The tower of Belus, the Palace of Nebuchadnezzar, and the Obelisk of Semiramis were probably wonderful structures, certainly in size, which is one of the conditions of architectural effect.

They erected obelisks in single shafts nearly one hundred feet in height, and they engraved the sides of these obelisks from top to bottom with representations of warriors, priests, and captives.

I joined several friends in erecting a granite obelisk to his memory in the same churchyard.

Stepping a few yards to either side throws the obelisk out of the way and affords one a perfect view of that noble arch (one of the most stately monuments in existence).

land that still retains rays of their lustre, which streams from the flowers in the name of "Linnaeus;" which beams for thy chivalrous men from Charles the Twelfth's banner; which sounds from the obelisk on the field of Lutzen!

He stood looking at the grave and the obelisk with a gentler face than he had shown before.

Augustus erected an obelisk at Rome, in the Campus Martius, which served to mark the hours on an horizontal dial, drawn on the pavement.

There was the tomb itselfan earth grave and a rough obelisk without so much as a name or a date upon it set up at its head by some past Resident at Kohara.

and yet the landscape wore the same sunny smile as when I carved his name on the towering obelisk before him.

They erected obelisks in single shafts nearly one hundred feet in height, and they engraved the sides of these obelisks from top to bottom with representations of warriors, priests, and captives.

The obelisk near the S. door is said to have once been the churchyard cross.