palaces

Throughout this space, the ruined structures were in all respects similar to those previously described, consisting altogether of what he calls palaces and temples.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

"Well, I had a hankering after them myself, till I got to thinking, a while back, and I've about sized it up that one'd get fat living in palaces, and soft and lazy."

Jack London Play:The Scorn of Women 2010

He was also impressed by the ubiquitousness of donkeys and cinder block houses, which were referred to as "palaces."

The Morningside Post: Coming Back "Home" The Morningside Post 2011

In Rome, on the other hand -- even in palaces -- a woman was for horsetrading and making babies.

Stacy Schiff's new biography of "Cleopatra," reviewed by Maria Arana Marie Arana 2010

* What sports teams have done to broke-ass cities, corrupting politicians to build these idiotic sports palaces is far more of a disgrace than a few juiced ball players.

Matthew Yglesias » PEDs 2010

Our masters read and write and possess many books, and it is because of that that they are our masters, and live in palaces, and do not work.

A CURIOUS FRAGMENT 2010

He was also impressed by the ubiquitousness of donkeys and cinder block houses, which were referred to as "palaces."

The Morningside Post: Coming Back "Home" The Morningside Post 2011

"Well, I had a hankering after them myself, till I got to thinking, a while back, and I've about sized it up that one'd get fat living in palaces, and soft and lazy."

THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010

What they find amongst the glistening canals and golden palaces is much darker and more dangerous than they ever imagined.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » WUWU! Good News! 2008

I trust you may all have housed yours in palaces of their own or are planning to do so, oh if only it were that easy.

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