As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
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Hieroglyphic
/ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/
Synonyms for "hieroglyphic" (90 found)
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alphabetarrowheadartblueprintcharactercharacteringcharacterizationchartchoreographyconventional representationcuneiformdance notationdelineationdemonstrationdemotic characterdepictiondepictment
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11 entriesEgyptian hieroglyphicancient Egyptian hieroglyphicsancient hieroglyphichieroglyphic inscriptionhieroglyphic inscriptionshieroglyphic scripthieroglyphic symbolhieroglyphic symbolshieroglyphic textshieroglyphic writingpictorial writing
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I must say, that, at the coronation, there was little vestige left as possible "of the charms that pleased a king." "She looked," Lady Mary Wortley said, "like an Egyptian mummy, wrought with hieroglyphics of gold."
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The hieroglyphics or symbols, however, were reversed, just as though they had been pressed on wax.
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Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
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