The broad folding-doors facing the lifesize portrait of the reigning Tsar were thrown wide open, and amid the breathless silence of all assembled, the grey-headed President of the Imperial Council, Grand Duke Michael, entered the hall.
"The Coming Conquest of England"
August Niemann
Each terrace is planted with sycamores, and the face of the terrace wall supports a bass-relief commemorating with the drama of its lifesize figures the stations of the cross.
"Their Silver Wedding Journey"
William Dean Howells
Not exactly, though your goosehairs get wonderfully realistically tingled and your tummy chilled from time to time-because you know it's all make-believe, a lifesize doll world, a children's dress-up world.
"No Great Magic"
Fritz Reuter Leiber