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  • The Circumstances in which I saw her, were, it seems, the Disguises only of a broken Heart, and a kind of Pageantry to cover Distress; for in two Months after, she was carried to her Grave with the same Pomp and Magnificence: being sent thither partly by the Loss of one Lover, and partly by the

    Spectator, March 17, 1711 1711

  • a broken Heart, and a kind of Pageantry to cover Distress; for in two

    The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

  • Pageantry, he said, is something the congregation wants.

    Crystal Cathedral's Cracks Show in Bankruptcy Filing Tamara Audi 2010

  • "Mario Merz: Pageantry of Painting" explores a lesser-known period of Merz's career in the late 1970s and '80s, when he introduced figurative painting into his cabinet of curiosities.

    In Turin, Merz's Weird and Wonderful Numbers and Materials 2010

  • Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and National Endowment for the Arts awards, she has written extensively about dance in articles and three books (Dance for Export: Cultural Diplomacy and the Cold War, 1998; Dancing in the Sun: Hollywood Choreographers 1915 – 1937, UMI Research Press, 1987; American Pageantry, A Movement for Art and Democracy, UMI, 1990).

    Dance Performance in the United States. 2009

  • Go to this link, and scroll through the list and look for "Opening Ceremony Act I: Pageantry"

    YouTube yanks Olympics Opening Ceremony video -- The Live Feed | THR 2008

  • The Right Pageantry by Peter Dearman on Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 5: 30: 56 AM

    Words Matter 2007

  • Pageantry, pomp, ceremony, protocol, it all goes with this sort of visit, and for one simple reason.

    CNN Transcript May 3, 2007 2007

  • Pageantry like some ridiculous game show churns along stronger than ever, where the likes of Mitt Romney spend $1000 per vote in straw polls.

    The Power, But Not The Sense? 2007

  • Pageantry and parade rhetoric aside, this is an institution that dehumanizes not only "the enemy" but, all too often, its own children.

    Blood Fatigue 2006

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