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like a marble piece of sculpture than
When she opened her eyes, her head-more like a marble piece of sculpture than a living head—was resting on the blind queen's lap, she felt Atossa's warm kisses on her forehead, and Cambyses, who had obeyed his mother's call, was standing at her side.
— from An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 by Georg Ebers

Lindens are many paintings of ships that
On the walls of "The Lindens" are many paintings of ships that were at one time in the service of the Peabodys.
— from Historic Homes of New England by Mary Harrod Northend

like a marble piece of sculpture than
When she opened her eyes, her head-more like a marble piece of sculpture than a living head—was resting on the blind queen’s lap, she felt Atossa’s warm kisses on her forehead, and Cambyses, who had obeyed his mother’s call, was standing at her side.
— from An Egyptian Princess — Complete by Georg Ebers

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