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Some time later he went to a church-builder in the same place, and under the architect's direction became handy at restoring the dilapidated masonries of several village churches round about.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

The speaker was a man named Jack Stagg, with whom Jude had formerly worked in repairing the college masonries; Tinker Taylor was seen to be standing near.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

I see the nameless masonries, venerable messages of the unknown events, heroes, records of the earth.

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt

Stately masonries, long-drawn arches, cloisters, sounding aisles buttress it, begirdle it far and wide.

From Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII. by Carlyle, Thomas

The portals of the palaces of Venice have one or other of these masonries, almost without exception.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John