Standing idly at the portico was a very straight, black.    From Wordnik.com.  [African Camp Fires] Reference

The steps lead up to the central portico, which is 36 m.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

Sitting on the portico was a tall man dressed as a Quaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Cousin's Conspiracy A Boy's Struggle for an Inheritance] Reference

Behind the portico was a covered walkway leading to the villa itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alector's Choice]

In a few minutes the portico was also densely crowded with both sexes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Inauguration of President Lincoln] Reference

Over the pedestals of two of the remaining columns of the portico are the following inscriptions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in Syria and the Holy Land] Reference

On each side of the portico was a space of twenty-eight ieet, filled, up with four row3 of seats.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of the campaigns of the British forces in Spain and Portugal : undertaken to relieve those countries from the French usurpation : comprehending memoirs of the operations of this interesting war : characteristic reports of the Spanish and Portuguese troops, and illustrative anecdotes of distinguished military conduct in individuals, whatever their rank in the Army] Reference

The form of a portico is the arrangement of its columns; the form of a melody is the order of sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

The steps lead up to the central portico, which is 36 m (118 ft) wide and more than 16 m (52½ ft) tall.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

In front of the portico is the driveway, and beyond are three terraces, each three hundred feet in length.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of Caroline County, Virginia] Reference

In front of the portico was a saddled horse, craning his long neck at two panting hounds stretched on the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference

Seated in state on the portico was the governor, surrounded by judges of the Supreme Court, officers, and citizens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference

At the far end of the portico is the door of entrance, the only opening by which light is admitted to the building.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idler in France] Reference

Peter to feed his sheep; and at the ends of the portico are the equestrian statues of Constantine by Bernini, and of Charlemagne by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)] Reference

The portico, which is of massive dimensions, is approached by a commanding flight of granite steps, which runs round three sides of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Winter Tour in South Africa] Reference

He pointed to the large portico which is on the right of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference

Derived from the Greek "portico" and the Latin "porticus," the porch was surely known in some form during those historical eras.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Finkle: Stooping to the Highest Level] Reference

Occasionally the corridor-tomb has a kind of portico at its west end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders] Reference

It includes a modified kind of portico, the pillars of which are suggested or rather demanded by the necessity for supporting the ceiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1] Reference

"portico" Hearst Ave. at Arch/Leconte, UC campus for a two hour field session, rain or shine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Berkeley Daily Planet, The East Bay's Independent Newspaper] Reference

B.C. 280) and derived its name from the painted "portico" (stoa) at Athens in which he taught.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference

Over the portico was a sign, bearing the name.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Erie Train Boy] Reference

Valeria watched pensively from her portico as the crowd grew.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paprika Ewer] Reference

I sat me down in the shadow of the portico and waited once more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference

Ever and anon from between the pillars of the portico, guarding it like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference

Two barefooted, but very husky negroes came running in from the portico.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference

  Valeria thought about it while scrubbing the grout in her portico floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paprika Ewer] Reference

The step of worthy Doctor Small is heard upon the portico; Sir Asinus quakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference

"Only when you hear it on the portico -- at Shadynook or elsewhere," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference

Valeria was preparing her portico for the arrival of a new pitcher later in the day.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paprika Ewer] Reference

The Hôtel du Nord, with a portico of the old Forum built into its walls, and the Hôtel du.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference

Up near the top was a door with a portico; above it a black iron wheel and rope with an iron hook.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shorty] Reference

By next fall, the Frick's Fifth Avenue portico will be enclosed, creating the museum's first new gallery in 30 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anne Poulet, Frick Museum Director, To Retire Next Year] Reference

It was a house with a portico; about the pillars of this portico was trelliswork, and on the trelliswork was trained some climbing plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

A window was crashed open from within, -- the one over the front door, and someone came plunging through it on to the top of the portico.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference