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It was to be the first step of the pedestal in the building up of a throne. It was to establish in Europe a party for James Stuart as strong as the party of Hanover. But so much was known to everyone in that room; to Wogan the marriage meant more.
In the midst of a little garden, planted with flowering shrubs, rose the statue which its late owner had most prized, an admirable copy of the Aphrodite of Cnidos; it stood upon a pedestal of black basalt and was protected by a light canopy with slender columns in all but transparent alabaster.
Margaret and her companion were seated at a little supper-table in the immense dining-room of the hotel, a room which been built after the proportions and decorated in the manner of an Egyptian temple. Their table was close to a column, which was decorated from pedestal to capital with the most familiar mythological figures of ancient Egypt.
In every home there is a shrine devoted to it. They are lacquered and gilded, usually having a carved lotos-flower as pedestal; and they do not, as a rule, bear the real, but only the religious and posthumous name of the dead.
An inscription used to be on the pedestal of one of the fountains opposite the entrance which read: "Superbe habitant du desert En ce lieu, dis moi, que fais tu Tu le vois
When they do so, two memorable scenes in the life of their heroine will probably be represented in bas-relief upon the pedestal. The one will portray Miss Burney, hopeless of ever inducing a biased public to read a woman's work, making a bonfire of the manuscripts to which she had devoted such patient care.
Then she realised that this was a step down from her pedestal of aloofness, and was silent again. Robin went on "Yes, it was you. It was a sentimental thing to do, but it afforded me immense pleasure. Love lives more on the homage it pays than that which it receives. Have you noticed that?" "I have never thought about it," said Dolly distantly.
And there, in line with the pedestal of the dial and the dead bird on the path, lay 'The Thimble. "Now, as I have said, 'The Thimble' was a rocky islet only a few rods in extent, but densely wooded with spruce and blue-gum. The general shape of the rock was that of a lady's thimble; hence the name.
Selma was ruminating. Her steel bright eyes shone with exultation. Her sense of righteousness was gratified and temporarily appeased. "They'll have to sell their house, of course, and give up their horses and steam-yacht? I don't see why it doesn't mean that Flossy and her husband must come down off their pedestal and begin over again?
It struck the solid bronze with a terrific crash and fell at the base of the pedestal whereon Ombos had stood a moment before. "Clayton rushed in at this juncture, and we went into the sitting-room. I saw him wipe his forehead with the back of his hand. "'He's been here again, sir, he said. 'I was standing on the gravel path by the library, a minute ago, when I saw him close by me in the bushes.
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