Word: adornment
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...monuments have already attracted the attention of lovers of art, and the Romans carried many of them away from Greece to adorn their villas. Their greatest value to us is that they give evidence of a noble and dignified family life in ancient Greece, and show, in contrast to the exaggerated and libelous plays of Aristophanes, that women were honored and respected in Athens while they lived, and mourned for by their families when they died...
...increased population, however, the Acropolis was no longer the residence, but the citadel and fortress. Gradually sanctuaries were consecrated to the various divinities and the Acropolis became the centre of religious matters at Athens. Powerful and rich Athenians took pride in beautifying it, and works of art began to adorn the walls and the temples. The Persians in 480 B. C., destroyed the Acropolis and it has never been entirely rebuilt. The Byzantine emperors, during the sixth period. carried off many of the works of art to Constantinople. In 1456 the Turks took Athens and built mosques upon the Acropolis...
...years; analyzing the drama and the acting; recording the full casts of characters of the principal first performance and revivals; and giving very entertaining biographical sketches of the leading actors who visited Boston the past years. One of the most attractive features is the fine collection of engravings that adorn this work, portraits of Booth as Iago and as Hamlet, of Ada Rehan, of Augustin Daly's company, of Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Gilbert, of Mrs. Vincent, late of the Boston Museum and of other actors and actresses in costume and in street attire, besides pictures of scenes from...
Toboggans now adorn the rooms of their owners and the suits are now packed away till next winter...
...enthusiasm of the spectators dispelled all fears that the college had no interest in the crew. Well, the crew has gone, and there will be a brief week of anxious waiting. Let us hope we shall have two more victories to record, and two more pennants to adorn the walls of the trophy room. The victories must and will come; but if they do not, it will be because the better crew is Yale's or Columbia's; not because Harvard's crew has proved unworthy of herself and the college...