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statue

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statue
a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger


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High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince.
On the great steeple--surmounting the myriad of spires--inside of the spires--over the doors, the windows--in nooks and corners--every where that a niche or a perch can be found about the enormous building, from summit to base, there is a marble statue, and every statue is a study in itself
When the sum at which they were valued was named, he pointed to a figure of himself, saying to the Sculptor, "You will certainly want much more for this, as it is the statue of the Messenger of the Gods, and author of all your gain.
 
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