vault of heaven
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There a bridge will be built, reaching from Manhattan to the vault of heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the moment he fell still, the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Atlas, who bore the vault of heaven upon his shoulders, was the father of the Hesperides, so Hercules went to him and asked him to get the apples for him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The interpreters of the Vedas attempted to distinguish Mitra from Varuna by making the former the god of the daylight, the latter the god of the midnight vault of heaven.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
No doubt the ancients thought the vault of heaven was solid, enclosing the atmosphere which covers the earth, and that the stars were either fixed upon it or moved in their courses on its surface.
From St. Dionysius of Alexandria Letters and Treatises by Alexandria, Bishop of
