Making words work better
Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late sovereign lady, Queen Elizabeth the Second, of blessed and glorious memory, by whose Decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George,
That underlying conceptual metaphor is THE MIND IS THE UPPER STOREY IN A BUILDING, which relies in turn on the conceptual metaphor THE BODY IS A BUILDING.
I love how the silhouettes of winter trees give the skyline a jaggier rhythm, unlike the smooth legato of summer lushness. As I look out from my second-floor study, I feel airborne, level as I am with the middle branches of the beech trees in the grounds behind our house. Mercifully, they are protected by TPOs (Tree Protection Orders).
Jeremy Butterfield Editorial 