and deities. Iraqi Troops Enter Nimrud, Famed For Its Ruins 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z But by pointing a wee alabaster doll finger at fat nerds for the DNC hack, Trump didn’t just express the standard disgust for fat bodies, he positioned fat people as dangers to national security. Fat people, rise up! We could swing this election | Lindy West 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z This exchange was long thought to be one of the primary sources of the country’s alabaster. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama spoke emotionally of his many flights on Marine One across the Mall, past the alabaster spire of the Washington Monument and the lighted figure of Abraham Lincoln, sheltered in his memorial. Obama Says African-American Museum Will Tell of ‘Suffering and Delight’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z There’s a 14th-century alabaster panel depicting the adoration of the Magi scene that was discovered hidden under the church floorboards in the 1700s. Discovering the beauty of Suffolk, through a WWII soldier’s eyes 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The front area is lined with palm trees and alabaster statues of nude women in suggestive poses. Legal brothels in Nevada, even with clients like Lamar Odom, are on the wane 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z A week later he was unearthing the huge slabs of alabaster that had lined its walls, panels that depicted the power of the Assyrian king and the grovelling submission of his enemies. The men who uncovered Assyria 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Dr. Kloppmann said the next steps for their work is to analyze alabaster in Germany, Poland and Italy and perhaps from ancient Mesopotamia, as well as use their technique to detect alabaster fakes. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The alabaster colonnades and turquoise pools are there for the gawking, just 200 yards across the bay. The devious paradox of American inequality: How the rich get richer by staying hidden 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z Some of the historical items founds included, an alabaster figurine, a pistol handle, a Daguerro-type photographic plate and wooden domino pieces. More Sunken Treasure Recovered; 13,500 Gold, Silver Coins Found At 1857 Shipwreck 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z In the photographs, which Dr. Sarwari displayed on her laptop computer recently, the girl has beautiful alabaster features and inky black hair cut in a pageboy style. Struggling to Keep Afghan Girl Safe After a Mullah Is Accused of Rape 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Two large mannequin suppliers said their most popular color is alabaster white, although it used to be “flesh tone” – that is, flesh-toned if you are white. Do thinner mannequins make people buy clothes? 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Shiploads of alabaster artwork escaped the furnaces and were sent to France. Uncovering an Overlooked Source for Iconic Alabaster Statues 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Betka is four years older than Jan, for instance, and we learn too late, as he does, what agonizing history lies beneath her smooth, alabaster complexion. Book Review: 'Notes From Underground' By Roger Scruton 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z In one image, a group of naked ladies with alabaster skin shoot down what looks like a water slide. The riddle of the Voynich Manuscript 2014-04-07T01:39:53Z I uncovered an account in the financial records of Henry VII where he set aside money to pay for an alabaster tomb for Richard. The search for the car park king 2012-09-07T23:25:14Z Topshop branding will be clearly defined by its splashy neon signage and punctuated by its alabaster bald mannequins. Nordstrom + Topshop: Another Retail Odd Couple Makes a Grab for New Customers 2012-07-13T15:21:02Z Prometheus opens over the shoulder of an alabaster figure on the edge of a prehistoric waterfall. The Life Engineers: Prometheus asks, is a culture as stupid as ours ready to create new life? 2012-07-02T16:45:05.477Z Neither doubt nor despair ever creased those alabaster brows. City Room: Big City Book Club Tonight Discusses 'Bang the Drum Slowly' 2012-06-27T17:46:25Z Her small, delicate ankles, as fair as alabaster, were, nevertheless, without covering; and her feet were clothed in small slippers of untanned leather, trimmed and tied with gold. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z They respect the bronze horse, the jeweled necklace...the alabaster vase...the cameo...the bas-relief...great murals...antiquities! Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Enclosing the sacred spot is a screen of marble, carved into a kind of fretwork, and so pure and white that light shines through it as through alabaster, falling softly on that which is within. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Some of these cellars are quite palatial, the walls and floors being made from the famous Yezd marble, which closely resembles alabaster. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Her beautiful arms, rounded like the handles of an alabaster vase, shook out bunches of sparkling notes, and her crotali prattled with ever-increasing volubility. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The interior is ornate, with polished granite piers, alabaster capitals, coloured marble decorations, stained-glass windows, and frescoes by Dyce. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z There is a white marble table with alabaster legs where I spread out the manuscripts and books. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z The inner porch is much more rich, the floor of watered marble, and the walls lined with marbles of various colors and with richly carved alabaster. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z On the ceiling a painting of Flora scattering flowers with one hand, while from the other is suspended an alabaster lamp in the form of a lotus. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z Fabric it seemed of diamond, and of gold, With alabaster domes and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Her eyes were large, blue and expressive, while her complexion, clear as alabaster, was rendered more attractive by a rosy hue. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z The baldacchino, of graceful proportions, rests on pillars of yellow alabaster. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Mary looked with painful interest on the thin face, as white and cold as alabaster, with the golden hair parted from the pure forehead, and a holy quiet settled on every beautiful feature. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z In their blind ignorance they did not know that chiseled alabaster, wrought doors and windows, and carven cloisters, represented the hidden gold they were seeking. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Hidden away in a chest in her room, was a little alabaster flask, carefully sealed. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z The urns in this room are of alabaster, which is the characteristic of Volterra. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The baths were distributed into grand halls, with ceilings enormously high and painted with admirable frescoes, supported on columns of the rarest marble, and the basins were of oriental alabaster, porphyry, and jasper. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Do not miss the sacristy, one's ideal too of what a sacristy should be, with antique silver wrought by the De Arfe family, with painted and gilded cabinets, and alabaster altars cut like ivory. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Water trickles from a central vasca of alabaster into a hexagonal mosaic channel in the pavement. In Morocco 2012-03-05T03:00:11.463Z Three variations on the circle — a bronze Etruscan gong, an alabaster disk from the Han dynasty and a hat from Fiji made of red raffia — stand like soldiers near a window. | Upper East Side: Upper East Side/Habitats - A Loft Aesthetic in a Chintz World 2012-02-18T10:00:05Z Beneath is the shrine of St. Agnes surmounted by her statue, an antique of oriental alabaster, with modern head, and hands of gilt bronze. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z The most curious part of it is the rotunda in the rear, which is lit by five windows of transparent oriental alabaster, each eight or nine feet high and three broad, in single slabs. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Hundreds and thousands of columns of porphyry and alabaster and costly marbles, which now adorn the churches of Rome, were taken from the ruins of temples and palaces. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z The "Museum," properly the audience chamber, and certainly one among the finest halls in the world, is approached by a broad staircase of cream-coloured alabaster. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z I already see this one settled beneath monumental alabaster in the little cemetery in the angle of my garden, where he will make the fifth. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z In front of and beneath the high altar Pius IX. has lately been preparing his own monument, by constructing a splendid chamber approached by staircases, and lined with the most precious alabaster and marbles. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Through the tangle of flowers and shrubbery that chokes the patios gleam the rims of alabaster urns and basins of jasper fountains. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The reredos consists of five spandrels surmounted by gables, and is made of alabaster, lavishly gilt and bejewelled, inlaid with mosaic. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The rooms have dados of primrose-coloured Yezd alabaster in slabs four feet high by three broad, clouded and veined most delicately by nature. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The remains of the saint are preserved beneath the altar, in a splendid sarcophagus of oriental alabaster, adorned with a leopard's head. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Here are two elegant and lazy cherubs, their alabaster chubbiness comfortably bestowed in toy chairs of crimson velvet on each side of an ivory crucifix. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Below again is a statuette of our Lord, with Moses and Elijah on either hand, and beneath these, under a canopy of alabaster, is the Last Supper. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z The takchahs in the walls are utilised for vases and other objects in alabaster, jade, and bronze. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Of course, the fructification of the king would be not only a possible representation to carve in alabaster, but one that we might even expect to find among the royal sculptures. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z A small Museum in this part of the garden contains some of the smaller objects which have been found in the excavations, and specimens of the different marbles and alabasters. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z One looks half enviously at recumbent alabaster bishops and kneeling marble knights, even at dim grotesques, who have rested in the heart of that grave beauty, in that atmosphere of prayer and chant, so long. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z The "pictures in stone" were doubtless the alabaster images of the reredos, fragments of which are still preserved in the church, exquisite in modelling and colour. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z This figure is not to be confounded with an alabaster statue of Death that remained in the church-yard of the Innocents, when it was entirely destroyed in 1786. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Yet men declare that her face has the clear whiteness of alabaster, her eyes are like the moon, and her hair like a floating, silken veil. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z The tribune and high altar retain fragments of rich marbles and alabasters; the episcopal throne also remains in its place. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Here the corpse of the king rested in a sarcophagus of alabaster, which is covered with sculptures. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Its members were the painters, guilders, stainers, and alabaster men of the city. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Alas! the tender father meant to cherish a vestal flame in a vase of alabaster; in reality, he was trying to imprison the lightning in the cloud. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The torches flared in the strong currents of air which ventilated the cavern, and their smoky light was reflected brilliantly from all the irregular, alabaster surfaces. The Lost Gold of the Montezumas A Story of the Alamo 2012-01-19T03:00:22.827Z And there is neither jasper nor alabaster, black marble, or white, or parti-coloured, which the Ghetto antiquarian is not able to match. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Thirty-two statues of the kings in silver, brass, and alabaster, I took from Shushan. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z It was soon finished, ornamented with Egyptian alabaster and Italian marbles, and the body of St. Clare was laid there to be venerated by the faithful. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z It was used in windows, though by no means exclusively, mica, alabaster and shells having been also employed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The daylight stole mellowed on the eye through a bower of flowering orange trees and myrtles; or alabaster lamps imitated the softness of moonshine. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The pavement of this room was of oriental alabaster, of which fragments remain. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Mary has her alabaster box close at hand! The Great Painters' Gospel Pictures Representing Scenes and Incidents in the Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2012-01-07T03:00:14.777Z The article is then removed from the mould, and powdered starch or sugar is dusted over it to destroy the gloss and give it the appearance of alabaster. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z There are mysterious lamps which only burn under an alabaster globe. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z Pure gypsum is colourless or white, but it is often tinted, especially in the alabaster variety, grey, yellow or pink. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z A splendid chapel on the right was built 1868;—two of its alabaster pillars were the gift of Pius IX. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z She remembered him with some little difficulty, smiled, and holding out her alabaster hand, said gently: "Do you see any trace of the soap-suds?" Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z The mosque is modern and very gorgeous with alabaster columns, a profusion of gay rugs, stained windows, and crystal chandeliers. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z It was a delicious spot, furniture and draperies being in the most perfect taste; an alabaster globe hanging from the ceiling cast a soft light upon everything. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z There are large limestone quarries in the vicinity and also an alabaster quarry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z The ground is littered with fragments of marbles and alabaster, which lie unheeded among the vegetables, relics of unknown edifices which once existed here. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Another wing of p. 55this huge building designed by Michael Angelo contains an altar enriched with alabaster, amethyst, and other precious stones. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z Here are thrown, carelessly, cruelly, wantonly, costly stones of marble, alabaster, or granite, removed from the interior of the church, because there is no representative to plead for their safety. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z I myself was still overshadowed by the reputation of my great predecessor Beau Melon whose alabaster bust consecrates the Assembly Rooms. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The style is early Decorated, and a rich ornamentation is carried out in Italian marble, serpentine and alabaster. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z This is, perhaps, the worst of all the papal monuments—a hideous figure of Death is pushing aside an alabaster curtain and exhibiting his hour-glass to the kneeling pope. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Shoes, slippers, alabaster work, shell work, tin gondolas concealing inkstands, nets, bracelets, necklaces,—all these things are offered to you in succession, together with allumettes, cigars, journals, and caramels, or candied fruits strung upon straws. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Her head was like a glowing alabaster lamp set at the top of that column. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z In the mountains immediately surrounding the city of Granada 335 occur many kinds of alabaster, some very fine; there are also quantities of jasper and other precious stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Here a pin; the throat a little more open to show the beautiful alabaster neck; a few ringlets on her brow carelessly escaping from among the orange flowers; a button that needed fastening. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z It is supported by four pillars of Oriental alabaster, presented by Mehemet Ali, pasha of Egypt. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Windows were at first filled with thin slices of talc or alabaster, or sometimes vellum. Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church 2011-11-11T03:00:36.693Z The alabaster basins still shed their diamond drops; and the twelve lions which support them cast forth their crystal streams as in the days of Boabdil. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z One might have fancied her a beautiful alabaster statue, but for the two beautiful bandeaus of black and lustrous hair which were drawn around her charming face. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Taking little and big together, Dutch clocks, cuckoo clocks, châlet clocks, skeleton clocks, and pendules in ormolu, bronze, marble, ebony, and alabaster cases, there were exactly thirty-two. A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest 2011-10-12T02:00:51.367Z The soffits of all the windows, which are filled with thin slabs of alabaster, are adorned by a deep red, and a black and white pattern on a gold ground. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The alabaster breaker was there, but oxidized, dulled; the cobalt had become gray-black, and by the same alchemy the emerald shallows were reset with a mosaic of age-dimmed jade. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z A little disappointed, he found himself in a room lighted with alabaster lamps. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z Both were breathless, both were rosy; and Bob, who came in behind them, was panting, with half a yard of tongue—well, perhaps, not quite so much—hanging red over his alabaster teeth. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z She was pale, with the anæmic pallor of alabaster, the pallor of our jaded society-girls; and her hands moved feverishly and restlessly, as though the fingers were constantly seeking an object for their butterfly sensitiveness.... The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z The windows of the aisles are all filled, or partly filled, with thin slabs of alabaster. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z As for me, I was sent to one of the shops, or else to pound up alabaster, or to carry bricks, which last job I had for two months together. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z At length they came to her dressing-room, situated in front of the chamber, in which two alabaster lamps were throwing a pale, mysterious light. Count Br?hl 2011-10-06T02:00:41.430Z On an altar-tomb at the west-end are the effigies, in alabaster, of a warrior and a lady; and on another, is the mutilated figure of a female in a recumbent posture: both are without inscription. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z We shall live in a house of alabaster, which is transparent, but only to those inside. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z The lights, forming the tympanums of the porches, are thin sheets of alabaster. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z Almazoff had a right to despise us gentlemen, and to boast of his superior skill in pounding the alabaster. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Long waves of lustrous hair framed a face white as alabaster, and the large brown eyes were staring at Jepson with an expression of dread. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z The hectic flush of humiliation didn't mantle the alabaster countenances of the Gut stewards to any huge extent when the 1 to 5 shot was beaten a furlong. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z But it was above all the daturas whose pendant alabaster goblets poured forth a giddiness, an intoxication of heavy scents, around which the great Atlas moths flew slowly hovering. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z Magnificent columns of Egyptian alabaster presented by Mehemet Ali, Viceroy of Egypt, support the baldacchino over the high altar. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z The fragile alabaster soon became a white, brilliant dust. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z You shall see it; pictures, mirrors, marble, alabaster, are there mingled with silk, velvet and the most precious stuffs. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z In that darkness, I behold Thee, like an alabaster statuette. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z A record of the conquest was engraved on an alabaster vase discovered by the French Expedition to Babylonia, but unfortunately lost in the Tigris. A Primer of Assyriology 2011-09-14T02:00:47.990Z Clear and white as alabaster, with no mark of scald or burn upon it, shone the beautiful member. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z Sometimes, for instance, to break and pound alabaster. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z She stopped before an alabaster clock which bore a little love. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Fleet smiles come fleet and faster And web the willing soul; Warm breasts of alabaster Have snared it as a whole. The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics 2011-09-11T02:00:09.677Z A bronze frog serves as greeter; an alabaster sunflower dwarfs the display cases. | Soho: At the Compleat Sculptor in SoHo, Marble and Inspiration 2011-09-09T02:26:39Z Hilda was frightened by the mystery of the warning, but continued on her way, through a long and winding passage in the rocks, dimly lighted here and there by hanging lamps of alabaster. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z The day following, when the alabaster was entirely calcined, we turned it out. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z “And this”—bending tenderly over the soap-dish and heaping it with roses—“is purest alabaster encrusted with gems.” A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time 2011-09-09T02:01:08.700Z Shall I delight her of the alabaster forehead with a tale? 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z “Nothing else,” said the Indian, showing a row of teeth like alabaster; “I have floated all the rest of the ammunition down stream.” Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z As he spoke, the dog lifted one lip, and showed such a display of alabaster teeth, that Jeannie was glad to retire without raising the rent. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The shed in which we calcined the alabaster was built on a sloping and deserted bank of the river. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Talk av white decks, boys! ours were alabaster, and the copper nails in her weren’t copper at all, but the purest av gold, and the brass work the same. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z He is beside himself with terror, and his fright increases when he happens to notice the floor of the Heavenly Courthouse; it is all alabaster set with diamonds. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Her vest of gold Broidered with flowers, and clasped from head to foot, An emerald stone in every golden clasp, And on her brow, fairer than alabaster, A coronet of pearls.... English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z If you lifted Wasp up in your arms to have a look at him, he flashed his alabaster teeth in your face one moment, and fleshed them in your nose the next. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Our work consisted in heating the oven in order to calcine the alabaster that we had got together in a heap. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The snow-cap on the brink, with the water gushing forth from under it, has much the appearance of a gigantic alabaster gargoyle. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Imagine a pair of sad, soft, dreamy eyes in an alabaster white face and under a hair-band. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Upon the surface of the water floated the magnificent Victoria water-lily, the broad leaves extending for six or ten feet, and the flowers just closing their alabaster cups in sleep. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z And as such alabaster flasks were commonly sealed in making, and only to be opened by breaking off the neck, she crushed the cruse between her hands and poured it on His head. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z Each one filled a box of alabaster, which he afterwards crushed. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Then, suddenly, without a perceptible premonitory fading of the shadow plane, the whole snow-field becomes a shining sheet, as white and clear-cut as thought carved from alabaster. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z I was surprised at the beauty of the female, whose raven shining hair formed an admirable contrast with the deep carmine of her cheeks and lips, and the transparent alabaster of her delicate skin. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z It is made of alabaster and Caen stone, and is supported on marble pillars. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z The chapel was empty and dark; only two candles were burning before the altar, casting rosy and golden gleams on the face of Christ, cut from alabaster and full of sweetness and suffering. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z On a sea of gold, strewn with ice islands of ultramarine and alabaster, whales spouted and walrus shouted. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z She was no Herodias, calling for the head of an enemy, but the humble Mary, breaking the alabaster box to anoint the martyr of her cause; weeping at His cross and watching at His grave. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Then too an alabaster box of ointment Shall of its own accord approach the bather, And sponges suitable, and also slippers. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The monument, which is highly decorative, consists of an effigy of the bishop lying on an altar-tomb of marble and alabaster. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z Holding my grandfather's hand I stood before you, and dared to kiss your forehead white as alabaster. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z The jutting pinnacles of others seemed like oriental minarets of alabaster fretted with old gold. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z And they will continue to break the alabaster box. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z The same Revisionists have also fallen foul of the “alabaster box of ointment.”—for which they have substituted “an alabaster cruse of ointment.” The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The reredos, of Staffordshire alabaster, replacing one the existence of which at the east end is clearly indicated, is of a very uncommon design, by Mr C. E. Kempe. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z "They have some kind of alabaster, marble, cement, etc., but these substances are as different from ours as the web of a spider is different from our linen." The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z The alabaster and ultramarine blue of the icebergs was veiled in gray. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Take of bees' wax one pound, of rosin half a pound, and three quarters of a pound of alabaster. The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner 2011-07-12T02:00:30.643Z Amber-belted through the night Swings the alabaster moon, Like a big magnolia white On the fragrant heart of June. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z The slab is of Serpentine stone, with a brass cross inlaid, and there are alabaster plaques representing the Crucifixion, the Entombment, the Resurrection, and the Ascension. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z Here, in a palace built of alabaster, lived one whom the people called the greatest king on earth. In God's Garden Stories of the Saints for Little Children 2011-07-10T02:00:24.773Z Beneath a handsome alabaster monument, at the further end of the chapel, repose the ashes of Sir Richard Herbert, of Coldbrook, and his wife. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z Melt the wax and rosin, then strew the alabaster, previously reduced to a fine powder, over in it lightly. The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner 2011-07-12T02:00:30.643Z Once again the summer weaves on her magic loom, Cloth of clover,—fairy web of wheat;— Only Mary's alabaster box of perfume Ever made the passing wind more sweet. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z Then sitting near her, he placed his palm on her hands, which were as pale as alabaster, and asked,— "Is it pleasant for thee here, carissima?" Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The little Alice put her delicate and alabaster hand about her parent's face, and patted it to express her gratitude or warm affection. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Her eyes were of a serene summer blue, arched over by brows some shades darker than the radiant tresses that fell on either cheek, and were parted over a brow smoother than alabaster. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Heat the cement and the alabaster, which should be perfectly dry, when applied join and keep it bound a week. The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner 2011-07-12T02:00:30.643Z The mantelpiece was of white alabaster and hung with looped drapery of peacock-blue brocade, lustrous and pompous and ball-fringed, dating from 1889. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The roofs of the houses in Eisenach were white with it, and the carvings of spire and tower seemed inlaid with alabaster. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z With backs deeply arched they bounded over the face of the desert like so many alabaster discs—mingling, separating and re-combining in a tracery of flying arabesques. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Then above, often penetrating into the low-lying clouds, the crowning glory of alabaster peaks whose snowy sheen dazed the wondering eyes raised towards them. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Round the chapel, known as the Dean's Chapel, there was a fine copper railing decorated with small alabaster figures. Ypres and the Battles of Ypres 2011-05-27T02:00:14.743Z Among other relics, is also to be found here the alabaster vase or rather one of the vases, in which the Saviour turned the water into wine at the marriage in Cana. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Between the windows two narrow gold-framed mirrors with marble ledges reached up to the ceiling, the right hand one of which bore a fairly cheerful alabaster group, the other a water bottle and medicine glasses. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z His gamashes were now pulled up to the middle of his leg, which really seemed to be of snowy alabaster. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z It takes on carved and graven shapes, and might be a sublimated building material, a fairy alabaster or marble, 182 fit to built the palaces in the clouds. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z She stopped in the narrow passage, just by a niche containing a tall and bilious-complexioned alabaster vase, with scraggly arms, which had always impressed her as giving the house a great advantage over other boarding-houses. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Here and there I saw a mass resembling a font, filled with water of exquisite purity, or raised oval or oblong basins representing alabaster baths, wherein none but vestal virgins might enter. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z They floated out of the ball-room into a conservatory of exquisite blossom, where tropic plants of gorgeous hues, and plashing fountains, under the white light of alabaster lamps, made a sort of garden of Eden. Sir Noel's Heir A Novel 2011-04-24T02:00:07.013Z The venerable Montesinos having conducted me into the crystal palace, led me into a spacious ground-room, exceeding cool, and all of alabaster. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z Q. Why is your pretty cousin like an alabaster vase? Mr. Punch in Bohemia 2011-04-16T02:00:17.803Z After implements were made of copper, vases of alabaster, diorite, &c., were worked with increasing skill and taste. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z At the entrance of the sanctuary was a stone coffer, which contained two small alabaster slabs thickly covered with cuneiform writing. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Their floors were of alabaster, their walls of porphyry, and their ceilings inlaid with coral. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z The English poet preferred to be thought to resemble "an alabaster vase lighted up within." Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z There at last, with the breaking of the alabaster, she dissolves in tears, and her heart finds peace. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z And her brows of alabaster shone As pure as Mary's of Bethlehem. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z Among them are huge vases of alabaster and granite, which were dedicated by a certain king Besh in the year when he conquered the people of Northern Egypt. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z She beheld a perfectly molded figure, unusually tall, with the delicious tint of flesh like alabaster glowing warmly through the gauzy folds of the simple black chiffon of which her gown was composed. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z There are swans in china, in marble, in alabaster, in gold and silver, on the tables, on the mantels and brackets, painted, embroidered on cushions and footstools,—everywhere you find them. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z He looked at the face beside him; it was white as alabaster. At Large 2011-03-27T02:00:14.907Z The interior is lighted by double windows, divided by columns of white marble and alabaster. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The woman and her two companions bade me good night, snuffed the candles in the candelabrum, and left me for light a single alabaster lamp, which threw a pale illumination over the spacious room. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The luxurious arts flourished everywhere; sculpture in alabaster, faience, gilt woodwork, metal work, stamped leather, much music, magnificent painting, beautiful printing and bindings, fine crockery, fine vintages. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The alabaster, ivory, porphyry, jet, that lent an admirable beauty to the outward building, entertained me with but half pleasure, since they stood there only to make sport for ruin. The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Its fracture is hard and white internally, like a broken piece of alabaster. The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods 2011-02-28T03:00:33.843Z Builded of marble, lofty, turretted, It looms beneath the moonlight o'er the trees Like some etherial castle in the skies, Limned in white alabaster, glistening, grand, Unreal, weird, not made by mortal hands. Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en 2011-02-28T03:00:33.577Z Such a neck and shoulders!—polished alabaster, dashed with orange blossoms, is a very poor comparison; it would be better to say that they resembled petrified light, tinted with the morning blush of roses! Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z The whole mountain range from Bunder Maryah to Cape Guardufoi is composed of limestone and marble, and near the latter place especially the marble is so white and pure that it approaches to alabaster. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z She has chosen beautiful bowls that look like alabaster. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z There his eyes lighted on a stone covered with a number of delicate little cups, like alabaster vases, each fastened to the rock by its stem. The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables 2011-02-23T03:00:29.860Z Sulphates.—Only two sulphates may be noticed—namely, gypsum, which is a sulphate of lime, with its varieties, selenite, satin-spar, and alabaster; and barytes, a sulphate of baryta. Geology 2011-02-20T03:00:12.660Z This seems proved even by the various materials which have been employed—ivory, alabaster, amber; in one case even an ostrich egg. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z I opened the door accordingly and looked out in the direction, of the alabaster staircase. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z These were covered either with marble or alabaster, making a fine smooth surface. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z This woman brought an alabaster box of ointment. The Nation Behind Prison Bars 2011-02-10T03:00:55.530Z Against one of the window-panes hung a painting on glass, depicting a bouquet of flowers in an alabaster jar. Far Off Things 2011-02-04T03:00:19.967Z He carried in his hand a little black dog that his sister-in-law, Marie Stuart, had sent him from her prison, and on which his fingers looked as white as alabaster. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z He led us through a spacious hall containing pillars of white marble, whence we passed into a waiting-room, immediately to the right of a distinctly imposing alabaster staircase. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Cloisters, supported by columns of alabaster, surround it on three sides. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Little Tom crawled inside and admired the great hall, beautifully arched from the finest alabaster, standing under the wonderful tree with its golden fruit. Little Tom 2011-02-02T03:00:21.113Z He did not like his apartment, which was ornamented with an alabaster time-piece. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z There was one woman long ago—a woman with a box of alabaster—who was forgiven because she loved much.... She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z Franz was picking up pebbles and alabasters, some because they were so pretty, some to strike sparks in the dark, and some, he insisted, were 'gold.' The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The interior of the mosque is also of alabaster and is surmounted by a lofty dome supported on four massive square pillars. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Her rounded shoulder and bosom were like the sculptured alabaster—rendered yet more white and polished by the soft, dark tresses, by which they were partially covered. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z In the church are preserved several pieces of carved alabaster, the intention of which is not known, and in the graveyard lies a large stone coffin. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Funeral vestments were prepared; their bodies were washed* with rose-water; their beautiful tresses were braided and incensed; and they were wrapped in cymars whiter than alabaster. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z It is a grass-grown Roman amphitheatre, whence alabaster statues of Adrian’s day have been disinterred. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z More stalls, more Tunbridge and alabaster fossils, more echoes, more commands not to smoke, more gas light, and more desolate-looking people. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z Pale she looked, as if her features were of sculptured alabaster; but as she turned her countenance full upon him, he could not be mistaken in their identity. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Skateboards joined the percussion section as they clattered and skidded under the illuminated alabaster of the triumphal arch. | Pageant in the Park 2010-08-18T14:17:00Z She replied, Good:—and the mistress of the house seated herself upon a couch of alabaster, overlaid with gold and silver, and said to the portress and the cateress, Now perform your parts. The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments Her face, her form, her auburn ringlets, falling over a neck of alabaster!—where might man find their equal? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 If I had power I would forever banish and exclude from America all gold, silver, precious stones, alabaster, marble, silk, velvet, and lace. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams The Luxor Temple had them in all sizes, and of all materials, from granite to alabaster. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The minerals worked include copper, quicksilver, manganese, cobalt, porcelain clay, alabaster, graphite. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis A variety of carbonate of lime, closely resembling alabaster in appearance, is used for similar purposes under the name of Oriental alabaster. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The earth wrapped in an alabaster mantle, the folds of which are the folds of beauty and enchantment. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 One hears about an important alabaster quarry, situated in the northwestern part of Gozo, but the author did not visit it. The Story of Malta Sinclair trifled for a moment with an exquisite specimen of artificial flowers, adorning an alabaster vase; but he gave no answer. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 Whose alabaster broke amid her tears And her torn hair, forbade me with a voice. Yolanda of Cyprus It may be distinguished from true alabaster by being too hard to be scratched with the nail. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide A custodia, or sacramental tabernacle, was likewise to be made of alabaster and marble, and placed between statues of himself and the empress. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 Ah! well, we are none of us pure alabaster, though some of the sepulchres do contrive to whiten themselves up astonishingly. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories A clock of white alabaster, pure as the heart of Loretta. Glories of Spain The alabaster image of the Blessed Virgin kept turning to a paper thing, kept nodding at him like a zany. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Ever and anon he stopped breath-still to listen. 142Passing through the same alabaster cavern that had so impressed the Spanish boy, his eye caught the bandanna Pedro had dropped in the left-hand passageway. Unexplored! They waltzed out of the ball-room into a conservatory of exquisite blossom, where tropic plants of gorgeous hues, and plashing fountains, under the white light of alabaster lamps, made a sort of garden of Eden. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir The halls of the palace are vast; they are paved in marble or in mosaics, and are ornamented with colonnades of jasper, porphyry and alabaster surmounted with capitals of gilded bronze. The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter In the centre, and side by side, were two alabaster slabs, each about seven feet long by three in width. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance Henriette, white as an alabaster statue, leaned on the arm of her less agitated friend; but at the first step she swayed. Marguerite de Valois This dripstone, as the material of the formation is termed, began as soft carbonate of lime; it hardens into gypsum or, sometimes, alabaster, or calcite. Unexplored! Black eyes, jetty ringlets, rosy cheeks, alabaster brow," thought Mr. Warden, taking stock; "the smile of an angel, and dressed to perfection. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir She shrugged her shoulders, alabaster white, rising from the unrelieved black of her velvet gown. The Missioner More lovely in death than in life, the fine-cut features seemed like the most exquisite work of the sculptor carved in translucent alabaster. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs A night lamp burned in an alabaster globe suspended from the ceiling; but it was evident that the room had not been occupied. Marguerite de Valois "Yes, sir, you're quite correct," said that individual, advancing from the misty twilight of the room, which was only partly lighted by a single alabaster lamp. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) A winter sing, take thee to stay, say mountain to me and alabaster. Geography and Plays Against the sombre black of her dress, her neck and bosom shone like alabaster. The Missioner "Whither art thou leading me?" asked Demetrius, as they stood before a palace of snowy marble which, bathed in the mellow radiance of the rising moon, seemed transformed into translucent alabaster. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs The central hall and grand staircase of Gezireh are superb; alabaster, onyx, and malachite adorn like jewels the beautiful marbles, which came from Carrara. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu The woman who came to Christ with that alabaster box, I venture to say, never thought of herself. Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Dizzy, intoxicated with love and ambition, I crossed the room to where she sat reeling off a skein of blue silk with hands that were whiter than alabaster. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The absolute devotedness of her love found a fit symbol in the alabaster box or vase which she had to break that the ointment might flow out. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II Clearer and clearer to the view rose the seven-hilled city's pride, the snowy marble peristyles and pediments of palace and temple, gleaming in the rosy light like transparent alabaster. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs This was a lovely girl, her age scarcely eighteen years: her forehead, fair as alabaster, was shaded by two braids of dark brown hair, which hung back in heavy locks upon her neck and shoulders. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) The Court of the Lions is the most beautiful, with its alabaster fountain resting on the crouching lions; the Hall of the Abencerrages witnessed a famous massacre; show pictures of these two rooms. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. Vases of frosted rose, Of limpid alabaster, Filled with the mountain snows; Goblets of mother-of-pearl, One filigree silver-swirl; Vessels of gold foamed up With spray of spar on the cup. One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue You must study the fixing of metals, making gold, must gather falling-stars so as to extract the materia prima, collect the night-dews in buckets, with which the Princess may wash her alabaster neck ... Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Belzoni, and the tomb of Cephrenes and its alabaster sarcophagus, were floating through my brain, when all at once I found the passage choked up and effectually stopped. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. Pure in spirit and humble she chose a plain block of marble or alabaster, to cover her grave, screened by a delicately wrought white marble. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 His effigy of white alabaster impresses you at first with a sense of profound repose. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History In the corner stands an alabaster angel holding in its hand a fresh bunch of flowers every day. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Indeed, had the Assyrian inscriptions been confined to those engraved on the alabaster bulls and other monuments of Nineveh, our knowledge of the language would always have remained comparatively limited. Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments It was accompanied by frost and a fierce wind, and the drift swept and whirled like awful pillars of alabaster, down the hills, and along the glens— "Sweeping the flocks and herds." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative For alabaster the principal quarry was that of Hanub in the desert 10 m. behind El Amarna, but it was obtained elsewhere in the limestone region, including a spot near Alexandria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The tomb is surrounded by small, finely executed alabaster statues representing mourning kings, queens, and relations of the dead prince. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History A lamp of pale red glass is burning in the balcony room; the little alabaster statue is smiling; Pranken has another lamp brought to him; he will wait. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine In the vestry is a neat old painted carving, in alabaster. A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811 This living mass of alabaster, the work of Gil de Silo�, son of the celebrated Diego, presents in its general plan the form of a star. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. These tubular drills were used from the IVth Dynasty down to late times, in all materials from alabaster up to carnelian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The effigies in white alabaster are very small, only about twenty inches long: but they are in full costume of the time. The Children of Westminster Abbey Studies in English History At length Pranken takes out his card, and leaves it on the bouquet which the alabaster statue holds in its hand; he leaves the place. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Quickly succeeding this, the same pyramid of alabaster, which I had seen from the summit of Telegraph Hill late in the afternoon, rose gradually upon the view. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Two alabaster monuments, belonging to the family of Medina C�li, were also removed; they are placed in a church at present under repair. The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. These are worked in brown basalt, syenite, porphyry, alabaster and limestone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" We next saw the new mosque, built by Mohammed Ali, of beautifully veined alabaster. What We Saw in Egypt The figure is of alabaster, with pyramidal head-dress, gown richly embroidered and gilt, and mantle, on which are traces of crimson colour, the head rests on a cushion originally guarded by angels. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West The actual scenery around me entirely disappeared, and I beheld an immense pyramid of alabaster, reared to the very stars, upon whose sides I saw inscribed a faithful history of the past. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Only Brandog of Hulpin seemed ruffled, and it would be many moments before her albino skin looked again like soft alabaster. Earthsmith The materials are quartz crystal, basalt, porphyry, syenite, granite, volcanic ash, various metamorphics, serpentine, slate, dolomite marble, alabaster, many coloured marbles, saccharine marble, grey and white limestones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The Diamond Cave is one of the most splendid, for it is lined with walls and pillars of alabaster that sparkle in the torchlight with crystals that look like veritable diamonds. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The material used is alabaster, and from the few traces left of the more sheltered portions, was originally of very beautiful workmanship, heightened with gold. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West It stood like an alabaster stele in the center of an immense chamber arranged like a theater-in-the-round. The Ambassador In a large and splendid chamber, whose only light was a small lamp within a globe of alabaster, Charles Edward lay, full-dressed, upon his bed. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The alabaster statue of Amenardus of the XXVth is faulty in pose, and perfunctory in modelling; the resemblance between this and the head of her nephew Tirhaka is perhaps the best evidence of truthful work. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Great tales the miners told of the wonder and the beauty of these caverns, the walls of which were supported by arching alabaster columns and wonderful domes, of indescribable beauty of form and colouring. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place There are two other effigies, also in this church, sculptured in alabaster. The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West Then the alabaster stele in the center of the floor came abruptly to life. The Ambassador A marble vestibule, supported by a colonade of porphyry, led him to a broad alabaster stair-case, which was surmounted by a gilded and richly ornamented balustrade. Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist No vermilion can vie with their lips, which are continually sending forth the most bewitching smiles, as if expressly to display teeth as white as alabaster. Oriental Women Sculptures of marble from Italy, of porphyry and alabaster from Egypt, and porcelain vases from China, etc., adorned the corridors and niches of the halls of the main building. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant Preserve Mr. Punch's, of course, but rebuild it in alabaster, and make it the feature of the scene. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But above and over all, against the sky, rose the mountains—the Bernese Alps, like alabaster walls, the gates of which, flung back, would open heavenward. An American Girl Abroad For towards the king's son, with a noble step, as an alabaster Hebe might have stepped down from her marble pedestal, advanced Felicitas. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 A round table stood in the centre, supporting alabaster ornaments, volumes of Wilkes' Exploring Expedition, and a richly-bound Bible in the native dialect, presented by that estimable philanthropist, Elizabeth Fry. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia "Asteroid alabaster or hydroponic grapes and several other things, but no whiskoff that will leave your face feeling like skin." Tangle Hold While thus speaking, the little man had produced a second pipe of alabaster glass, filled it with crushed pine cones, and lighted it by holding a large burning-glass in the sun. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace At least my countenance may win from thee A reflex of that alabaster cold That stones thy brow, and pale in kindred woe! Blooms of the Berry The texture of these stalactites, when examined by daylight, resembles alabaster, thus the leaves, flowers, sprigs, are perfectly beautiful. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 She was as slender as a boy of a race unknown to Charles—without warmth, without impulses, fashioned delicately for rooms hung in peacock silks and courtyards of fretted alabaster and burnished cedar. The Bright Shawl Several people wept here, and wiped their eyes on their alabaster hands. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories Heads are slightly projected from the boxes at this movement, and many an alabaster neck is curved forward till the lowered drapery reveals the snowy bosom. Physiology of The Opera But, oh, thy face! pale, pale its marble gleams Thro' the thick night! and low the serpent wreathes And twists his scaly coils that livid hang Above thee alabaster as a shrine!— Blooms of the Berry The walls of the various buildings were all wainscotted with alabaster slabs, upon which were representations of battles, sieges, triumphal processions, and similar events in the life of ancient Assyria. The Christian View of the Old Testament A stone slab chequered with white and black squares lay in the basket, with a number of figures of alabaster and black marble. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. This fact is indicated by an eloquent void on our alabaster tablets of bishops of London in the south aisle of this church. The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 The slaves served them with wine in horn-shaped flagons of alabaster, which permitted a slender stream to gurgle from its spout, so that they need not lift themselves to drink. Sónnica Amber-belted through the night Floats the alabaster moon, Stooping o'er th' acacia white Where my mandolin I tune. Blooms of the Berry The most famous inscription of this king is the one on the so-called Black Obelisk, an alabaster monolith found at Nimrud in 1846. The Christian View of the Old Testament You shall cleanse these rooms that you have defiled, until they are as pure as they appeared when you looked on them through the alabaster wall. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children It was as pure as alabaster, and probably has not a rival in the world. Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 A white cupid spilled from a shell a stream of water like tender falling tear-drops, caught in an alabaster basin. Sónnica We had been schoolfellows and intimate friends; and, when he left home, ten years before, he was a handsome, vigorous young fellow, with hair dark as a raven's wing, and a brow clear as alabaster. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 At these words she looked at me as coldly as if she had become an alabaster statue. Eyes Like the Sea Sure enough, a part of the alabaster wall slid back, so that the children were able to look into the room beyond. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children The alabaster vase was still perfect in form, but the lamp that had hitherto burned within, lending a rosy glow to clay, had fluttered and expired, and the change was painful indeed. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The large Mosque of Mehemet Ali, on the heights, is built of pure alabaster and carpeted with costly rugs. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise He continued on around the room until he came to a glassed-in case that held some rare alabaster figures. The Egyptian Cat Mystery Yet I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children In course of time she arrived at the alabaster pillars, and, passing out between them, she found Tom the Cat awaiting her. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children I can not stay here, seeing him daily trample my alabaster and ointment under his feet. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part In the Royal Chapel of the Cathedral, upon an alabaster mausoleum decorated with fine carving, lie the effigies of Ferdinand and Isabella. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise One room was crowded with alabaster carvings, any one of which would have rated a whole room to itself in a modern American museum. The Egyptian Cat Mystery "No!" said she, going toward Timéa, and bringing her face, red with anger, as close to the other's alabaster cheek as if she would set it on fire. Timar's Two Worlds Sometimes he would amuse himself with looking through the alabaster walls into the outer rooms, Cada and Bra. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Here was no water; but in its place was a floor of alabaster, from which arose a great variety of pure white stalagmites, to meet each its twin stalactite pendent from above. Cudjo's Cave The soft, creamy alabaster gives them the appearance of sleeping. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise “A frown upon that alabaster brow, a pout upon those rosy lips; and all for nothing!” Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time Walk to the nearest spring run on such a morning, and you can see the Colorado valley and the great cañons of the West in miniature, carved in alabaster. A Year in the Fields Now the sword seemed to be brandished about the great lamp, its point against the children, who shrank back in fear towards the alabaster wall. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children She was of purest white, the white of alabaster, but with a texture and warmth that stone does not have. Where the World is Quiet Twelve weatherbeaten marble lions in the center of the Court of Lions uphold a large alabaster basin in which were caught, in times gone by, the falling waters of the fountain above it. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise They saw "the gentle babes ... girdling one another Within their alabaster innocent arms: Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, And, in their summer beauty, kiss'd each other." The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare Christmas-day at Rome, as cold and crisp as any Northern festival, with a piercing Tramontane wind sweeping across the piazza, the Alban Hills snow-crested, as if cut in alabaster, and the fountains fringed with icicles. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 By and by the cat came to two lofty pillars of plain white alabaster, and there he stopped. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Then he tried to revive her by imprinting long, passionate kisses upon her alabaster cheek. The Grandee We admired the intricately carved alabaster bath-rooms and wondered if their neatness had ever been disturbed. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise A deep fosse and a wall barred the further end of the cave; but he broke a passage through, and found a second vault, in which stood an alabaster sarcophagus, covered with hieroglyphics. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. She wondered a moment at the silver hair, the motionless hands, alabaster but for the blue veins, the frailty of the whole, and its long past of eighty years, those years of strange vicissitude. When Ghost Meets Ghost So off she started, and after passing between the alabaster pillars she came to a road on which the gold-dust lay an inch thick; for it seldom rains in the centre of the earth. Yellow-Cap and Other Fairy-Stories For Children Her body, her breast, her arms, her neck retained the same alabaster hue, the same adorable brilliancy, the mark of a fine and beautiful race. The Grandee |
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