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The starry canopy was as welcome as the gilded ceiling of a palace.
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On each wall book-shelves rose to the carved and gilded ceiling.
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A large lamp of Dresden china was suspended from the painted and gilded ceiling.
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He was lounging against one of the pillars that sup ported the gilded ceiling.
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Inside it is dark and boisterous, with a gilded ceiling, chequered floors and wooden tables.
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Spectral from the gilded ceiling hung lightless chandeliers.
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Two lamps made of sapphire glass swung from the gilded ceiling.... Bowls of perfumed, waxen flowers.
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The mantel, carved in delicate wreaths, is boarded up, and an unsightly stove mocks the gilded ceiling.
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Hundreds of tiny candles reflected off the gilded ceiling vaults, lending a shimmer to the incense-spiced air.
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Clasping her slender jewelled hands, across her bosom, she looked up to the gilded ceiling, and sighing softly, whispered:
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Formally cut laurel-trees grew in huge pots, and the gilded ceiling was higher than those of the Palazzo di Sereno.
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And a strange unfathomable light leapt into his eyes, which he raised slightly towards the gilded ceiling, where countless lustres glittered.
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Spectral from the gilded ceiling hung lightless chandeliers.-Thefurniture, pompous, but worn by use and faded by time, seemed mementos of departed revels.
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The oil-soaked birds of the Gulf Coast seemed a long way from the marble-columned hearing room, with its red brocade curtains and gilded ceiling.
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The furniture was massive, but cumbrous and ill-assorted; and the gilded ceiling and Venetian mirrors, from want of care, had become tarnished and dim.
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So he took the bed and carried it upstairs, where he found a splendid saloon, with gilded ceiling and walls and floor of variegated marble.
