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In the centre of the pond was an island; and on the island was a little summerhouse like a miniature pagoda.
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We took our station at the top of a rich Persian's house, opposite a spacious esplanade and contiguous to a large pagoda; in the centre of the esplanade was fixed a capstern, with a pole about sixty feet long, which was fixed so as to be occasionally raised or lowered.
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There is, in the synagogue, in the mosque, in the pagoda, in the wigwam, a hideous side which we execrate, and a sublime side, which we adore.
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The Pagoda, like hundreds of other buildings in Hawaii, sits on land leased from a trust established more than a century ago by a descendant of the ruler who united the major Hawaiian islands.
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The guide pointed at a pagoda and told us that it was built hundreds of years ago.
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Hence, she was keen to assist in the work of Venerable Dr Rewata Dhamma, the Spiritual Director of the Birmingham Buddhist vihara, who has been instrumental in establishing the Dhamma Talaka (Reservoir of Truth) Peace Pagoda.
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Monuments, temples, pagodas have been restored for use and for tourism.
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Lumphini Park - a sea of grass, pagodas and shady paths, where local sports such as takraw,
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The outdoor stage was lit by the luminescence of the lasers highlighting the magnificent Three Kingdoms Pagodas.
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Pagoda Trellis is based on a fragment of a silk panel hand painted in France in the eighteenth century in response to the European rage for chinoiserie that pervaded every aspect of interior decoration.
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I love the palace gardens, taking walks to the pagodas, over bridges spanning lakes full of koi carp and under cherry blossom trees.
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Although light shade is usually recommended for erythroniums, the nurseryman had found ‘Pagoda’ to do well in brighter conditions and he advised an open, sunny spot.
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The magnificent view of the ancient pagoda dissolved in mist.
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In the centre of the pond was an island; and on the island was a little summerhouse like a miniature pagoda.
TOY SHOP
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What the church is to Christianity, and the temple is to Hinduism, the pagoda (sometimes called "dagoba") is to Buddhism.
India, Its Life and Thought
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The tall, zelkova tree beside the pagoda is draped with lanterns on the Buddha's Birthday in May of every year.
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The pagoda has probably been scattered to the four winds of heaven, and the ship on which I journeyed from Ireland to Cathay is lying on the corals, with mermaids sleeping in its berths and swimming in and out the portholes.
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Anawrahta's capital, Pagan, was sacked by the Mongols in 1287 and the city with its many thousand pagodas and temples was abandoned.
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The second peak requires more climbing, but our reward is a breezy pagoda overlooking the city.
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Presenting Hav as a fascinating nexus of East and West, a teeming entrepôt of cross-breeding cultures, Ms. Morris describes the architecture with great relish: There are mosques from brief Arab rule during the Crusades, Russian onion-domed palaces, colonial remnants from the post-Napoleonic "Hav Britannica," and "the most cheerful of follies," a multistoried pagoda built by 15th-century Ming Dynasty traders.
Visiting a Land Beyond Fodor's Reach
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Irrawaddy, which is the main river of Burmah; and the first you see of the town is the Shway Dagohn Pagoda, the gilded cone above the trees.
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A chanting arose from the depths of the pagoda as the monks" morning prayers began.
FLOATING CITY
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Experience the ancient mystical city of Ho Chi-Minh and its Eastern traditions, Buddha temples, towering pagodas and colorful oriental river markets.
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Mrs Woodford waddled about in the most valuable shawls; mandarins and josses nodded over her chimneys; and pagodas and japans ornamented her rooms.
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One morning, passing through Vessory Bazar, I was greatly shocked at seeing the nabob's elephant take up a little child in his trunk and dash its brains out against the ground; the only reason that could be observed was, that the child had thrown some pebble stones at it; and the only redress the poor disconsolate mother could obtain was a gift of fifty pagodas from the nabob, which is about equal to twenty pounds sterling.
Narrative of a Voyage to India; of a Shipwreck on board the Lady Castlereagh; and a Description of New South Wales
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The memorable events would be symbolized and carved into a totem pole that would stand at the pinnacle of the pagoda roof for the next year's gyre journey.
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I love the palace gardens though, taking walks to the pagodas, over bridges spanning lakes full of koi carp and under cherry blossom trees.
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At sunset, we climbed one deconsecrated pagoda to look over a landscape empty but for myriad other pagodas.
Times, Sunday Times
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In this plan, two pagodas were built in front of one Main Hall in the main courtyard.
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The later temples consisted of a Main Hall and two pagodas.
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The landscaped gardens are complemented by eastern temples, Nepalese pagodas and roaming peacocks.
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If you are lying to me, Ram Lal, we may lose both our pickings from this fat pagoda tree.
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Holy words, written in stone, fill marble slabs housed in 729 stupas at the Kuthodaw Pagoda.
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The site featured an orangery (precursor to the modern greenhouse), a pagoda, and an archway designed by the architect Sir William Chambers.
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Brown vertical trunks absorbed the righteousness of the fields and shot heavenward like sacred pillars of an ancient pagoda.
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The visitors gawk as they troop through one of 10 distinctive pagoda-shaped high-rises at the center of the village, taking in the surreal view from the balcony on the top floor.
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There, he found a pagoda surrounded by green-painted torii on four sides, and coursed by a glistening stream with fat koi.
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However, the temple with its three-tiered pagoda-type roof, and the sanctuaries and pond around it are pure Nepali.
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Pagoda tree rice: International market of sunlight ? is ardent to demand of pagoda tree rice.
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Temples and pagodas exist only to inspire the proper frame of mind for believers' devotion and self-awareness.
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It is well preserved, especially in that it has an intact finial which consists of an inverted bowl, a wheel and a bijou on a bronze staff, resembling those of Tibetan style pagodas found in Yuan, China.
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Here, the first port of call should be Wat Phra Keow, a collection of pagodas, stupas, frescos and mosaics under arching roofs of red and gold; its small emerald Buddha is of tremendous cultural significance to the nation.
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The tall, zelkova tree beside the pagoda is draped with lanterns on the Buddha's Birthday in May of every year.
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Hirayama's paintings are based on religious themes; most of these are representations of mosques, pagodas, Buddhist temples and Bodhisattvas.
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An ancient pagoda frowns on the mountainside.
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The narrow and steep stone steps in the pagoda have been burnished and made very smooth.
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These are nearly always accompanied by parallel overgrowth of several flattened rhombohedra aligned along each scalenohedron's c-axis, forming ‘pagodas’.
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A slight pagoda-like lift to the gables and unusual terracotta roof ornaments lend a hint of the exotic to the large shingled houses.
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The top Chippendale lot will be an elaborate, parcel-gilt padouk cabinet on a stand reminiscent of Chinese pagodas from 1755-1760 (estimate: £2.5 million-£4 million).
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Tetra found the queen exactly where the messenger had said, out in the summer pagoda in the palace gardens, with her eldest daughter Erris.
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The converts among the merchants and nomadic rulers built temples, pagodas and cave sanctuaries carved into the canyon cliffs and mountains along the Yellow River.
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Viola has converted to Christianity during her sojourn on the mainland and is a meticulous picture of virtue, dressed in indigo skirt, matching jacket with pagoda shoulders, and white blouse with a high lace collar and a jabot.
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I had a Japanese shiatsu massage in a pagoda scattered with frangipani petals, as the sea rolled onto the beach under my head.
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Presenting Hav as a fascinating nexus of East and West, a teeming entrepôt of cross-breeding cultures, Ms. Morris describes the architecture with great relish: There are mosques from brief Arab rule during the Crusades, Russian onion-domed palaces, colonial remnants from the post-Napoleonic "Hav Britannica," and "the most cheerful of follies," a multistoried pagoda built by 15th-century Ming Dynasty traders.
Visiting a Land Beyond Fodor's Reach
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A pagoda more than a century old has been discovered hidden by a garbage heap, a bodhi tree and a bathroom in Bangkok's Samphantawong district, news reports said.
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Inside the pagoda in the backyard of the temple, there lay the remains of the dignitary.
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The word "Pagoda" was introduced to Europe by the 17th century Portuguese.
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The top Chippendale lot will be an elaborate, parcel-gilt padouk cabinet on a stand reminiscent of Chinese pagodas from 1755-1760 (estimate: £2.5 million-£4 million).
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The one we intend to honor to-day carries on his business in the suburbs, in that ancient quarter of big trees and gloomy pagodas where, the other day, I met the pretty little mousme.
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It was a place of pebbled walkways, pagodas, stone lanterns, a waterfall, and a wishing well where families and courting couples could give voice to their dreams.
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Many tourists puffed up the steep steps of the ancient pagoda.
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Early pagodas were usually wooden and had quadrangle, hexangle, octagonal and twelve sided ichnographies.
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Over the years he built a pagoda to polite English society as it faded in the glare of post-war vulgarity.
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Pagodas, for one example, are stylized step-pyramidal forms, while stupas and many Hindu temples (particularly those in Tamil regions) are articulated cone- and mound- forms.
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In a city famed for its golden pagodas, they build crumbling temporary shelters, beg for kyat (the nearly worthless local currency), and try to avoid police and army soldiers.
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The pagoda is generally approached from the North side along an extended avenue.
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Over the meadows spread the regular Chinese-pagodas of the equisetum, (horsetail or scouring-rush,) and the rich coarse vegetation of the veratrum, or American hellebore.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861
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Outstanding examples of Korean architecture can be seen in historic palaces and Buddhist temples and pagodas.
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Here, where the river takes a sharp U-turn, a suspension bridge connects the highway to a small mountain studded with a temple, a towering pagoda and a large golden statue of the Buddha.
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They managed to walk two kilometres to the relative safety of a Buddhist pagoda where he met an American Sri Lankan whose uncle owned a farm a further three kilometres away.
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The visitors gawk as they troop through one of 10 distinctive pagoda-shaped high-rises at the center of the village, taking in the surreal view from the balcony on the top floor.
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It boasts fine restaurants, immaculate hotels and glitzy bars amidst its colonial villas and venerable pagodas.
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The design of a redwood shade shelter can vary from a lattice trellis to a post, beam and rafter construction or the more elaborate angles of a pagoda or gazebo-style shelter.
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The site featured an orangery, a pagoda, and an archway designed by the architect Sir William Chambers.
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In the first quarter of the century chinoiserie was a popular style, exemplified by the pearl and diamond pagoda-shaped earrings of the 1820s shown in Plates IIIa and IIIb.
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There were rustic bridges over rivulets, diminutive temples with classical pillars, a pagoda, a Roman bath-house.
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141 From the street, visitors first entered through a two-story pagoda with green roofs edged with vermilion, and next they walked beneath a grand sign written in gilded Chinese characters that read, “Ten Thousand Chinese Things.”
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
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To the S.W. there is a group of somewhat decayed Shan Pagodas, and a Poonghie house, around which are planted mango trees and a beautiful arboreous Bauhinia,
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Regardless of danger, he climbed the pagoda.
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Over the meadows spread the regular Chinese-pagodas of the equisetum, (horsetail or scouring-rush,) and the rich coarse vegetation of the veratrum, or American hellebore.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861
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The red of ages-old pagodas popped against the thick, green leaves and bright, blue sky for some much-appreciated contrast.
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Inside those parks are pavilions, stages, pagodas, cocklofts, mazes leading to quiet places, red flowers and green grasses.
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People circled around the pagodas with the wish to be like Buddha himself.
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On Sule Pagoda Road, there is a bizarre three-story building that would have made Wren wake up screaming: mullioned windows, crazily framed and blacked out, lozenge-shaped openings in crenellated towers, red battlements.
Burma
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Other sights to marvel at include several impressive wats and the spectacular Silver Pagoda, which dramatically illustrates the richness of Khmer culture.
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They display books on pavements, near schools, and bus stations, even pagodas, cafe bars and restaurants.
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Wandering through the pagoda is like exploring the inside of a sublime, giant-sized trinket box.
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There are two very fine pagodas to visit at this temple as well as enjoying the lovely mountain stream.
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Pagodas and Buddhist cloisters are another landmark of Yunnan.
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It is not an India filled with the accumulated riches of ages, waiting for the adventurer to enter and shake the pagoda tree.
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Promotion or demotion of identities of Dong Yong and the Seventh Fairy and introduction of pagoda tree's imagery after the Song Dynasty are directly results of folklore ideal.
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The reflection of the pagoda comes and goes.
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Pagoda-style gopuram are thronged with blue-faced, multi-armed gods, animals and monsters, while the alleyways between them are candlelit and incense-filled.
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The guide pointed at a pagoda and told us that it was built hundreds of years ago.
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The tours begin in Hanoi, where guests will visit the Museum of Ethnology, the old craft quarter and several pagodas and temples, including the Tay Phuong Pagoda.
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The pagoda tilts to the east.
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We found a wonderful little pagoda in the middle of rice paddies and tobacco fields in the village of Wuping.
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On the hill overhanging it sits a verdigris replica of a pagoda awaiting ichthyic acolytes.
Sakana
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The very sight of the Yanan Pagoda pleased us beyond description.
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There seems to be endless jewelled demons, gilded temples (called wats) and tall pagodas.
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Thirteen Buddhist pagodas, 17 schools, and several villages are now planting those trees in an attempt to restore a severely deforested area.
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He built a brick pagoda and kept 3,000 Buddha statues at Sokjjang-sa where he lived.
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If rhododendrons thrive on your soil, plant the Pagoda Bush or the Chinese tupelo.
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This pagoda had four sides and five storeys, and the carvings on the sides were famous for their magnificence.
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Across the world, temples, pagodas, sacred land and water formations, manuscripts and sculptures are under threat from a variety of sources.
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The delicious scent of freshly baked baguettes filled the air, mixing with the incense wafting from inside the pagoda where the carved jackwood statues of Buddha in all his incarnations rose, surrounded by images of solemn judges and the fierce guardians of hell.
Floating City
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The Garden contains two Japanese pagodas and a large Buddhist statue, as well as rare Japanese plants and many beautiful lanterns.
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Japanese civilians, left to fend for themselves in Rangoon, evacuated as best they could and made their way via the Three Pagodas Pass into Kanchanaburi and thence to Bangkok.
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Brown vertical trunks absorbed the righteousness of the fields and shot heavenward like sacred pillars of an ancient pagoda.
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It's very interesting to see the pine tree look like a pagoda.
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These larger crystals sometimes exhibit a pagoda-like appearance with circumferential ridges and are somewhat stalactitic in habit.
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Buddhist temples incorporate pagodas, a design which came from India around the first century C.E. (the time when the religion made its way to China).
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a soft, unctuous stone resembling steatite (soapstone); it is true agalmatolite, a mineral popularly called pagoda stone.
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Mr. Vink bought a 2,000-square-meter lot from a local religious order that was moving its pagoda to a new location, and paid about $5 a square meter for the scrubby, jungly property.
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His fancy had sketched a pleasing picture of beautiful floating domiciles, moored under the banks of the river, and inhabited by a hundred thousand people in variegated costume; he recalled to memory the stories of the lofty pagodas lifting roof above roof, ... the snug cottages with the picturesque bridges and the comfortable Chinaman under the shade of a willow, with nothing to do but fish, all of which we have been accustomed to read, and pictures of which served to amuse us in our childhood ....
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
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In the centre of the pond was an island; and on the island was a little summerhouse like a miniature pagoda.
TOY SHOP
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With an octagonal cross section, the frame of the pagoda is completely made of wooden parts solidly linked by many mortises and tenons held together by a sophisticated system of brackets, in 54 different varieties.
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[Page 158] elegant chalet, similar in construction to a Chinese pagoda: in front of it, a little piece of ground inclosed by a rampart is reserved for the pair.
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Over the years he built a pagoda to polite English society as it faded in the glare of post-war vulgarity.
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At sunset, we climbed one deconsecrated pagoda to look over a landscape empty but for myriad other pagodas.
Times, Sunday Times
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The cruise takes us to the Beijing Zoo, the five-pagoda Temple, the Black Bamboo Park and the Summer Palace.
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Kentaro looked up at the pagoda where large arcs of electricity were reaching into the sky like a massive Jacob's Ladder.
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The pagoda, as he persisted in calling the palanquin, had been left standing on the spot where we last saw it.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
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The converts among the merchants and nomadic rulers built temples, pagodas and cave sanctuaries carved into the canyon cliffs and mountains along the Yellow River.
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It contains the famous Shwezigon pagoda that also is based on the great stupa at Sanchi.
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Tree peonies, magnolias, pagoda dogwood and flowering crab trees accompany roses planted by color in an informal style.
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‘Pagoda’ is one of the most commonly available erythroniums.
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A few plants such as bougainvillea and shrimp plants (which bloom with tiny yellow pagodas) flower all year-round, but island gardeners complain that their season is actually quite short.
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An old woman who lives in Danoke Village near the pagoda said, What happened was around 2pm, the hti-taw (ornamental finial of the pagoda) collapsed first, yet there was no strong wind blowing.
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