key-stone

Those issues, however, were minor compared with the clause on taxes, which Symmes described as the “key-stone” on which the fate of the Constitution rested, but which he thought overcompensated for the problems of the past.78

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Those issues, however, were minor compared with the clause on taxes, which Symmes described as the “key-stone” on which the fate of the Constitution rested, but which he thought overcompensated for the problems of the past.78

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Those issues, however, were minor compared with the clause on taxes, which Symmes described as the “key-stone” on which the fate of the Constitution rested, but which he thought overcompensated for the problems of the past.78

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Fundamental distinction between faith and philosophy — the key-stone of the present treatise.

Theologico-Political Treatise 2007

Fundamental distinction between faith and philosophy — the key-stone of the present treatise.

Theologico-Political Treatise 2007

Civic or "political education," he says, is "the key-stone of the arch; the strength of the whole depends upon it" (Mill 1992, 93).

James Mill Ball, Terence 2005

It will certainly require repairs, and a key-stone next winter; and that key-stone will, and must necessarily be, Mr. Pitt.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Here is a new political arch almost built, but of materials of so different a nature, and without a key-stone, that it does not, in my opinion, indicate either strength or duration.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

The key-stone of the inverted arch between them was a yellow-flanked, tree-topped hill, rising immediately above the great rapids: beyond if waved, in far succession, three several swells of ground, each flatter and bluer than its nearer neighbour, and capping the whole stood Kongo de

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

By the discoveries of M. Mariette, it is now ascertained that the Egyptians were perfectly acquainted with the round arch and key-stone at a period antecedent to the architectural existence of Greece.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003