The pyramidical form is also intended to remind us of our mortality. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge] Reference
Michaux, André, botanist, brings pyramidical cypress from the king of France, 158. From Wordnik.com. [George Washington: Farmer] Reference
The Egyptian pyramidical form was not unfrequently adopted by the Romans in their tombs. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
Never did town present sweeter aspect than Bingen, at the foot of a pyramidical hill, which is crowned by the ruined Castle of Klopp. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Beneath this is a lady in a pyramidical habit walking the Park; and as the companion picture, we have a blind man walking the streets. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
At a little distance from the spot at which they began the ascent, they found a pyramidical heap of stones, the work, evidently, of some. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference
It was as though the ship lay in the vortex of a whirlpool, so high on either side of her were piled the rough pyramidical masses of sea. From Wordnik.com. [For the term of his natural life] Reference
Somewhat beyond this black pile stand two or three pyramidical rocks, projecting from the general line of hills, the same probably which the. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
Foo-chow; — a small pyramidical structure, about ten feet high, glittering as if with the precious substances, but all, it seemed to me, of tinsel. From Wordnik.com. [A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms] Reference
Upon the very summit of a pyramidical rock that rose out of the depth of the valley, was seen a female figure, so obscured by mist, that only the outline could be traced. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Geierstein] Reference
It is moreover declared in his pyramidical silence. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
The wealthy define the pyramidical shape of society. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Sheik Ghebara, with a pyramidical cupola coated with clay. From Wordnik.com. [The Caravan Route between Egypt and Syria] Reference
The higher peaks were nearly all of a pyramidical shape, and at 226° 30 '(b.m.). From Wordnik.com. [In the Forbidden Land] Reference
It is more wild and rugged, its ridge is broader, and its summits less pyramidical. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference
The plan of the monument was pyramidical, and the height of the obelisk forty-five feet. From Wordnik.com. [From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services] Reference
The hills are huge groups, some single ones, glaring in sun above the rest, and others pyramidical. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference
Next to it was another pyramidical peak, also very lofty, but not so high and beautiful as its neighbor. From Wordnik.com. [An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet] Reference
The Babil mound has no appearance of stages such as the Birs presents, nor has it even a pyramidical shape. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
From this pyramidical elevation the view is boundless; you look immediately down upon an immense expanse of sea. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2] Reference
A lofty hill to the south of the town, has a pyramidical erection of granite in memory of John Knill, born in 1733. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornish Riviera] Reference
The principal structures do not follow the straight line, but begin with pyramidical towers which flank the gateways. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
In front and in the middle was erected an expiatory monument of a pyramidical shape, and surmounted by a funeral vase. From Wordnik.com. [The Paris Sketch Book] Reference
The Mount is really a pyramidical mass of granite, a mile in circumference, capped by a cluster of castellated buildings. From Wordnik.com. [The Cornish Riviera] Reference
The pyramidical towers facing the gateway, the pylon and columns, are the parts invariably in the best state of preservation. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference
Next to it, at 225° 30 '(b.m.), is a pyramidical peak, very lofty, but not to be compared in height or beauty to its neighbour. From Wordnik.com. [In the Forbidden Land] Reference
Here are leveral pyramidical rifmg grounds, faid to have been made in memory of a battle fought between Canute and Edmund Ironlide. From Wordnik.com. [The general gazetteer, or, Compendious geographical dictionary [microform] : containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c. in the known world : with the government, customs, manners, and religion of the inhabitants; the extent, boundaries, and natural productions of each country, the trade, manufactures, and curiosities of the cities and towns; their longitude, latitude, bearings and distances in English miles from remarkable places; and the various events by which they have been distinguished : including an account of the counties, cities, boroughs, market-towns, and principal villages, in Great Britain and Ireland] Reference
It was square, and arose with successive stories, each one smaller than the one below, presenting an analogy to the pyramidical form. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient States and Empires] Reference
At the same time he observed a remarkably high pyramidical rock at a considerable distance from the island, which has been named Ball's. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789)] Reference
Clive's historic home on the opposite side and, above and over all, the vast pyramidical pile, the Rock of Trichinoply, with its Temple of. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V] Reference
Though the pyramidical shape of the vimana is self-stabilising, the architects could not afford to make the base appear wide and loose out on the visual appeal. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
The nests were of a pyramidical figure, from a few inches to six feet high, and very much resembled the stones in England, which are said to be monuments of the Druids. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13] Reference
The pyramidical notion that I have extrapolated into a graphic as follows. From Wordnik.com. [George Siemens: Changing Nature of Knowledge] Reference
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