Sentence examples for iron crown from inspiring English sources
The church also retains an ancient weather vane -- a copper ball symbolizing the world, topped by an iron crown representing the British Empire that dominated it.
Early in 1355 he received the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan, and that Easter he received the imperial crown in Rome.
Supported by the Ghibellines, he accepted the iron crown of Lombardy in Milan (May 31 , 1327 and the imperial crown in Rome (January 11 , 1328, offered by the representatives of the Roman populace.
Iron Crown of Lombardy, originally an armlet or perhaps a votive crown, as suggested by its small size, that was presented to the Cathedral of Monza, where it is preserved as a holy relic.
The Iron Crown of Lombardy is composed of a broad circle of six plates of gold joined to each other by hinges and kept rigid by an interior ring of iron not quite 0.5 inch (1.25 cm) broad.
In this series which includes Din tjänare hör (1977; "Your Servant Is Listening"), Vredens barn (1979; "The Children of Wrath"), Nabots sten (1981; Naboth's Stone), and Järnkronan (1985; "The Iron Crown")—she recreated a world of preindustrial history, dialects, and biblical imagination, of physical hardship and provincial sentiments depicted with narrative passion and lyrical sensitivity.
His "New Gymnastics" also employed poles to loosen stiff joints, wooden dumbbells for flexibility, Indian clubs for limb coordination, and the cast-iron crown to develop neck and back muscles.
"Love also has its combats, victories, conquests, chains, irons, crowns, slaves, prisons, prisoners, defeats and triumphs" [CN, p.577].
Out front, a big iron gate crowned with the word FRIGOLANDIA welcomed me.
Where to Stay The lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel, 321 17th Street, (800) 321-2599, fax (303) 312-5900, www.brownpalace.com, with its seven tiers of cast-iron balconies crowned by a stained-glass ceiling, is one of the handsomest in the country.
In the Baltic area there were many survivals of ancient motifs (swastikas, rayed disks, snakes, horse heads) used on varied products, including the remarkable crosses and roofed poles, often with symbolic wrought-iron finials (crowning ornaments).
