He notes his special delight with mathematics, and contrasts its strong foundations to the disquisitions of the ancient moralists are towering and magnificent palaces with no better foundation than sand and mud.

This large building had been completely filled with sand preserving a series of magnificent paintings.

" El Arenal " has about 2 km of seashore, has been awarded the blue flag, which recognizes its magnificent sand and water thanks to the treatments carried out by the city council.

Yellow for the gorgeous sand in the Arabian deserts, and blue for the magnificent water in the Arabian seas.

Most of the facing stone was later pillaged for use in other buildings — a fate common to almost all of Egypt's pyramids — and today the pyramid is little more than an eroded, vaguely pyramidal mountain of mud brick, and of the once magnificent mortuary temple precinct formerly enclosed by a wall there is little left beyond the foundation bed of compacted sand and chips and shards of limestone.

Another, more interesting explanation, is hinted at by Watson when he observes on several occasions that Holmes would have made a magnificent criminal.

Right now he found Sophie De Witt, that magnificent young matron he had spotted at Kamieniec four years ago.

A western vacation is practically synonymous with a visit to at least one of the magnificent national parks in this area.

Bobbie and Linda looked magnificent at their wedding.

Layard's work was continued by his assistant, Hormuzd Rassam and in 1852 – 1854 he went on to discover the North Palace of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh with many magnificent reliefs, including the famous Royal Lion Hunt scenes.

: Upon a certain Ascension Day King Arthur had come from Caerleon, and had held a very magnificent court at Camelot as was fitting on such a day.

After reading a pamphlet by Doctor James Wilson, who operated a hydropathic establishment with James Manby Gully at Malvern, he stayed there for " some nine or ten weeks ", after which he " continued the system some seven weeks longer under Doctor Weiss, at Petersham ", then again at " Doctor Schmidt's magnificent hydropathic establishment at Boppart " ( at the former Marienberg Convent at Boppard ), after developing a cold and fever upon his return home.

Roman wall paintings, such as those at the magnificent Villa dei Misteri ( 1st century B. C.

While dining in the magical abode of the Fisher King, Perceval witnesses a wondrous procession in which youths carry magnificent objects from one chamber to another, passing before him at each course of the meal.

His tomb at Saint-Denis was a magnificent gilt brass monument designed in the late 14th century.

Rømer was employed by the French government: Louis XIV made him tutor for the Dauphin, and he also took part in the construction of the magnificent fountains at Versailles.

The Persian Gulf has hosted some of the most magnificent marine fauna and flora, some of which are near extinction or at serious environmental risk.

It was abandoned in the 16th century, and at one time the church, which boasts a magnificent crypt from the 10th century, was even used as a barn and a pigsty before being restored in the 1950s.

In 1550, the triumphant entry into Rouen of Henri II of France was compared to Pompey's third triumph of 61 BCE at Rome: " No less pleasing and delectable than the third triumph of Pompey ... magnificent in riches and abounding in the spoils of foreign nations ".

Wilson was delighted with the adaptation, saying: " I was thunderstruck at what a magnificent job they did in capturing the exact tone and mixture of fantasy and reality in the book.

Frederick in the meantime was focused on restoring peace in the Rhineland, where he organized a magnificent celebration of the canonization of Charles the Great ( Charlemagne ) at Aachen, done under the authority of the antipope Paschal III.

The critic for Time magazine acknowledged the critical storm around Fleming and Dr. No, but was broadly welcoming of the book, writing that whilst " not all readers will agree that Dr. No ... is magnificent writing, ... pages of it, at least, qualify for Ezra Pound's classic comment on Tropic of Cancer: ' At last, an unprintable book that is readable '.

The first proposal for a Brazilian national park aimed at providing a pristine environment to " future generations ", just as " it had been created by God " and endowed with " all possible preservation, from the beautiful to the sublime, from the picturesque to the awesome " and " an unmatched flora " located in the " magnificent Iguaçú waterfalls ".

During this time, under the direction of court architects, Joseph Saint-Pierre and Carl von Gontard, numerous courtly buildings and attractions were created: the Margravial Opera House with its richly furnished baroque theatre ( 1744 – 1748 ), the New ' Castle ' and Sun Temple ( 1749 – 1753 ) at the Hermitage, the New Palace with its courtyard garden ( 1754 ff ) to replace the Old Palace which had burned down through the carelessness of the margrave, and the magnificent row of buildings in today's Friedrichstraße.

You will visit a few churches that are exceptional yet often by-passed, a magnificent square, the main shopping district, the Spanish Steps, and the lovely Pincian Gardens.

About the same time the Alleghenies and Poconos in Pennsylvania are magnificent -- Renovo holds its annual Flaming Foliage Festival on Oct. 14, 15.

Pasternak later noted on a photograph of himself " Petőfi is magnificent with his descriptive lyrics and picture of nature, but you are better still.

The Mandara kingdom in the Mandara Mountains was founded around 1500 and erected magnificent fortified structures, the purpose and exact history of which are still unresolved.

Good examples of these are the magnificent castles of Queribus and Peyrepertuse which are both perched on the side of precipitous drops on the last folds of the Corbieres mountains.

The high points of this cultural creativity are magnificent architecture, sculpture, and painting.

The chief mountain range, however, lies north of the Zambezi, and east of Lake Chilwa, namely, the Namuli Mountains, in which Namuli Peak rises to, and Molisani, Mruli and Mresi attain altitudes of These mountains are covered with magnificent forests.

The archaeological remains that are considered to date from the time of Solomon are notable for the fact that Canaanite material culture appears to have continued unabated ; there is a distinct lack of magnificent empire, or cultural development-indeed comparing pottery from areas traditionally assigned to Israel with that of the Philistines points to the Philistines having been significantly more sophisticated.

Bielsko-Biała is enveloped by the magnificent Beskidy Mountains which are particularly popular with winter sports fans.

Pujol received a reply that " we are sorry they arrived too late but your last reports were magnificent ".

On the two sides of the entrance gate there are magnificent tile-works and arches.

The designs of the City Beautiful Movement ( closely tied with the municipal art movement ) are identifiable by their classical architecture, plan symmetry, picturesque views, axial plans, as well as their magnificent scale.

Two magnificent large-sale compositions are the Browning, a set of 20 variations on a popular melody ( also known as The leaves be green ) which evidently originated as a celebration of the ripening of nuts in autumn, and an elaborate ground on the formula known as the Goodnight Ground.

These magnificent rainforests are endangered by extensive logging and their replacement by fast-growing non-native pines and eucalyptus.

The whole island, composed as it is of various limestone formations, presents great diversity of surface, and views from more elevated spots are magnificent.

* QED: These tiny flying machines really are magnificent, The Telegraph, 9 February 2005

Hindu temples are large and magnificent with a rich history.

Several magnificent mansions of this era are preserved and open to the public.

On the announcement of his departure, Andrew Neil, The Spectator CEO, said: " Boris has been a wonderful and magnificent editor of The Spectator and we are sorry to lose him ; in many ways he will be irreplaceable … leaves the magazine in better shape than it has ever been in its long and glorious history, both editorially and financially … The editorial breadth and quality under his editorship has been unrivalled.

The ancient icons and magnificent woodcarving in the iconostases are a remarkable accomplishment of the craftsmanship of these times.

The Baekje regalia are similar to the Silla regalia, but are even more arabesque and consist of magnificent girdles.