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Definition of Outbuilds
1. outbuild [v] - See also: outbuild
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbuilds
Literary usage of Outbuilds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced by John Bartlett (1906)
"Virtue alone outbuilds the Pyramids ; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall.
Ni'jhl vi. Line. And all may do what has by man been done. Line eoe. ..."
2. Carlyle's Laugh, and Other Surprises by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1909)
"... such an occasion : — " Each man makes his own stature, builds himself: Virtue
alone outbuilds the Pyramids; Her monuments shall last when Egypt's fall. ..."
3. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages: Classified Subjectively and by Robert Christy (1887)
"Latin. 62. Virtue alone with lasting grace Embalms the virtues of the face.
Trumbull. 63. Virtue alone outbuilds the pyramids: Her monuments shall last when ..."
4. The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts. by Edward Young (1813)
"Each man makes his own stature, builds himself: Virtue alone outbuilds the
pyramids : Her monuments shall last, when Egypt's fall. Of these sure truths dost ..."
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