A pedestal is as much a prison as any small space. From LearnThat.org. [Gloria Steinem]
They put him on a pedestal. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What many of you do now with Obama placing him on a pedestal is suicide. From Wordnik.com. [The Early Word: New Year’s Day Edition - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Blowing hot air from a personal pedestal is really, really accomplising very much indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » “The real victims of Fox News weren’t the liberals] Reference
The whole height of the table from the feet of its four-clawed pedestal, is three feet two inches. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
There is a dial on a plain pedestal at Kew Palace remarkable for the stone base on which the pillar rests. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Sun-Dials] Reference
The feet of the legions that march against Liberty only trample down the earth firmer on which her pedestal is reared. From Wordnik.com. [The Assassination of President Lincoln] Reference
I simply mention these facts to show that the people of India stand on a different pedestal from the other people of Asiatic countries. From Wordnik.com. [New Forces in Old India] Reference
At the back of the pedestal is another inscription. From Wordnik.com. [American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home'] Reference
On the pedestal was the legend: STATUE OF LIMITATIONS. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
In front of the pedestal is the following inscription. From Wordnik.com. [A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington] Reference
Several yards back from the pedestal was a low redstone wall. From Wordnik.com. [Cadmian's Choice]
On the south side of the pedestal is the following inscription. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 337, October 25, 1828] Reference
On the pedestal is the following short and well-chosen inscription. From Wordnik.com. [A Journey in Russia in 1858] Reference
On top of the pedestal was a clear box with a large hole cut in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghostwriter Secret] Reference
On the front and rear of the pedestal are the arms of Manila and Spain. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century.] Reference
My pedestal is a tremendous job, but two months more will finish that also. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
The lady is standing on a pedestal, which is described in the tableau of the. From Wordnik.com. [Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants] Reference
On the foot of the pedestal was the painter's name, "BATTONI pinxit, Romæ, 1750.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Stradivarius] Reference
I realized then that, even holding a woman on a pedestal was a way to hold her down. From Wordnik.com. [Seriously] Reference
I think it’s more than capable of protecting the lens and pedestal from the lighthouse. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Cape Hatteras lighthouse.] Reference
Perhaps the fact that we find it so hard to place him on a pedestal is his greatest asset. From Wordnik.com. [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference
The pedestal, which is also of bronze, contains bas reliefs, representing scenes from Faust. From Wordnik.com. [Views a-foot] Reference
Around the base of the pedestal was a ring of big lamp-affairs, that looked like a bank of flood-lights. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
On the top of the pedestal is a larger statue, also by Pradier, representing Nîmes, with its face towards the station. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The whole, with the pedestal, which is of a piece with the rest, is five feet high, and bears the following imperfect inscription. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
You put him on some kind of pedestal, practically worship the guy. From Wordnik.com. [The Shattered Blue Line] Reference
"We certainly don't put our friend Mr. H on any kind of pedestal", said West. From Wordnik.com. [Stefan Sirucek: The Politics of Laughter: Hitler Takes Center Stage in Berlin] Reference
The girl took a stance before a kind of pedestal with a blank window set into it. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Phaze]
When people look up to me, or put me on any kind of pedestal, even the tinest kind. From Wordnik.com. [27th November '03] Reference
On the pedestal is the inscription -- "1800 to 1887. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888)] Reference
On the pedestal is the inscription; "The generals who wish to obtain the bâton of Marshal of. From Wordnik.com. [My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71] Reference
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