One item of costliness was observed in the massive rails of the altar, which are formed of solid silver.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
This tomb, as the Bishop has planned it, is a miracle of costliness and beauty; for it is to secure him a double end: the indulgence of his own tastes, and the humiliation of a former rival who lies modestly buried in the same church.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Yet the Greeks and Romans of the better times, owing to the costliness of the material, contented themselves with the possession of borders or stripes of purple.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker