air castle
Example Sentences
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Was it an "air castle," or was it "a Turkish Babel?" asked the wags.
From Time Magazine Archive
He tried to put it out of his mind, but the captivating air castle would not down.
From Pocket Island A Story of Country Life in New England by Munn, Charles Clark
If your view is confirmed, our project will have been an air castle.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
P.S.," in which Julia wrote, "Do, Fan, use your influence with the old man and make him fix up the infernal old air castle.
From Tempest and Sunshine by Holmes, Mary Jane
He passes to-day in building an air castle for to-morrow, or in writing yesterday's elegy; and he would flyaway this hour, but that a cage, necessity, keeps him.
From McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by McGuffey, William Holmes
