Meaning of mausolæum | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of mausoleum.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“He Had then out Rival’d his Neighbour’s Prætenſions, and far beyond a Mauſolæum of Braſs, and Marble, extended a Living Monument of Himſelf round the Globe, to the Aſſiſtance of the Beſt Familys, and the perpetual Advantage of England.”

“Gordon’s and Marshall’s Histories were written to make⟳ money: and fashioned and finished; to sell⟳ high in the London Market. I Should expect⟳ to find⟳ more Truth in a History written by Hutchinson, Oliver or Sewell. And I doubt⟳ not, Such Histories will one day appear⟳. Marshall’s is a Mausolæum, 100 feet Square at the base⟳, and 200 feet high. It will be as durable, as the monuments of the Washington benevolent Societies: Your Character in History may be easily foreseen.”

“Northern Hindu follows, the temples of Orissa and at Benares being conspicuous instances, and the chapter closes with instances from the mixed Hindu style, when the Mahometan conquests had introduced a leaven of new forms, grafting most gracefully upon the native treatment, and producing, in the mausolæa, the palace halls, and the majestic ghâts or landing places, studies of great and novel value to our architects.”

“[…]; the stately mausolæums of kings, and saints, and martyrs, and the enduring memorials of all the illustrious dead, suggest⟳ the supreme authority of our religious impressions and spiritual aspirations.”

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