towery
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Origin of towery
Example Sentences
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When now Minerva saw her Argives slain, From vast Olympus to the gleaming plain Fierce she descends: Apollo marked her flight, Nor shot less swift from Ilion's towery height.
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
Thus having said, the glorious chief resumes His towery helmet black with shading plumes.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes!
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George
A window space Just from their towery refuge let them look Over familiar earth now tranced.
From Preludes 1921-1922 by Drinkwater, John
Time, too, though in moral sadness wisely called a shadow, has been clothed with terrific attributes, and the sweep of his scythe has shorn the towery diadem of cities.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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