"Capitol building" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... they landed on the flat roof of the new Capitol Building, sinking lightly to rest as a feather, nursed to a gentle landing by the whirring vanes ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 • Various
... Western Empire and surveyed the lines of the great continental railways you are going to build to the Pacific Ocean. He planned and built your system of waterworks in the city of Washington and superintends now the extension of the Capitol building which will make it the most imposing public structure in the world. He has never stooped to play the part of a demagogue. He has never sought an office higher than the role of Senator which fits his character and temperament. His ...
— The Victim - A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis • Thomas Dixon |
