grotto

• But there was no penetrating above thirty feet; for the grotto, after rising six or seven feet in height, dropped down again, and closed together till there was a mere slit There may be more of it beyond here, sir," said the guide, "if we could break through There is more than enough here, Melchior," cried Dale. —  The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps
• The brown and green recesses of the grotto were at once murkier, and yet more distinctly visible, for the glow of the fire, flickering through the crevices of the metal door of the furnace, had begun to assert its luminous quality, which was hardly perceptible in the full light of day, and brought out the depth of the shadows. —  The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895
• The guide who furnished the light and showed us the grotto is the widow of a Polish officer. —  Brittany ; Its Byways
• Owing to the reflections of the sky and water, everything in the grotto is blue, and stalactites hang like icicles from the roof and walls. —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
• But the fountain played once more in the grotto, the vine-wreaths frolicked again round their graceful shells, the statues looked at their pure faces in the shining mural wall I cared not for these. —  Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author

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