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effigy Art a portrait of a person, esp as a monument or architectural decoration How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The other was meant for the effigy of Andrew Oliver, a gentleman belonging to one of the most respectable families in Massachusetts. Opposite the door was a life-size and hideous effigy of a grinning god, made of wood and painted in many colours. As I leaned over the railing and gazed upon the strange effigy and watched the play of the feathery head-dress, stirred by the same breeze which in low tones breathed amidst the lofty palm-trees, I loved to yield myself up to the fanciful superstition of the islanders, and could almost believe that the grim warrior was bound heavenward. |
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