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  • I was to stand on the top steps of the burned-out Basilica of St Paul on the Calcada.†   (source)
  • On the ledge outside the basilica there are steps descending farther into the Cleft.†   (source)
  • The light seemed to emanate from beneath the floor in the center of the basilica.†   (source)
  • Only a hundred yards away, inside the thick walls of St. Peter's Basilica, the world was serene.†   (source)
  • The Three Score and Ten will not let me descend into the Cleft beyond the basilica.†   (source)
  • -lights in the basilica and museums are extinguished leaving speculation-†   (source)
  • Although not as worn as the path leading to the basilica, they are equally intriguing.†   (source)
  • Flashlights were no match for the voluminous blackness of St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • Shortly before noon I left the basilica to climb the vines.†   (source)
  • I speculated on the basilica and its makers, on the Bikura, on the Shrike, and on myself.†   (source)
  • They were nearing the Niche of the Palliums-the sunken area in the center of the basilica.†   (source)
  • The masses streamed toward the basilica in a euphoric torrent of humanity.†   (source)
  • Alpha opened the outer doors and we passed through the antechamber into the central basilica.†   (source)
  • Langdon could barely see as he burst out of the basilica.†   (source)
  • The image behind her was a night shot of St. Peter's Basilica with all its lights blazing.†   (source)
  • The camerlegno staggered now through the darkness of St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • It was 11:39 P.M. when Langdon stepped with the others from St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • The media lights and cameras were all pivoted toward the basilica.†   (source)
  • He moved beside her, cautiously, down the east side of the basilica.†   (source)
  • Everyone was pointing behind him, toward the front of St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • The Holy Vatican Grottoes are located beneath the main floor of St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • With a final joyous exultation, the camerlegno turned and dashed back into St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • They visit the Basilica de Guadalupe where they dedicate their victories to the Virgin Mary.†   (source)
  • You are a wonder, Gen. I will carve your name on a stele outside the basilica, I promise.†   (source)
  • Imagine swimming down into the ocean and touching the top of Saint Mark's Basilica.†   (source)
  • In Louisville, they made Cesar pledge that if they played, he would visit Her basilica.†   (source)
  • C#13 CHAPTER 13 For Robert Langdon, the Capitol Rotunda—like St. Peter's Basilica—always had a way of taking him by surprise.†   (source)
  • Florentino Ariza continued to patrol La Manga, continued to hear Mass without devotion in the basilica of the seminary, continued to attend civic ceremonies that never would have interested him in another state of mind, but the passage of time only increased the credibility of the story he had heard.†   (source)
  • Langdon, as a child, had been terrified when he saw Michelangelo's diabolical "horned Moses"—the centerpiece of Rome's Basilica of St. Peter in Chains.†   (source)
  • The sun was not yet illuminating the interior of the basilica when they set Alpha's corpse on the broad altar and removed his remaining rags.†   (source)
  • On Pacem we have-as best we could from ancient photos and holos— rebuilt the basilica of St Peter's exactly as it stood in the ancient Vatican.†   (source)
  • As far as we could tell, the entrance to the labyrinth and the so-called basilica also must have been destroyed in the landslide.†   (source)
  • I have confirmed what I barely noticed during my return up the cliff after discovering what I now think of as "the basilica."†   (source)
  • If they destroy the things they have taken-and then destroy me-there will be no record of the basilica.†   (source)
  • There was no sound in the echoing silence of the basilica except for the pounding of my pulse in my own ears.†   (source)
  • My greatest regret was that I would not be able to send out the news of the basilica to an unbelieving universe.†   (source)
  • Hyperion's sun had dropped below low clouds and was visible above the rim wall to the west as we walked the final few meters to the basilica.†   (source)
  • I stayed in the basilica that night.†   (source)
  • They had retrieved the cruciform but left the skeleton lying where they had found it; there was no attempt to carry the remains to the basilica.†   (source)
  • Now he rested in the most sacred of tombs, buried five stories down, directly beneath the central cupola of the basilica.†   (source)
  • The lights in the basilica are out.†   (source)
  • I did not leave the basilica until Alpha left on the third day, but most of the visible changes had taken place by the end of that first night.†   (source)
  • But the break was a very painful one and after four days the Bikura slashed Theta's throat and took his body to the basilica.†   (source)
  • The Office of the Swiss Guard is housed adjacent to Il Corpo di Vigilanza, directly northeast of St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • Directly ahead rose the rear of St. Peter's Basilica, a view, Langdon realized, most people never saw.†   (source)
  • "You will be of the cruciform all of your days," said the little Bikura and the basilica echoed to the chorus of voices repeating the phrase.†   (source)
  • They were pointing to the uppermost level of the basilica, the rooftop terrace, where huge statues of Christ and his apostles watched over the crowd.†   (source)
  • Instead, one of the Bikura raised his arms, just as the first shafts of colored light entered the basilica, and intoned, "You will follow the cross all of your days."†   (source)
  • The springtime sun was setting behind St. Peter's Basilica, and a massive shadow spread, engulfing the piazza.†   (source)
  • But crouching among the exposed alloy ribs of the ancient craft, I could imagine the rejoicing of the seventy survivors, their short voyage to the Cleft, their eventual discovery of the basilica, and… and what?†   (source)
  • We must remember that the cardinals spent much of today in the Vatican museums and St. Peter's Basilica, enjoying those areas without the crowds.†   (source)
  • I had the urge to stop then, to return at least to the safety of the basilica, but most of the Three Score and Ten were behind me on the narrow staircase and there seemed little chance that they would stand aside to let me pass.†   (source)
  • As the people flooded in around the front of the basilica, the chaos intensified, until it seemed nothing could stop it.†   (source)
  • Camerlegno Carlo Ventresca stood on the rooftop terrace of St. Peter's Basilica and looked down over the multitudes of people staring up at him.†   (source)
  • The guards had completed searching the Niche of the Palliums and were moving across the basilica again when their walkie-talkies went off.†   (source)
  • The main aisle of St. Peter's Basilica, Lieutenant Chartrand had once figured out, was longer than an Olympic soccer field.†   (source)
  • Like a mountain parting the morning fog, the colossal dome rose out of the haze before them: St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • Inside the darkened basilica, Langdon, Vittoria, and the two guards strained breathlessly toward the main exit.†   (source)
  • Every cardinal on the planet is here today, Langdon thought as the chopper passed over St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • Flashlights came on, but the lights were almost dead now and did not even begin to probe the depths of the basilica before them.†   (source)
  • As Christianity spread, the shrine got bigger, layer upon layer, culminating in this colossal basilica.†   (source)
  • The Swiss Guard had apparently been able to clear only about a hundred and fifty feet back-the area directly in front of the basilica-less than one-third of the square.†   (source)
  • Crossing the plaza, they approached the rear wall of the basilica and followed it through a triangular courtyard, across Via Belvedere, and into a series of buildings closely huddled together.†   (source)
  • Eleven-forty-two P.M. The frenzied convoy that plunged back into the basilica to retrieve the camerlegno was not one Langdon had ever imagined he would be part of …. much less leading.†   (source)
  • The cavernous interior of the basilica had room for over 60,000 worshipers …. over one hundred times the population of Vatican City, the smallest country in the world.†   (source)
  • Signs pointed in all directions: PALAZZIO GOVERNATORIO COLLEGIO ETHIOPIANA BASILICA SAN PIETRO CAPELLA SISTINA They accelerated up the manicured road past a squat building marked RADIO VATICANA.†   (source)
  • After parking the cart on the wide lawn directly behind St. Peter's Basilica, the guard escorted Langdon and Vittoria up a stone escarpment to a marble plaza off the back of the basilica.†   (source)
  • Far off, in the grayness at the end of the spotlight's reach, black fabric billowed, revealing a familiar form running down the main aisle of the basilica.†   (source)
  • T he Vatican's helipad, for reasons of safety and noise control, is located in the northwest tip of Vatican City, as far from St. Peter's Basilica as possible.†   (source)
  • There would be no heat blast, no flying shrapnel to injure onlookers, just a biblical opening of the earth and a towering basilica crumbling into a crater.†   (source)
  • "As you may recall," the scholar continued, "last night, when Camerlegno Carlo Ventresca was standing on the roof of the basilica, all of the cardinals below began calling out his name in unison."†   (source)
  • Kicking up a cloud of dust, the chopper dropped onto the open portion of the square between the crowd and the basilica, touching down at the bottom of the basilica's staircase.†   (source)
  • In front of the basilica, bordering the vast oval common, 284 columns swept outward in four concentric arcs of diminishing size …. an architectural trompe de l'oiel used to heighten the piazza's sense of grandeur.†   (source)
  • Not only had he accepted the camerlegno's divine revelation of the antimatter's location, but he was lobbying for the destruction of St. Peter's Basilica-one of the greatest architectural feats on earth …. as well as all of the art inside.†   (source)
  • The camerlegno erupted through the doors of St. Peter's Basilica at exactly 11:56 P.M. He staggered into the dazzling glare of the world spotlight, carrying the antimatter before him like some sort of numinous offering.†   (source)
  • He wondered if it was his body or just his spirit that had floated down from heaven toward the soft, darkened expanse of the Vatican City Gardens …. alighting like a silent angel on the deserted lawns, his black parachute shrouded from the madness by the towering shadow of St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • Not to mention, the greatest treasures were architectural-the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's famed spiral staircase leading to the Museo Vaticano-priceless testaments to man's creative genius.†   (source)
  • However, after assessing the situation, I am confident the antimatter canister is located in one of our white zones-those Vatican sectors accessible to public tours-the museums and St. Peter's Basilica, for example.†   (source)
  • Yes, the basilica!†   (source)
  • St. Peter's Basilica.†   (source)
  • In the basilica?†   (source)
  • His name would be carved in stone on a stele outside the basilica, and mine would be written in the dust.†   (source)
  • He just knew it was an easy promise to make and because the Basilica was in Mexico City, it was just as easy to postpone indefinitely.†   (source)
  • Sounis and Attolia long ago converted to the invaders' religion, and we worship those gods in the basilica in the city, but once we all worshiped the gods of the mountain country.†   (source)
  • When the boys entered the basilica, lights in the nave came on and the organ gently played the notes of the "Guadalupe Hymn."†   (source)
  • Waves of rose and gold throbbed up the sky from behind the dome of the Basilica.†   (source)
  • Provided the priest has his basilica and his altar, he has nothing to say.†   (source)
  • I will not go so far as to say that it is quite the ugliest, for, although there are certain things in Saint-Hilaire which are well worth a visit, there are others that are very old now, in my poor basilica, the only one in all the diocese that has never even been restored.†   (source)
  • Ruins and basilicas, palaces and colossi, set in the midst of a sordid present, where all that was living and warm-blooded seemed sunk in the deep degeneracy of a superstition divorced from reverence; the dimmer but yet eager Titanic life gazing and struggling on walls and ceilings; the long vistas of white forms whose marble eyes seemed to hold the monotonous light of an alien world: all this vast wreck of ambitious ideals, sensuous and spiritual, mixed confusedly with the signs of…†   (source)
  • …Saint-Germain-des-Pres; also the Pope's Nuncio, then Monsignor Macchi, Archbishop of Nisibi, later on Cardinal, remarkable for his long, pensive nose, and another Monsignor, entitled thus: Abbate Palmieri, domestic prelate, one of the seven participant prothonotaries of the Holy See, Canon of the illustrious Liberian basilica, Advocate of the saints, Postulatore dei Santi, which refers to matters of canonization, and signifies very nearly: Master of Requests of the section of Paradise.†   (source)
  • Whatever may be the carved and embroidered envelope of a cathedral, one always finds beneath it—in the state of a germ, and of a rudiment at the least—the Roman basilica.†   (source)
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