Word: portale
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...Drang Nach Osten tendency". A polite murmur of assent ran over the professorial assemblage and the blanketed professorial knees quivered in jubilation over the crack. Then a bony forefinger protruded into space and long white curtains floated in the Stadium atmosphere. "Will the gentleman entering the lower Portal of Section 39 kindly remove his hat?" Thousands sat in awe and whispers of "Well played, ... good eye ... bravo" were heard here and there...
...system is planned to eliminate this. Now all the tutorial books are placed in the alcove near the librarian's desk. This section, moreover, will be enclosed next week by a railing with a wooden gate as the only means of access. He who passes through this portal will have to enter without books, or bags,--paper and pencil excepted. Then after he has finished studying the student will leave by the same portal...
...entered the portal of old Appleton he so loved, he heard the swish of a gown and a low growl. Appleby gave the familiar spaniel a playful kick in the ribs and turned around to face the front of Jove himself...
Perhaps the best way to understand is to enter the dim, vaulted portal of Notre Dame de Paris with young Paul Claudel at vespers time on Christmas...
Suddenly?like the door of a jack-in-the-box?the heavy portal of the Sejm flies open. The Josef-in-the-box stands there, surrounded by his Cabinet. They are in formal dress, ablaze with orders. The Marshal, towering and black-browed, wears only his field uniform, wrinkled, unadorned...