| 单词 | palace |
| 例句 | Which meant that no one else had discovered that it was a palace in disguise. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Through it all she flew in the little aircraft, gaining height little by little, and always moving on toward the cloud-hung palace. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She immediately led him down to the hospital section of the palace to be treated. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside the city walls they camped with their vast herds, raising palaces of woven grass, eating everything in sight, and making the good folk of Pentos more anxious with every passing day. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It would be a daunting task just to enter the Inner City, much less find the palace and the king. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Glass was expensive, and large sheets of it were prodigal of heat in these fierce latitudes; so to see them here was evidence of wealth and influence far greater than Iofur Raknison’s vulgar palace. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They were accompanied by a middle-aged woman who had been Aurelia’s nurse when she was younger, and who now lived in retirement in the palace and assumed privileges that no one had given her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Mount Olympus,” I said “You’re telling me there really is a palace there?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The two destinations could mean only one thing: The royal emissary was on a tour to assign pottery commissions for the palace! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And then Mother would say that she was sure the kite was flying so high that the Jade Emperor, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, could admire my kite from his palace window. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Skyscrapers were going up everywhere, and movie palaces and hotels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Haydn was setting Beethoven counterpoint exercises while on summer retreat at the palace of Eisenstadt. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "I heard the princess ran the old favorite out of the palace." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I dreamed I was with Luke, walking through the dark palace on top of Mount Tam. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I made some excuses and wove through the crowds that were dancing in the palace courtyards. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I like the Sea King’s palace better,” he said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In the distance she could see the pale spires of the palace, windows lit with hundreds of candles in the dark night, presiding over the merriment in the Square like a distant, decorous Fairy Queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Each princess, when she came down to bathe in the palace lake, would slip her rings for safekeeping on the tail of her attendant cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They have a modest home, but it was a palace com-pared to the places I had lived in recently. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "We will keep our own watch so long as we are here. See that no one enters this wing of the palace without my leave, and take care that the dragons are always well guarded." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He’d brought back spectacular photographs, of a palace built on a lake. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It cheered when the lights came on within the Court of Honor and all the palaces became outlined in gold. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’m used to slinking into strange villages, strange palaces, and houses—it was my job in the old days. If you know what I mean.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z In March 1891 Burnham ordered tests to gauge how well the soil would support the grand palaces then on the architects’ drafting tables. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I dally in the palace garden to gather a few more things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Before the journey ended, Catherine would be able to sleep anywhere, on the ground, in a haystack, under a bush, and this rat-infested fodder house would loom in her memory like a king’s palace. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “As for me, I will grab even this smalt chance to get a decent man in the palace,” said Auntie. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Will I be able to accept that I'm meant to be here, instead of at the palace? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Night-lanterns shine bright as the watching moon; the glow clings to the curved hedges arched over us, and skims the surface of the palace river ahead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Taisin was continuing on to the palace, where she would stay until they departed a week from now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We venture into the palace wing on gilded walkways that feel like massive bridges. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her family had been given rooms adjoining hers, but the palace was so large that she could hardly believe they were sleeping under the same roof. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The visitors who came to Venice to see the palaces and churches were always losing things. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "This is the west wing of the palace. The residential homes of the royal family are here." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At daybreak his son Telamon woke him saying that a great host of men was approaching the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nancy lived at the palace too, and commanded a legion of servants, several of whom were in charge of polishing stair rails for their sliding monarchs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The woman had been a palace fixture since she’d been engaged as a wet nurse when Aurelia was born, and she had been interfering and even criticizing ever since. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She wrapped the bracelet in a silken cloth and crept from the palace. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z After this had taken place, there had been no visits to the palace for several days while the cub recovered. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a cinch to find the ancient palace because it was surrounded by huge red mud walls and had a very grand entryway. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Stepping foot in the historic glass palace with vaulted ceilings that offered unobstructed views of the dark night sky was a sight to behold. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They would ride to that crystal city where it is said that the fairies have their grandest palace, and she would know, at last, what Kathleen had known. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is this what happens in the palace every day?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z On the tiles, the mermaid guy in the crawfish chariot was coming closer to the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t return to his room, but made his way out of the main palace and across the grounds to the old church that was now the Chrysopoesium. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She looked as though she wanted to drop to her knees and embrace the entire palace as if it were a sad giant dog. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Sneaking out of the palace without security at two in the morning was, surprisingly, Henry’s idea. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Chumley Prep is the school over in the part of town where there’s a country club with a golf course and where all the homes look like palaces surrounded by gigantic oak trees. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Aru didn’t think it was possible to sympathize with a palace, and yet she did. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And it was when he got to the bit where El-ahrairah dresses up and pretends to be the doctor at King Darzin’s palace that I suddenly had an idea. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d walked along the great curve of the harbors known as the Lid, then down East Stave to see all the gambling palaces. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The vista of the city below was astounding—hill upon hill of buildings formed out of the same white stone that built this palace, every window sparkling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Cleopatra—historically known as Cleopatra VII—grew up with five sisters and brothers at the palace in Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The enemy army was closer now, entrenched only a few hundred yards outside the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “What if this is the original palace?” asked Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Some ships are docked at the palace pier—alive with light and late-night merchants and markets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He put the constitution in a drawer somewhere, up there in the palace. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The memory palace is a set of hooks, on which memories are deliberately hung as required and removed when done with. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “So . . . it’s not under the king’s palace in Crete anymore,” I guessed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He had seen her before, of course, when the Chancellor brought his family to the palace, but the King had never done more than keep track of her as a potentially useful tool. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Goebbels had promptly remodeled and expanded the house—the hundred-year-old former palace of the marshals of the Prussian court—to make it even grander than it had been. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Her mother had decided it was better for her to learn the terrible news from her than from palace gossip. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z My eyes are still adjusting, but from what I can see, there is a network of passageways worming below the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sky god turned away in disgust and paced the edge of the palace roof. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The Huntsman led them inside the palace through doors as tall as a three-story building, and inside it was cool and comfortable beneath ceilings so high Kaede was sure she saw birds flying above her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She was too far away to hear the commotion when Julius reached the palace, entered by the servants’ door at the rear, and asked to see the Emperor. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel had seen the billion-strong flocks of blue starlings that wheeled at sunset around the palace of the Emperor K’ang-Po, but he had never seen so vast a multitude in all his life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When I picture you happy, I see you with your own apartment somewhere outside of the palace and a desk where you can write anthologies of queer history. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Ah, so sorry, but you’re not on the list,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then she drew a long line coming out from either side of the palace, stretching out across the landscape of the paper. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, Caesar asked to meet with Ptolemy, who was furious to find Cleopatra safe inside the palace, winning over the most powerful man in the world. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "The only palace I desire is the red castle at King's Landing, my lord Pyat." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We will ride directly to the palace,” he told them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As many times as I whispered to myself that this was a happy visit to the palace, one with the promise of good news, it doesn't feel like that. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “And yet you must leave again?” asked the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z People were shouting, gesturing to each other, beginning to run all in the same direction, southward, toward the palace. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Someday soon his new palace will look like this one, and the seas will rage unchecked.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Here we put in, lodged in the town and palace, while Aiolos played host to me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The domes of the city, Brother Cyrus said, were all connected by silk ribbons, and children balanced upon them like tightrope walkers, dashing from palace to palace in capes of colored feathers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They recorded their history in fabulous tapestries that hung on the palace walls, and had skillful knives and swords and such, which they used to conquer the neighboring tribes and enslave them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I attended a cotillion last night at the palace. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Their predecessors in this included the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Hittites, who all kept significant archives of clay cuneiform tablets in their palaces and temple precincts. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Then I turned to the palace where Bear was being held. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Olanna stared at the beggars clumped around the walls of the palace, their bodies and begging bowls covered in flies. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The more he shares, the more questions I have about his life before coming to the palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A veil covers me, an attempt at protection against the ever-present newsies and courtiers in the palace halls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The palace would send only an expert—a true connoisseur—to handle the task of commissioning work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was as though here were a palace long dead except that early lilies bloomed among the rocks of the gardens and the golden flowers of the early trees of spring blossomed upon bare branches. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “When he got to the palace, El-ahrairah demanded to see the captain of the guard. ‘You are to take me to the King,’ he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He left his pleasure palace and publicly berated Atawallpa at the front. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As a result, each new ruler had to build his own palace and acquire the riches necessary to maintain it till the end of time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even when it reached the grand staircase to the palace, the mussel continued, undaunted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They passed through an open stone court and the palace doors into a vaulted entry several stories high. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It also gave him a chance to ask Dulcet about the water system in the palace without seeming suspicious. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We catch up, back and forth, my children, his children; the insurance business, his practice in the capital; the old house I still live in, his new house near the old presidential palace. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She entered the palace through the front entrance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Fernlace is the fairy palace in the book, in case you don’t know. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “And only Arjuna,” continued the palace, “would’ve had the vision and perception to escape the mind’s own fear. Which means it’s you! It really is you...” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Cassandra, Priam’s daughter, had echoed his warning, but no one ever listened to her and she had gone back to the palace before Sinon appeared. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As it did, I saw images in the mist all around us: black marble walls rising, the ruins becoming whole, a terrible and beautiful palace rising around us, made of fear and shadow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then, though it be ten thousand miles away, we walked to the palace. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper’s blade, Hazel’s magical senses and Annabeth’s instincts all agreed - the answer lay here in Ithaca, at the ancient palace of Odysseus, where a horde of evil spirits had gathered to await Gaia’s orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now that I had entered the palace, I was disappointed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, the palace might as well be a prison,” Yanna said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Wearing soft, loose clothing of vampire-bat wool, he swanned around his palaces with a bowl of palm wine or chicha, a sweet, muddy, beer-like drink usually made from crushed maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “And Pal-Is sounds like palace—but they don’t even have a king. Do you think they would have i been better off with kings?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s Suicide When Mark Antony arrived at the palace, news reached him that Cleopatra was dead. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Aunt Daisy called the ship a floating palace. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z If water could get in and out of the palace...maybe he could, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He walked down to Waterworks Park, amazed that the Americans had built such a palace to house plumbing filters and intake valves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "You mean the palace? Where the queen lives?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z High above the Empire State Building, Olympus was its own island of light, a floating mountain ablaze with torches and braziers, white marble palaces gleaming in the early morning air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he realized the entire ship was descending toward a big building like a palace. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Shielding myself behind some deserted stalls and tables, I made my way closer to the palace. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z What could have possibly brought him all the way from his palace to the isolated Academy? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He salutes the commander and shouts, At noon today the Communists crashed their tanks through the gates of the presidential palace and planted on the roof a flag with one huge star. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z "I'm not happy to be going through all of this for a second time, so please cooperate, will you? Ivy will give you a palace tour." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Within the palace Oedipus wildly sought for his wife that was his mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "I would like to commission you to create a painting for my own palace." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And then the usherette opened the doors of this dark palace and with a flashlight held behind her took him to his seat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He could be arrested and spend years in the palace dungeons for being alone with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z By the time Ash finished attending both Ana and Clara, who could only talk about how grand the palace was — “if only you could have seen it, Ash,” she said — it was very late. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t dressed like one of Balekin’s servants, and neither is its uniform the same as the other palace staff. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My feet feel like lead as I make my way to the palace, over ground strewn with windfall apples, their golden scent blowing in the air. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Taisin heard the words as though she were standing in that frozen palace with Elowen; she heard them as though she had spoken them herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We followed the winding path toward the palace of the gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At the governor’s palace, we are met right away by Don Antonio de la Maza, a tall, handsome man with a worried face. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, bells chime through the belly of the palace in honor of the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If the palace could be sad, did that mean her apartment missed her? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In fact, their actions were meant to imply that Caesar had already looted the palace and stolen all the silver. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z After a few days of work, I realize this isn’t Don Walter’s private palace, but his hotel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "You are in the north wing of the palace. The Belle apartments face the morning star, the eye of the Goddess of Beauty," Ivy says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It could have been a palace, I rejoiced so in it all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When Aru opened her eyes, she was standing once more in the decrepit palace hall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Every step brought him closer to the palace. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “You’re aware it’s quite late, and it’s well within my power to have security remove you. No member of the royal family has invited you into the palace.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One-third of all Linear B tablets from the palace of Knossos are accountants’ records of sheep and wool, while an inordinate proportion of writing at the palace of Pylos consists of records of flax. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A curse perhaps, such as being turned into a raven and forced to fly north and live for seven times seven years in an ice palace—or worse, no curse at all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And when they reached the palace, even before he had stepped out from behind the curtains of the sedan, the ruler was already calling out orders. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But after five days in the palace, he was only certain about one thing: he and his crew were unlikely to get out of here alive. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I rubbed my arm where she’d punched me, then waved as she and Chestnutt and Gum Baby took off into the leafy forest palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t just the palace—he’d drawn a line under it across the paper to signify some kind of landscape. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The broken stones of temples and palaces were sinking back into the earth, and gnarled old willows grew thick along the riverbanks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Imagining you drinking cold, bubbly soda in a nice, fancy palace and burping louder than Muthu ever could. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Everyone else, servants, staff, lords, ministers, parliamentarians, guards or whatever, sleeps in another palace or fort or keep or barracks or house inside the walls. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She dreamed of sunlight spreading like honey over her skin; she dreamed of sweat sliding down between her shoulder blades as she ran down sweltering alleyways behind the palace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I can get out of the palace, but I have nowhere to go after that. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Arthur, who had come pattering through the stone corridors of his palace with a mind fixed on the work in front of him, stood waiting in the doorway without surprise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So that bear retreated to consult the bear above him, and before long Lyra was ushered inside the palace again, but into the state quarters this time. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It arced high—so high it appeared like a second sun, or the start of a second rip—before dropping down behind a cluster of palaces. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And, at those times, Tristran Thorn's daydreams were strange, guilty fantasies, muddled and odd, of journeys through forests to rescue princesses from palaces, dreams of knights and trolls and mermaids. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He even dreamed of being invited to travel to the white palace of Dwelholm by the visiting elfin historian. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Then he exhaled and pointed to a palace with seven towers, off by itself in the foothills of the soaring mountain range. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “My father’s favorite palace. It would please me to show them to you one day. They are all of pink marble, with pools and fountains, overlooking the sea.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And a few years before that, he’d fought a Titan on the banks of the Lethe, near Hades’s palace. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She had not expected a palace larger than many a market town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I moved along the square so I could examine the far side of the palace building. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I dreamed I was in a dark palace at the top of a mountain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A line of cars had already collected up and down the ditch line in front of John Eye Blevins’s moonshine palace. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The Governor’s palace is guarded by brutes — Negroes and Shawnee Indians—patrolling the grounds — frowning out at the people. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The burning sky crackled overhead as we slammed through the giant palace door and skidded to a stop in Nyame’s hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Even though Leah and I had been crabbing at each other all week, that afternoon in the palace at Abomey for some reason we all got quiet as dead bats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The huge stone columns lining the road that lead up to the hotel look like they belong in a fairy-tale palace. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z But she was anxious and unsettled, and the palace was too grand to be comfortable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We were alone with all the food and the rug in the palace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “They lie at the very heart of Tartarus. Mortals such as you could never reach them, except through the halls of my palace—the Mansion of Night!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Annabeth and I were on our way out when I spotted Hermes in a side courtyard of the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But it was clear that we were no longer welcome in the palace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, I recognized it: the palace of the Titans on top of Mount Othrys, otherwise known as Mount Tamalpais, in California. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I will be free now, and Gebu will hang head downward from the palace wall! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z After the Titan War last summer, she’d gotten her dream job of redesigning the palaces of Mount Olympus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It seems as though everyone has come to the capital to see the decorations at the palace. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The father had once been a powerful magistrate but had fallen out of favor and was bitterly living at the palace. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Leaving you in the palace of Hades to scrub floors! The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Mfanks,” she mumbled, hoping that the palace understood she was trying to say Thanks. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Could he find his way to this palace, through the streets of the city?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The wall cracks open like a hinged door, leading into the palace kitchen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In his dream the sea would sweep the lagoon away too, swallowing everything—the houses, the bridges, the churches, the palaces, and the people who had built so boldly on its surface. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Others looked like palaces, with golden doors and large gardens. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Break into the palace? Quick, be quick,” they urged each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace grounds beyond looked distorted, as if we were peering through frosted glass. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Once Ghohg the Evil One is gone and his palace has been destroyed, taking a few thousand diplomats and ministers with it, the whole goblin kingdom will be thrown into confusion. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She dragged her shivering, breaking body the last few steps to the palace, because she had come all this way, and now she was here. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “He intends to break into the palace and rescue you, in the face of all the difficulties.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I do not think so,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Hector felt the wisdom of the advice and sped through the gates to the palace, where his mother did all as he said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran through the gate and down the path to the sky god’s palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Instead of blue skies, he saw black space spangled with stars, the palaces of Mount Olympus gleaming silver and gold in the background. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Was this how everyone had once entered the palace of the Pandavas? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Instead, the first Sumerian texts are emotionless accounts of palace and temple bureaucrats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At that point, Jason and the girls would have a few seconds to take cover before the ship’s catapults fired on their position, engulfing the palace in Greek fire and bursts of Celestial bronze shrapnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z As soon as we know it’s lodged in the palace of Ghohg the Evil One, we detonate it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The Africans had heard such rumors as that Elijah Muhammad had built a palace in Arizona. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z From there the road led straight to the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Princess Beatrice lives in a different section of the palace, and so does Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Black tiles covered the palace roof, many fallen or broken; the mortar between the stones was dry and crumbling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z However, when it came to leaving the queen’s comfortable palace and blissful company, he dragged his feet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z "Or I can take you back to the palace." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Again and again they heard parts of the great palace collapsing, sometimes quite close to them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Little sketches of fairy couples dancing in the moonlight, gnomes peeking out from hollowed trees, a stone palace with turrets spiraling up from each corner. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z So they tried to find some bit of hope, but at the bottom of their hearts they knew and dared not say aloud that vengeance was already there in the palace waiting for Agamemnon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The dirty water falls into the river beneath the palace and then flows to the Waterway.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z One moment the trees were solid as stone around him; the next it was as if he were standing among grand marble pillars in a magnificent palace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: Pity is a start, my friend, a foundation on which to build a palace—a palace of love. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He didn’t live in a palace like the bishop of Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The ones who built their cities over our graveyards and palaces. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The two were standing in the cloisters of the Orkney palace at Camdot, looking out at the hawks who sat beneath the sun, on their blocks in the green courtyard. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at it—can’t you see, this could only be a gift for the palace! Nobody would dare buy it from us!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It took a good twenty minutes to reach the palace, and Gregor’s arms began to tremble from carrying Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Clearly the palace estate had been designed to draw in visitors and astound them with the splendor and glory of the Golden Crescent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He shakes our hands and launches into a tour of the palace. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She was lying almost beside the palace, and he found her at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, he’d lured Percy into a trap in the palace of Hades. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Halfway up the field stood an extravagant confection of striped silk like a miniature palace, with several live peacocks tethered at the entrance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I volunteered. The Tiger Emperor took all the men to work on the wall,” Yanna said, “so that left only old women and girls here at the palace.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His house was opened and the public was invited to visit what they called “the dictator’s palace.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z All the torches in the palace guttered at once. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The saddest moment, I think, is that when his brothers grabbed the king in his palace, they blinded him first. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The palace towers weren’t so round as the ones in the movie, and the real castle had helicopters. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Of one thing he was certain: The feast-day banquets in the palace of the King could never better the modest meal before him, for he had earned it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z All went well on the voyage, but when they disembarked and started overland for the palace, Tereus told Philomela that he had received news of Procne’s death and he forced her into a pretended marriage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace itself is known as the Hall of the Sun, and it’s supposed to be a marvel, but I’ve never seen it. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z Aurelia was in the habit of visiting her in her small apartment at the back of the palace, so the nurse suspected nothing when her “dear little precious” came knocking. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z We take a palace lift to avoid more courtiers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A trench led straight from the palace toward the gates of the city. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The downtown area alone had six thousand masonry structures: homes, temples, palaces, and granaries, even an eighteen-foot-high defensive wall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Massive statues of people I didn’t recognize lined the path leading to an enormous golden domed palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z While it is impossible to know exactly what was happening, it is clear that power was shifting within the palace at Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Poseidon had a splendid palace beneath the sea, but he was oftener to be found in Olympus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Great rents had opened in the earth, swallowing palaces, temples, entire towns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Flying was bad enough for a son of Poseidon, but flying straight up to Zeus’s palace, with thunder and lightning swirling around it, was even worse. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Like Psyche, Cupid’s wife. You carried her to his palace.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One Muslim ruler filled a feast table with seven large palaces made of sugar; another displayed an entire tree made of sugar. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “I didn’t much know the others, my brothers and sisters. Isn’t that funny? Prince Dain—he didn’t want me in the palace, so he forced me out.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They were old cargo manifests, which sounded marginally more thrilling, from a time when the palace had been the royal residence and goods had come from every corner of the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Right in the middle of a palace that looks like a museum. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I roll my eyes, and we walk out of a smaller palace exit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z She turned back toward the palace and took a deep breath to steady herself, and then she walked carefully through the crowd of carriages and up the steps toward the grand, open doors. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But none of it compares to Orléans's royal palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As he approached the seafloor, he realized the patches were glowing fields of algae surrounding the ruins of a palace. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And there was a sacred sector, a complex of temples and palaces, the tallest clearly the emperor’s home here in the city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And what can I say of the jeweled dragon palaces or of the undersea gardens? Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Baba points out ruins of medieval palaces and ancient forts in the hills, gutted and burned by fighting. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, back at his palace, the magistrate saw this error and attempted to fix the painting himself—which caused the dragon to come to life! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The emissary was slightly surprised at the ease of his task, but could find no objection, so he turned the soldiers and the box around and began to travel back to the palace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Their houses had been instantly transformed into what seemed liked palaces. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He then carried it up through the city and easily slipped past the palace guards. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z We’d passed several palaces, each grander and more luxurious than the last. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Aru braced herself for more tears and rain, but the palace seemed oddly at peace with this statement. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It matched what was painted on the yachts in the marina, on the front of the palace, and on the arms of the statues. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z On the north side of the bridge, the crowd was parted by palace guards. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He had known Kaede since they were children; he could remember her in pigtails, chasing him and her brother across the broad palace courtyards. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Courtiers point and whisper as we pass through the palace corridors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It's a wonderland of palace buildings with golden turrets and glittering arches, fountains full of crimson and ivory fish, topiary mazes of clipped trees, shrubs, and bushes in every possible geometric shape. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, his visits to the palace continued and he behaved impeccably. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The palace enchanted a hand towel to wrap around her head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I leave her to her apple and her reminiscences and head toward the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His suite was half the size of Benji’s presidential palace, and he only had a minute to look around, but he knew it was the nicest place he’d ever stayed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z A desperate person—say, someone trying to get the spider god to fix a mistake that had stirred up monsters—why, that person might try anything to get to Anansi in the palace above. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z With mocking laughter they swaggered off to Odysseus’ palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The dream was an appealing one, the architects agreed, and no one doubted Chicago’s sincerity in imagining this fantasy precinct of lagoons and palaces, but the reality was something else entirely. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Here Caesar, having barricaded himself in the palace against a Ptolemaic army, sets fire to his enemy’s ships in the Great Harbor. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “But I also harvest flowers, fragrant blooms to decorate the palaces, the houses of the nobles on the mainland.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z We cross the final bridge and stand before the royal palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “To the grimy dark dungeon of the decrepit palace.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The whole thing seems carved out of the bottom of the palace, opening up onto the ocean like a great mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I called him up to the palace for an interview. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “I’ve done what my father asked. Take us to the palace.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It is limited only by your imagination,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The emperor has them all. They must all be in the palace. That means we have to get in there. How are we going to do that?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “It looks important. It looks like a manor or a palace or something. You could call it after yourself.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The new busboy, Morton, boxed in his spare time; Helen, like Ralph, hoped he wouldn’t pick any fights in the chicken palace. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The comfortable bungalow was just blocks from the dictator’s huge wedding cake palace that the mobs had long ago burned down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the afternoon, it's the walk through the Residenz palace gardens, Papa and Maria on either side of me, holding my hands as we stroll to rehearsal. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I glanced back at Nyame’s palace high up the curving city streets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We don’t have to leave Insmire to get to the High King’s palace, but we do skirt the edge of two other tiny islands, Insmoor, Isle of Stone, and Insweal, Isle of Woe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He shut himself up in his palace and let matters go as they would. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the palace he found 6-Monkey and her husband, the king of Red and White Bundle. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He wondered what had happened to Iapetus after they’d left him in Hades’s palace...if he was still content being Bob, friendly, happy, and clueless. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It's the servant from the palace's Belle apartments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “What, and give up our palace above the silver river?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Some hours later, Creon in the palace was startled by a shout, “Against your orders Polyneices has been buried.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nina could see the Elderclock on the highest silvery spire of the palace, its face glowing like a moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She was brought here eons ago, when this was the site of my palace. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The Belle apartments whirr with activity as palace guards swarm the halls, and post-balloons whiz in and out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He became so gentle and sweet and cooperative that they left him at the palace of Hades, where Persephone promised he would be looked after. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It is okay. I was tired of sweeping the palace. Come along! We are almost at a rest stop.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In her father’s palace she had watched them from her childhood, their stormy meetings, the black clouds they summoned and the wild red lightning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I exited the palace and entered the courtyard to face a sea of fetterlings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z What was being planned behind the palace doors? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a reverse copy of the palace in the Underworld. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The gasoline generator that lights up the palace makes such a horrid bellowing, day and night, that all the monkeys have fled the vicinity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had assumed that Cardan lived in the palace with his father, the High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The effect was disquieting; it made her wonder if the whole palace was just an extraordinary illusion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I like to come here, to his old palace, because it pleases me to see his works in ruins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It may have been a spectator, wrestling the fire from one of the palace guards. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At the palace gates, the guards were tending to a line of wagons waiting to enter the grounds, and they did not notice when she slipped between the wagons and into the outer courtyard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Looming on the horizon was a palace of glittering black obsidian. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The untended cows trampled into the palaces of the gods, and the gods themselves began to wear tattered robes because there was no cloth from which to make new ones. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z At the edge of the palace complex, a temple with a red coral roof exploded, sending fire and debris streaming in slow motion across the farthest gardens. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Ismene weeping came from the palace to stand with her sister. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The newly opened King Willem II is a secular high school housed in a palace built by the Dutch royal family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He arrived at the palace at eight o’clock and was surprised to see the great square completely empty and a large detachment of soldiers stationed at the gates to the seat of the government. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They rode out together as the stars came out, leaving the khalasai and the grass palaces behind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I would imagine he walked into the palace and looked up to see the daughter watching from a terrace above him in the grand hall. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They walked together toward the massive hulk of Iofiir’s palace, where the combat ground lay flat and open at the foot of the walls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And wonder of wonders, the palace had celadon roof tiles. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Have them delivered to my palace,” Nero said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Jack had found it last summer, and he’d presented it to her like it was a palace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Try not to think about the tanks we keep hearing rolling down the street or the gunshots from the direction of the national palace, the dead quiet once curfew sounds at six. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “And his father jumped off the palace roof in despair. But other than that, it was a great idea.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The man goes to sleep in a golden palace and wakes up in a set of ruins, for the man had been the victim of illusions conjured by the demons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The commander of the national guard ordered his men at the palace to leave because the police had just joined the coup. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he was climbing to the ruins of a palace where an army of ghosts had gathered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They were now in the palace garden which sloped down in terraces to the city wall. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The furniture was straight out of a sultan's palace: ornate and inlaid with silver and mother-of-pearl. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She left the palace grounds and continued down the sloping avenue, and when she neared the sounds of the crowd in the City Square, she went on. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And, sure enough, as soon as they were all quite still, it began to move quickly through the streets, and in a very short time they arrived at the royal palace. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Madam Claire's guard tails me up each flight of palace steps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “This walkway divides the palace garden in half—in kind of a twisty way, of course—but still, in two.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Tonight in the palace, she was still awake when the vision began to pull at her, like fingers gently tugging her toward a deep blue pool. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Was he trying not to think of water palaces and loosened robes, or was he just tired, old, half-blind, and too proud to admit it? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z At the end of my third year, he was suddenly appointed Bishop of Chester and off he went to live in a palace by the River Dee. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But no sooner were they next to each other than the palace roared to life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They must have felt exactly as I do now glaring at Mobutu on the doorstep of his fairy-tale palaces, shrugging, with his two hands thrust deep into the glittering loot of his mines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Aru didn’t know how to embrace a palace, so she did the next best thing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Because instead of returning to the palace, the king continued going to each village so he could become the leader he wished to be, heartened by the joy brought by the fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I should have kept you at our palace when we first met, my dear Piper. But soon we will go there again, together, and I shall romance you most incredibly.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The palace might have been the most amazing place I’d ever seen if it hadn’t been in the process of getting destroyed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I dropped mix tapes and notes on her palace from the air, like lovesick bombs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z By the time they came to her palace, he felt nothing at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z This isn’t just a home, it’s a magical palace! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Within moments they were at the rear exit of the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The palace of the Sun was a radiant place. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The butler, an imposing personage named Mr Tibbs, was in supreme command of all the palace servants and he did the best he could in the short time available. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole sky seemed like a black top spinning from the mountain where Atlas was imprisoned, and where the Titan palace of Mount Othrys was rising anew. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The King went back to the palace planning treachery against the heroes and vowing they should never have the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Exulting the defenders saw it fall and annihilate a great band who were forcing the palace doors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s writ a letter says he’s been hounded from his own palace by the rebels.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At the extreme end of the street, like the dazzling tip on an arrow, the two boys could see a corner of the palace walls, stained pink by the sunset. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And all the temples, towers, palaces, pyramids, and bridges cast long, disastrous- looking shadows in the light of that withered sun. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Every now and then they thought they were going to get out into the open and see what sort of country lay around the enormous palace. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z She found her friend in the thrall of a queen who lived in a palace of ice and had a heart to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “The weak points of every iron monster, schematics of every palace in every region of Alke—you name it, she can lay it out for you, no trouble at all.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It glowed with the light of the Sea King’s palace, shimmered with the reflected colors of Lady Meng’s tear, and shone with the gentle splendor of the moon itself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “How fitting that I am called the Palace of Illusions when all I have left are memories. Perhaps memories are the grandest illusion of all,” said the palace quietly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Somewhere in this vast region is Pluto’s palace, but beyond saying that it is many-gated and crowded with innumerable guests, no writer describes it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He doubted that the universe was created to provide a home for human beings any more than a palace is built for rats to live in. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Orestes and Pylades were to go to the palace claiming to be the bearers of a message that Orestes had died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, a dust cloud swept toward Nyame’s palace, and the faint sounds of screeching and rattling carried over the roar of the chaos in the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We walk down a sloping promenade and along curving pathways, headed for the palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I am so distracted I don’t even automatically brace when we go straight through the rock and into the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lining the deck were zombies in gray uniforms— dead soldiers with shimmering faces that only partially covered their skulls, like the ghouls I’d seen in the Underworld guarding Hades’s palace. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Confused and jostled, Ranofer was swept along by the crowd, trying in vain to catch a glimpse of the palace walls over a sea of bobbing heads. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z They walked together in silence down the corridor, and when it opened into the great hall filled with revelers and laughter and light, the palace doors yawning open at the far end, the huntress stopped. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to dive back into bed and tell her it's too early to be awake, but she knows what palace life is like, and I need to learn from her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He’s also brought down a few pieces of furniture I recognize from the palace—a silk-embroidered divan, satin cushions, a shimmering spider-silk throw, and a chalcedony set of tea things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Glad to be of service,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There weren’t many about, but some sort of guards patrolled the palace at night. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Milo had at his disposal sumptuous quarters inside a salmon-pink palace, but Yossarian and Orr were not allowed to accompany him inside because they were Christian infidels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the distance between the buildings she could sometimes see the white stone towers of the palace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “After he abdicated and became quite old, he returned to the palace with the Paper and a strange story.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A book requires an author; a palace requires an architect; a clock requires a clockmaker; and the universe requires a creator. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The guards are changing configuration subtly, perhaps preparing to escort Eldred out of the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So much power in this room it was a miracle the whole palace didn’t blow apart. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Odysseus, now alone before the palace, meditated a long time before crossing the brazen threshold of the great courtyard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And right at the top of the snow-capped crest rose the main palace of the gods. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Where once the building had seemed almost a palace—not for its architectural nobility but for what it promised—now it looked drab and worn. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Without saying a word to Celaena, he strode up the steps to the palace, his red cape blowing in the wind. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He threw his great hands round Arete’s knees, whereon the sacred mist curled back; they saw him; and the diners hushed amazed to see an unknown man inside the palace. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But young men didn't--at least in my provincial inexperience I believed they didn't--drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a palace on Long Island Sound. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Then, something that surprised even the people who had surrounded the palace, Trujillo announced he was the president. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath her feet, dust caked the palace floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A palace of ice and a heart to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She wanted to taste the dust that coated the palace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a very great difference, and she pondered it every time she left the palace. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It looks like some kind of royal palace with its arched entryways and tall columns, and I half expect a robed king and queen to step out along with armored knights. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Partly in recognition of his advancing years, in 1617 Galileo moved to a fine villa—almost a palace—known as Bellosguardo, on a hill to the west of Florence. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The command was entirely unnecessary, for the moment he began to speak everyone but Milo, Tock, and the distraught bug rushed from the hall, down the stairs, and out of the palace. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! You need...a map!” said the palace excitedly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Louie had “stormed Hitler’s palace” to steal the flag in a hail of gunfire that had “whistled around his head.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Three days later, I discover the house from my fantasy, only it’s yellow instead of purple, and more like a palace than a house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would have done the same if I were a palace,” added Aru graciously. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The might of the gods is tied to their seats of power. You saw what happened to Poseidon once his undersea palace was attacked.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She wondered if the Titans had built their palace on Mount Tamalpais because the Bay Area reminded them of Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As they passed through the huge palace gates, Werfel warned Spurge, “You should be prepared to dance.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z His plan would disintegrate if she woke before he got out of the palace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No, it would be he, not Gebu, who would end up hanging from the palace wall. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I told you that if you wanted to get through me, you’d have to prove yourself a Pandava,” murmured the forest that was not a forest but a palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When the day of our appointment finally arrives, we are at the palace early, eager to see Papa, who has just been released. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had climbed the stairs to a vine-covered palace across the street and stood peeking through the towering front gate. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There could be no one bold enough to introduce one into Caesar’s palace. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She would pawn her wedding ring when the time drew close, as well as the other jewelry that Rasheed had given her the year before when she was still the malika of his palace. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When she reached the iron gates to the palace grounds, the guards asked for her invitation, and she said, “Is not every eligible woman invited? You must let me through.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar in Alexandria Julius Caesar marched into Alexandria and set up camp in the palace. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z He reads about how the pyramids and Greek temples and Medieval cathedrals were built, studying the plans of churches and palaces in his textbook. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The oldest of the prisons is the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men, a turreted black-and-white palace that visually distinguishes an otherwise ordinary rural town, Lansing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Uncle Chitrigupta said we’d find all kinds of things here, including forgotten things. Maybe when people forgot about the palace, it moved to the forest?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The “sophisticated comedy” featuring my number one female film favorite is opening at a downtown palace momentarily. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Its sides were as slick as those of the palace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The small, struggling figure of a man was being hoisted by one roped foot up the palace wall, to be fastened halfway to the top and left dangling, head downward. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z For instance, there is no hint that Linear B was used or understood by any Mycenaean Greek beyond small cadres of palace bureaucrats. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Every man in this palace is your enemy. Each one will stab you in the back at the first chance!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It looks as though everything here were built in one day, in the same quaint time as the Residenz palace back home, just smaller. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For weeks afterward Marcus lacked the courage to visit the palace. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And when you can imagine we’re at home, then take the road into the city, asking directions to the palace of Alldnoos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The king was overjoyed. ‘They have been sent to crown my old age,’ he cried, and called the queen, his ministers, the palace staff, and, indeed, the entire population to see them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The Justice Room was at the other end of the palace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother told others that followed swordswomen through woods and palaces for years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Driven from taking lessons at the palace, sometimes out of the Court entirely. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Lands where there were palaces of snow and palaces of sand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The grand palace rose above the rest of the city like a mountain, the thick snow lying on its tiered roofs like heavy clouds. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Each palace was hundreds of feet on a side and many were three stories tall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We have to go through the palace, don’t we?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He believed in palaces of ice and hearts to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z At the palace, a thin layer of dust drifted over the white stone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Percy had left Bob in Hades’s palace, at the mercy of a new master who hated him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I climbed the main road, toward the big palace at the peak. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z On sunny days, it was like pulling up to a jewel-encrusted palace. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Is this how you feel in the palace all the time? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside, the luxurious palace featured gleaming marble walls, high ceilings, and spacious rooms filled with fancy gold-leaf furnishings. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She could hear rough voices from the woven grass palace on the hill. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Clinging to the mountainside were dozens of multileveled palaces—a city of mansions—all with white-columned porticos, gilded terraces, and bronze braziers glowing with a thousand fires. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The young man settled in a working-class neighborhood, in a wooden shack that seemed like a palace to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ghostly flames danced on the beautiful palaces beneath Old Familiar’s wings, somehow throwing off real heat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Everything here—Taninli, the palace, the food they ate—seemed obscured by a thin but persistent fog. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But then he remembered the palace would soon be under siege by rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no snowstorm, no churning sky, no assaulting cold on this side of the witch’s palace. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Soon we were in an area of stately mansions, even the smallest of which was bigger than the regent’s palace, with grand front lawns and tall iron gates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Taylor adored the Court of Honor and was struck by the oddly sober manner people adopted as they walked among its palaces. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As we stepped out from the palace, the town’s church bells were still ringing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The children were busy building their block palaces on the floor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was overhead, and a majestic palace of crystal was before him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was King of Phrygia, the land of roses, and he had great rose gardens near his palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z You have probably noticed,” he pointed at the crumbling plaster on the walls, “that I am not actually very rich,, even-though I do live in this palace.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Buildings lined the walls and across a wide stretch of open courtyard Tree-ear could see the grandest of them all—the palace proper. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Was the Huntsman taking care to avoid the inhabitants of the palace, or were the inhabitants avoiding them? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ahead of her, somewhere, was the white witch, who had a palace of ice with a heart to match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The squid descended on the palace and swatted its tentacles, smashing a whole column of warriors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The stampede of fetterlings crashed against the base of the palace, and then the time for words was over. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “She looks as if she’s been living in a palace,” Sam answered in a low voice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The balcony, it seemed, hung out over the side of the palace. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was Mr. Colcord, who owned a chain of movie houses and "entertainment palaces." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end the drunken crew staggered through the palace, smashing the crockery and setting the whole place afire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And in the moonlight, what I discovered was that between the palace and the next building there existed only a slight separation. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The palace came into view, and Ares dove for the High Hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She stepped out into the palace courtyard, which was filled with a great many carriages and lit by hundreds of globe-shaped lanterns hanging high overhead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We squeeze ourselves out of the market, toward the presidential palace. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She was scarcely half a head taller than Yishan, but she ordered servants about as if she had been at the palace for decades. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z With its formal closure thousands more workers joined the swelling army of the unemployed, and homeless men took up residence among the great abandoned palaces of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Without his urging, the horse entered the palace and brought him to a grand hall, where his mother's embroidery hung in a place of honor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Once in the palace the brother and his friend could trust to their own swords and the complete surprise of their attack. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Well-dressed courtiers step out of the glittering chariots that lift people from one palace floor to another. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When I dismount from my ragwort steed, I head to the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In North Beach you had the glitzy strip palaces like Carol Doda’s with her famous bust outlined on the marquee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Similarly, Lessius and his successors say that if you throw a quantity of bricks down on the ground you will never get a palace. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A very few minutes brought them to the palace gates. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The fat old drunkard was found asleep in a bower of roses by some of the servants of the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Through carved archways they could see spacious courtyards filled with greenery, and there were great buildings that looked like palaces, for all that the steps were cracked and the doorframes loose from the walls. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell in Iofur’s palace was repulsive: rancid seal fat, dung, blood, refuse of every sort. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I was alone, with a stranger, inside the walls of a dark palace, in a strange snow-changed city, in the heart of the Ice Age of an alien world. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The glimmering palace tugged at her, and Hazel gave herself to it, even though she was nothing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z "All that time I spent in palaces, clad in silks and gold, not realizing that true riches come from the soil," he said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Then she left the palace by the servants’ way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z But my mind reminds me that I'm not the favorite and I am not at the palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Most captivating were the nights, “when the long shadows have all merged into one and the stars begin to gleam out over the lake and the domes of the palaces of the White City.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The official led the way deeper into the palace grounds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “I will endure to die,” she said, as she turned away and moved toward the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace of the King of Elfhame has many secret alcoves and hidden corridors, perfect for trysts or assassins or staying out of the way and being really dull at parties. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We arrived at Nyame’s palace to see animated statues barring the giant doors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And there, at the top of a hill, the grandest palace of all awaited. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He could hop onto it and trek right on back to the RV, which, relative to his present surroundings, is the world’s lushest palace full of what Dad would call “first-world luxuries.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Arthur, reserved and unhappy in the new atmosphere which had begun to pull away from him instead of with him, moved about the palace in his plain dress, trying to be polite. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was made of granite for strength and massiveness, but like so many other things in Iofur’s palace, it was decorated with overelaborate swags and festoons of gilt that looked like tinsel on a mountainside. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The two worlds slid apart again, and Ash could only see the palace that she stood in. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They went in despairing grief, leaving the lovely helpless creature to meet her doom alone, and they shut themselves in their palace to mourn all their days for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I must go back to the palace now,” she said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He set up headquarters in the palace to protect the royal family as the fighting flared around them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The first time one of those signals hits the stone when it’s exposed out of that box, it will detonate and take half the palace of Tenebrion along with it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Brooklyn became just a memory as I led them to distant lands where palaces shimmered against desert sand and paupers became princes with the whush of a magic wand. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Henry in his palace, in love, in misery, not talking much anymore. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I am a prisoner in my own palace, and spies surround me. How could I do anything else?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I heard Mom tell Ray. The prince said we could stay at his palace and we’d be safe. But it would be weird if we weren’t family, so he’d marry me.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z These houses ranged from palaces filled with gold and velvet to the crummiest cribs where the stench would drive a pig away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the first time in her life that Aurelia had ever left the palace unaccompanied. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Or we can assume Strabo simply means that the Museum was adjacent to outlying parks, buildings, and so on, that were affiliated with the palace. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z He hears about sneaking out of the palace and joyriding around the countryside, learning to sail, being propped up in director’s chairs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In the gardens upstairs, Nyame settled the pedestal near the front edge of the palace roof, overlooking the marina and the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In addition to all those technological drawbacks, the Phaistos disk was printed at a time when knowledge of writing was confined to a few palace or temple scribes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hazel didn’t know if her father’s Underworld palace had a cafeteria for zombies, but if it did, that cafeteria would smell like Sciron’s feet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “If a warlock’s spell could kill me, I would be dead by now. I left their palace all in ashes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As they got closer, the enormous, grand palace seemed to rise like a growing mountain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t you feel the golden enchantment of it? It is worthy to be”—Jesse looked up in sudden alarm—“in a palace.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z For Granddad, who saw not just his palace burn to the ground, but his grandchildren perish. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Go to the palace a lot, then, do you?” asked the man, who seemed more friendly now. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “But there must be other ways to enter the palace,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My connection to the palace isn't completely lost if she's here with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There are the people from the high town, the Petionville area, where you see fancy houses like parks and palaces. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They burned the king’s palace to the ground and emptied the rest of Tilcajete, leaving Monte Alban firmly in control of the entire valley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z For a minute we stood there regarding the palace, the way we’d stood together in front of Westover Hall, what seemed like a million years ago. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He went straight to the palace and entered the hall. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But really, after what we’d just seen in that palace: wife murdering and slave bones in the walls! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They made camp before the remnants of a gutted palace, on a windswept plaza where devilgrass grew between the paving stones. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Wings of palaces were devoted to the marvels, and shelves of libraries to the stories. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Even from up high and at a distance, Anasi’s palace lured your eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In back of the palace was a giant lake. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She broke away and rushed into the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The visit was tentatively approved by the NEC provided Walter went to the king’s palace in Nongoma; it was thought that going to Ulundi would suggest recognition of the authority of the homeland. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to mention the fact that a few of the royal hounds had gone missing, only to have their half-eaten remains found in the northern wing of the palace. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Each grieving father sent a small package, carefully wrapped, to the Imperial palace. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have a present for you as you continue on your journey,” said the palace shyly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He explained how in former centuries, before the arrival of the French, the Abomey kings had enormous palaces and very nice clothes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Char was waiting for me at the palace entrance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The garden arcades and grounds are abuzz with movement as the palace prepares for the royal birthday party. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The emissary had no choice but to return to the palace with an empty box. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z First, I steal a letter addressed to Elowyn from a knight’s desk in the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In exchange for their sparing his life, the demon king Mayasura agreed to build the Pandava brothers the most beautiful palace the world had ever seen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z During their time at Auster’s palace, Jason had watched Piper and Hazel spend hours sword fighting—something Piper had never been interested in before. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s scout around the palace. Maybe we can find some extra Greek fire or Hephaestus traps.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not the palace,” Minli said as she sat on the stool, “I want to see the king.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z At the palace, he presented to each of the kings a small seed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The palace loomed on the island in front of them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A palace, drawn in blue ink, with flowing script like the script on an Italian menu. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Arrows pointed toward one palace, larger than all the others, so large it took up half the map, and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A fireball erupted on the side of the mountain, right near the gates of the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "I daresay this is one of the best views in the whole palace," the Beauty Minister declares before leading us back inside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The palace was made of the same clean,white, unadorned stone as the Ice Court walls, and the whole place felt as if it had been hollowed out of a glacier. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His eye lit up when he described the Cyclopes’ forges and the palace of Poseidon, but he also told us how tense things were. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I imagine my new life-to-be: being chosen, living at the palace, enjoying all the court has to offer, creating beautiful people. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Rekh is a kinsman of his brother’s wife. You will meet me, then? Perhaps at the big tree by Aba the potter’s. Then we will go on together. Zau’s shop is near the palace.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I have no sense of where we are in the palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z All the children of the Gentry, regardless of age, are taught by lecturers from all over the kingdom on the grounds of the palace. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Werfel sat nervously in the palace’s imperial archives, waiting to go down to the city gates and greet the guest. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z These were appalling scenes, compounded in January 1944 by the retreating German armies looting and destroying the historic galleries, mansions and palaces of the tsars. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And, at the center of the web high above us, in the middle of all seven towers, sat the palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The palace floors below bustle with moving bodies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z On the last night of Yule week there was a royal masque held at the palace, where Prince Aidan would himself be attending. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex and Henry were told to come in through the back of the palace—they never saw it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The house was a great pleasure palace, it really was. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Junior high schools seemed to be wonderful and mysterious palaces. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver told us we could see the presidential palace from up there. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z One night, these people surrounded the palace and told the old president that he had to leave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z On July 5, 1894, arsonists set fire to the seven greatest palaces of the exposition—Post’s immense Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Hunt’s dome, Sullivan’s Golden Door, all of them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Marble stairs lead down into the palace garden for Sophia's birthday game. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Cities differ from villages in their monumental public works, palaces of rulers, accumulation of capital from tribute or taxes, and concentration of people other than food producers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Good-bye, good-bye, Pandavas! Do great things! Make good choices!” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Whose palace? And is Dalmatia where those Dalmatian dogs come from? That 101 Dalmatians movie—I still have nightmares.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Birds wheeled over the fishing docks, and a long golden pennant flew from the cupola of Nero’s pale-pink palace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But Gwenforte bolted forward, past the palace guards, and into the smoke and the flames. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In place of walls, some palaces were surrounded by thorny hedges. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "The guy had a hundred palaces and solid-gold toilets. Statues on every street corner. He lived the life of an emperor. Or a god." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The concert hall as a dedicated venue was still a novelty outside England, but wealthier members of the bourgeoisie were often invited to hear musical events inside the grand palaces of aristocrats and princes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It was perfectly situated in the sheltered lowland ahead and big as a palace, with the lovely symmetrical proportions of the ancient Greek architecture Penelope had so often admired in her history books at Swanburne. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z "There will be guards here in a moment's time. Sophia has her own tunnels beneath the palace. Hurry." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z One day you get a fancy invitation to the palace for a party to celebrate the king’s new jacket or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Uaaxee came too and was responsible for keeping our animal guest, Apple, from galloping the length of the palace hall. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The palace, as always, could read her thoughts. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A pilot for South Vietnam bombed the presidential palace downtown that afternoon. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “Bono ...,” said I, deprived almost of speech — eager already for the plumes, the charges, the palace intrigues. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Hazel drew a tiny fort in the middle of the page—an austere palace framed by four tall turrets. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The crash as they met resounded in the still air and echoed back from the palace wall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the palace gates, the sun hung straight overhead, beaming down hot on their heads. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Each had an image of life in the Golden Crescent painted on it—families sailing in the bay, children playing in the palace gardens, men and women in formal dress in this very hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Social note: A new film featuring my favorite female star, whose recent circus musical excess stunned and overwhelmed me, is opening shortly at one of the downtown movie palaces. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An echo rang back from the palace walls and startled birds out of their nests. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was a palace just ahead, sitting in the middle of the plain like a gift. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And then, once we’re in the empty hall in the upper level of the palace, I turn and press the point of my knife directly underneath his chin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Yet the palaces unveiled in the Rookery were so immense, so detailed, that their construction was likely to consume nearly all the remaining time, leaving little for him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even when he sits at the feasts of the gods in his golden palace, Gladsheim, or with the heroes in Valhalla, he eats nothing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m telling all this because even though it wasn’t an emir’s palace or anything, it was still fine. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Things once were right there in the palace, but no more. That house could tell a tale if it could speak.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Wouldn’t she be safer here in the palace? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Had that Accursed One stolen this from the palace itself? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We walked up the steps of the palace, between black columns, through a black marble portico, and into the house of Hades. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But when she could see the line of carriages waiting to drive up to the palace doors, her heart sank, for she could not see hers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When he walked through the revolving door, it seemed like he had stepped into a palace. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Somehow they recognized her or she them, and gathering a band of their friends they went to the palace to avenge her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly captured by his foes, he was forced to walk like a plebe back to his new palace. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But he was put in the palace stable. Surely he couldn’t...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Telemachus accepted gratefully and leaving Mentor in charge of the ship he started the next day for Menelaus’ palace with Nestor’s son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d stolen clothes and furniture from the palace and strewn it on the lawn. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z This is less helpful than it might seem, however, because the palace complex occupied a large area—as Strabo states elsewhere, up to a third of the extent of the entire city. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z And for the most part, even though a new leader lived in Arg— the royal palace in Kabul—life went on as before. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A sketchbook full of fairies and gnomes and palaces. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t want you traveling all alone to our palace. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Linear B was inherently so ambiguous that it remained restricted to palace accounts, whose context and limited word choices made the interpretation clear. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Outside the palace walls, the women of Gbadolite are squatting in their yards, boiling manioc in salvaged hubcaps, and if you asked them the meaning of Independence they’d scowl and shake a stick at you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra returned to her palace to make the necessary preparations tor the funeral rites. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Jason couldn’t believe he was about to visit the actual palace of Odysseus - one of the most famous Greek heroes of all time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But superimposed over the ruins was another layer of reality - a spectral mirage of the palace as it must have appeared in its heyday. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I realized Hades must’ve built his palace to resemble this one. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But here, at one end of the square, stood the palace of the Furnivals. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “So many times I tried to walk to my father’s palace ” She pointed to a large black castle in the distance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Leading an army of a thousand, 8-Deer threw up ladders, swarmed over the berm with his men, and entered the palace. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Anyway, when I got here, I was able to get a job in the palace kitchen, just scrubbing floors, washing dishes—that sort of thing.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The morning after Susie’s party, a black limousine with palace plates rolls up our driveway and delivers a bouquet of roses tied with red, white, and blue ribbons, the colors of our flag. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Since the palace is the permanent thing, Quintilian says you need to get it right. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z High in a white palace the king's daughter, the golden girl. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It crashed through and the Greeks were in the palace before the Trojans could leave the roof. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer was Aru staring at the ruins of a palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Even inside the palace, servants, though relatively comfortable, led lives of terrifying insecurity. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He wasn’t just concerned about the political disaster if a servant of the elves drowned within sight of the palace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Come, the palace has the fairest view of the city. You will have time to admire before we dine.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z St. Augustine—who in his Confessions writes, “I came to the fields and spacious palaces of memory”—gave memory the honor of being one of the three faculties of the soul. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We beheaded him, cleaned out the palace, and inaugurated the peasant who would begin the new order. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I made multiple trips to her avatar’s stronghold, an armored palace on Benatar, the small moon she owned. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Something about this place seemed even creepier than the palace basement in Split. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Alecto dropped me like a sack of turnips in the middle of the palace garden. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He moved about his own palace like a mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘There was a special bed in this palace.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Vienna,” says Volkheimer, and Neumann Two fulminates about Hapsburg palaces and Wiener schnitzel and girls whose vulvas taste like apple strudel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Jason imagined what the palace must have looked like when it was newly built, with Imperial guards walking the ramparts and the golden eagles of Rome glinting on the parapets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He and Werfel walked into the courtyard of the palace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But I tell him that there’ll be more jobs for everyone when they throw that thief out of the palace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z An entire tower standing on the roof of Priam’s palace was lifted from its foundations and toppled over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He glared and ordered that they return him to his palace immediately. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “This is the way to the palace, and it is barred to common Folk.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z On July 3, 1908, archaeologists excavating the ancient Minoan palace at Phaistos, on the island of Crete, chanced upon one of the most remarkable objects in the history of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At last the corridor nar rowed and became a wood-paneled hallway that seemed more like someone’s home than a palace, hung with portraits of huntresses dressed in green and brown. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The tombwalk was a relic of the old palace cemetery, cut off from the rest of the grounds by the construction of the astronomers’ tower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Their vehicle was a streamlined “palace” horse van painted in Howard crimson and white and featuring two musical horns, eight headlights, fourteen cigar lighters, and a luxurious stall with kapok-stuffed walls. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the City, the palace winked at them between buildings as they drove toward the Page Street mansion. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I would rather see him than all the towers and palaces in the world.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Rumbling sounded from the palace behind us, and stone and water exploded outward as the stampede of bosslings burst into the sunlight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “She casts aside even her own daughter. The goddess would never allow my tapestries to be shown in the palaces of the gods. She was always jealous of me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I hope to see you at the palace tonight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The Filipinos loved him; Marcos entertained him at the palace and on his yacht; Marcos’s wife, Imelda, dined with him at lunch; young ladies gathered around him constantly, as if he were a movie star. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The guy had once tricked him into visiting Hades’s palace, and Percy had ended up in a cell. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The closer a neighborhood was to the palace at the center, the more deluxe it was, and the more expensive the houses and mansions became. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Ahead of her, the heavy wooden doors to the palace were closed, but a smaller door set within them was unbarred, and she went to the door and pushed it open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They rushed through the halls of the palace, Lady Meng’s robes flowing behind her like silken water, to another door. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Red and White Bundle’s royal palace was built on a cliff over a bend in the river. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A loud roar sounded in the palace below. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “My own fault, really. This world is built on the power of story, boy. Seems my story is intertwined with this here floating death palace. Cotton and the Maafa.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Pizarro then raided all the temples and palaces and melted down the gold he found and sent that back. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She escaped from the palace and joined forces with Achillas, declaring she was the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z When I straighten out, I am on a narrow platform above what appears to be the palace’s wine cellars. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the movie, the young girl who's run away from the palace has been captured, and now she's on her knees before the king, waiting for her death sentence. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His palace, as it were, consisted of two large Western-style houses with tin roofs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That might mean the palace, but it might just as easily mean the treasury. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Roads wound crazily up to the peak, where the largest palace gleamed against the snow. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It looked like something out of a European palace. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And she had seen the beautiful boys who surrounded the merchant prince, flitting through his palace halls in wisps of silk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I saw the undersea palace of my father. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon, Barack and I floated around at the palace reception, eating canapés with the other G20 leaders and their spouses. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were safe from any trouble on the way, for Hera wrapped them in a thick mist, so that they reached the palace unseen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She and the mouse left the palace and traveled far, far away. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history, and geography. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It took a moment for Aru to realize that it wasn’t some dude skulking in the shadows who was talking, but the palace itself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His first thought was that there’d been an attack on the palace, but that was not it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Prophecy and sight... I’d be unstoppable. I could own this city. I’d build my palace here, surrounded by food trucks. I could capture that harpy myself!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z To the north a falcon wheeled slowly over the shining walls of Pharaoh’s palace, as if to proclaim the presence within of the royal god-king he symbolized. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z But at the top of the steps, in the open archway of the palace entrance, the mussel stopped. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “The boy began climbing and descending the many stairways of the palace, keeping his eyes fixed on the spoon. After two hours, he returned to the room where the wise man was. “ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I clean up after others. I leave the palace better than I found it. But you...you do not care what messes you make. You followed Kronos blindly. Now you take orders from Gaea.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Perhaps she would wear it to a dinner party at the villa of some great lord or count, perhaps to the palace itself. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One of the topiary arcades that leads to the palace gardens holds peek-a-boo flowers that wink light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Orfeo played twice at the palace in Mantua to an audience of fewer than a hundred invited guests. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The second and third levels were made of smooth bricks with an exposed walkway to give it the look of a palace tower. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A Greek flag flew over the former Ottoman palace. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “So what if it didn’t have a fine roof or walls? It’s the best place I ever lived in. Except for Rukku and Akka’s palace.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Here, have a seat,” he said as he sprawled onto the other pile of grass, “and tell me why you want to go to the palace so much.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I could go on for days and days about everything I saw in his palace, but the meanest rooms there, which were assigned to the scrubdragons, were worthy of human emperors. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the palaces and museums that bore their names, but about the people themselves, he knew nothing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They looked like the jeweled spires of some Elven palace from a prior age of this world, made of mithril and sapphire and magic and will. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It's the first thing he's said since the ship left the underground palace dock. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z After this murder Oliverotto mounted his horse, paraded through the town, and besieged the chief officials in the government palace. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Believe me, even when I thought we were going to live in the marble palace, I would have given it up to sit on that basement dirt floor again. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Though the path seemed to run straight from the street to the door of the palace, Pyat Pree soon turned aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At last Kaede allowed herself to look up again, and she saw that they were nearing the glittering crest of Taninli, and before them was the palace of the Fairy Queen. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And Nico, standing up to his father, Hades: If Olympus falls, he said, your own palace’s safety doesn’t matter. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Everything was bleak and grim; even the red of the palace walls were cold. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z On our later trips, we’d sleep in a sumptuous bedroom suite on the ground floor of the palace, looked after by liveried footmen and ladies-in-waiting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Making Final Arrangements The reunion at the palace between Cleopatra and Mark Antony must have been bittersweet when he finally returned to her. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Spaniards counteracted this threat by inventing a pretext to seize the tlatoani in his own palace, making him first their captive and then their puppet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His “apartment” is a sprawling warren of twenty-two rooms on the northwest side of the palace closest to the Orangery. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m sleeping on money inside a palace,” he said. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Aurelia’s home was a magnificent palace right in the heart of the city. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A mosaic on the floor showed an exact map of the palace grounds and the surrounding ocean, but the mosaic moved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She tried to remind herself who she was right now, at midnight, in this grand, noiseless palace. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Below the chandeliers spread an indoor city of “gilded domes and glittering minarets, mosques, palaces, kiosks, and brilliant pavilions,” according to the popular Rand, McNally & Co. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They were in the palace of the king of France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It filled her body, lying on that soft bed in the Fairy Queen’s palace, the same way Kaede had filled all of her senses when they kissed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I will describe it to you. Do you remember your chamber in the palace? I will tell you what was there.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And through the arched gateways of many a palace Shasta caught sight of green branches, cool fountains, and smooth lawns. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z They wheeled above the maze and the king’s palace, then zoomed across the city of Knossos and out past the rocky shores of Crete. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The palace was in the center of the city, towering over all other structures. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Fine. Prove me wrong. Prove that you’ve thought this through. Why does a University with under fifteen hundred students need an asylum the size of the royal palace?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nobody wanted to talk near these statues that seemed to be watching our every move, so silence fell over us until we reached the entrance to Nyame’s palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon Tree-ear made his steady way through the crowds and found the main gate of the palace. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “The palace is too well guarded. Besides, they’ll have put him in the dungeons.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s late, and the palace offices will be closed, so we decide to get a room for the night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The shadowy palace halls brightened as torches flickered to life along all the walls. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On another occasion they were taken to examine the bloodied bedroom curtains hanging in the palace of the former dictator. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The palace loomed east of them, but to the west was a line of trees. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Wait,” Minli said, “isn’t this the City? The palace is in another city ? ” “You must not be from around here,” the boy laughed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It was all the kebab from the palace. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The children are still wearing the royal-blue garments from the palace. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She walked through the palace and outside, back into the terrible cold. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z So the telling goes, the young doctor of Isfahan was summoned to the palace of a great pasha. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Pushing my back hard against the palace stone, while my feet pressed against the clay wall, I managed to turn about. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z She was inside the palace again, but she did not know where; the corridor was empty but for her and the shadows made by the flickering candlelight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Jason scanned the palace’s facade for an entrance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It makes me wonder about his life before the palace. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And there were three other pictures, and they were very small, and they were a palace and a beach and a palace. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Once-elegant apartment buildings stood next to scrapyards, and where there had been furriers and movie palaces there were now blood banks and methadone clinics and Mother Waddles Perpetual Mission. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z You may have seen the spangled palaces of sin and fancy dancing in the false West of the movies, and maybe some of them existed—but not in the Salinas Valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “If you please,” said Milo, “my name is Milo and this is Tock. Thank you very much for inviting us to your banquet, and I think your palace is beautiful.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z A glint of metal winked in the corner of my eye, near the Mmoatia forest palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They left the marble palaces and fragrant gardens be-hind and made their way through a poorer part of the city where modest brick houses turned blind walls to the street. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The palace doors were open, and light and sound came at her in a great torrent after the silence of the carriage ride. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, “the palaces of nature,” were not changed. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Towering at the peak of the mountain was the greatest palace of all, the glowing white hall of the gods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z ‘There is great peril here, said the Queen. “The whole palace is breaking up. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z They parted, she to the palace to weep over her treachery to her father, he to the ship to send two of his comrades for the dragon’s teeth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The palace was as big as the city on Mount Olympus, with wide courtyards, gardens, and columned pavilions. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “My father spent his boyhood here,” he went on, “before the new palace was built. He says there’s a secret passage somewhere. It’s rumored to start in one of the rooms on this story.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Nyame’s voice boomed out of the palace, and we all flinched. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But Latinus, locked in his palace, was not available for the sacred rite. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Tía Mimi's hedge of bright red ginger shielded us somewhat from the sight of the eyesore palace and of the dictator strolling of a Sunday afternoon with his three-year-old grandson in a minuscule general's uniform. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z ‘I’m not going to eat my palace! I’m not even going to nibble the staircase or lick the walls! I’m going to live in it!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “They think I press buttons and the house is clean. They think I five in a palace.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As a first step toward cutting costs, Helen volunteered to go to work in the chicken palace, as the cashier. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z To Jo’s lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian came to see Cleopatra at the palace, reportedly at her request. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It used to always be so simple, it was just the two of them and they could make shacks into palaces. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z "Is it common to find poison in the palace food?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Just before sunset, they left to dine with their cousins in the City before continuing on to the masquerade at the palace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As the new cathedral was to be much larger, many houses were removed and even part of the bishop’s palace was torn down. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z The palace complex comprised the Beta quarter and was in the northeast; Alpha quarter housed the courts of justice, and Delta the town’s extensive Jewish community. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z But all the luxury in the palace did nothing to dull the sharp clarity of the emotions that gripped her every time she remembered her vision. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They saw the palace limousine turn up our drive and wondered what was going on. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z "He can keep his pearls and palaces as far as I'm concerned," said Aravis. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Do you have any idea how long I’ve worked on remodeling this palace? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He puts away the course guide and opens up a library book that might be helpful for his senior thesis project, a comparison between Renaissance Italian and Mughal palace design. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They reached the town, they came to the palace, and at last after twenty years Odysseus entered his dear dwelling. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The outline of the palace shines in the distance, stretching out in so many directions it has no beginning or end. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We never visited him again, though, because Papa said that although the Igwe had converted, he still let his pagan relatives carry out sacrifices in his palace. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z All through the long night when he had left the palace she seemed to see him, his beauty and his grace, and to hear the words he had uttered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We have for some time heard tales of Lord Dunmore; that he hath fled his palace; that he sitteth enthroned upon a ship-of-war, the ground itself having grown too hot for him to walk upon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He built palaces for himself while alternately brutalizing and neglecting his citizens. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z You put on your best outfit and make sure you smell great and you pull up in front of the palace looking creamy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Leviathans as big as palaces, harnessed to pontoons to keep them from submerging to their freedom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And then the sound of cantering hooves thundered through the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He learned also that the King was holding a banquet in the palace and all the men who favored him were gathered there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So we ended up going to the ancient palace at Abomey, instead, which was the only tourist attraction for hundreds of miles around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The bombing was brief, but it left the palace in ruins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was gone—gone from the palace and from the city, and horrified they realized that they were their father’s murderers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z My wall was covered with photos of famous buildings—the Wrigley Building, Marina City, the Egyptian pyramids, the Guggenheim Museum, the Taj Mahal, the palace of Versailles. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I trample over a wooden bridge that crosses a small garden river, an offshoot of the Golden Palace River that runs the perimeter of the palace grounds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “In the version I heard, the unicorns were kept in a special enclosure at the palace,” Taisin said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I was sure Grover was going to barrel straight through the gates of Hades’s palace, but his shoes veered sharply to the right and dragged him in the opposite direction. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The river beneath the palace was their way out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes, of course! How efficient you are, my princess, how noble and precise are your manners!” creaked the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There’s a long pause, and Alex is thinking about Henry in his palace, Henry and the years behind him, how he got here. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z This was a small sketch of a very simple palace—just a square, really, with four thin turrets coming up from each corner. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “On the top of the hill near King Darzin’s palace there was a garden and here his many children and his chief followers’ children used to be taken to play by their mothers and nursemaids. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he’s building a palace modeled on the one his friend the Shah has got in Iran. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All this occupied what had been the royal palace before the current queen’s grandfather built a finer one straddling the Eder and gifted this one to the Scholars’ Guild. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He’d brought it from his father’s palace at the bottom of the sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Fair Velos with its palaces of cedar and pink marble had vanished in a heartbeat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before long we were waiting in an anteroom of the palace alongside other girls from schools all over the country. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought the Igwe was supposed to stay at his palace and receive guests. I didn’t know he visits people’s homes,” Amaka said, as we went downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I follow the Roach through the palace, keeping back from him a few steps so it doesn’t seem like we’re together. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The layer of dust that had fallen over the palace had spread to the streets. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The palace had once been the home of Portugal’s Princess Isabel, the daughter of Dom Pedro II, Brazil’s last emperor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z That Taisin had emotions that the present-day Taisin—the one clutching her cloak to her chest in the King’s palace—couldn’t relate to. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Nico trudged ahead, bringing us closer and closer to the palace of Hades. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Each month was accompanied by an illustration of a fairyland palace. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Does he really love her?” she asked Julius, who still accompanied the cub whenever he was at the palace. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A death-barge came down the river to the capital, since rivers were the highways of the day, and it was moored beneath the palace wall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls the SUV in front of Avalon, opens the passenger door like I’m a princess arriving at a palace. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z His place seemed to me a small palace; his women really kept him in style. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z We regard each other for a long moment, before he races off in the direction of the palace, taking my breath with him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z So when he sensed someone coming from the palace toward him, his head snapped up. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Bright lights from the guard towers moved across the White Island, and Nina could hear the shouts of soldiers closing in around the palace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We can imagine it was rendered literally accessible from the palaces, as Cosimo Medici made Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio accessible through a special aboveground corridor from his private residence. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z She tapped his grizzled cheek playfully, and slipped away, back to the palace. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z They left the palace through a small door by the main gate—the guard nodded them through sleepily—and walked on the paving stones to the great square in front of Notre Dame. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z They did more; they came to a banquet in his palace; they condescended to dine with him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will not travel through the lands that she has taken for her own,” he explained as he led them through the palace to the outer courtyard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Ah, I miss my true forest,” said the palace fondly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Rifthold smells terrible. Too many people. At least in Banjali, the sun burns up everything. And my father’s river palace smells like lotus blossoms.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z PS: The palace sends its love and says hello. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Behind us, the golden tops of three palace pavilions catch the moonlight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It had been laundered by the palace servants, and now she wrapped it around herself, the scratchy fabric a welcome contrast to the cold silk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I was almost relieved to turn my back on that tunnel and head toward the palace of Hades. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Cleopatra herself lived in the royal district called the Bruchion, a cluster of palaces overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on the northeast side of the city. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The guard gives me a pointed look, but I rush to the palace gates anyway and look left and right. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “This is a piece of home,” said the palace. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "No one just passes through the residential parts of the palace." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Why do you think it is of goblin make, if it was under the palace of the elves?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I ran to the side of the palace and took up Bear’s sack, then rejoined him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He answered her, but with reserve, and he turned to go into the palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon destroyed the magistrate's palace, causing chaos and calamity before disappearing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was nothing for Aru and Mini to do except clutch each other as the palace broke apart around them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Mercury brought Psyche into the palace of the gods, and Jupiter himself gave her the ambrosia to taste which made her immortal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got to the end, about us always being together, you stared off into the distance as though you could see a palace floating in the air. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Next you will be offering me a suit of magic armor and a palace in Valyria. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And he was swallowing blood, trying to look normal as he made his way, limping, back to the main palace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “That means you’re the terrible dragon! You’re the one that destroyed the king’s father’s palace. What a lot of trouble you caused!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z From the balcony of his palace, he said Argentina will fight until the very last man, dead or alive. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z ‘I will prepare a room for you at the palace in case you do not survive. Perhaps your chambers would look good decorated with the skulls of monks.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "In that case, I have a delightful palace in Valyria that I would dearly love to sell you," Littlefinger said with a mocking smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z |
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