Largely self-taught, he achieved great eminence in the musical world in the years leading up to the First World War. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
A scholar of great eminence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The other question that seems to dispute pre-eminence is the Irish question. From Wordnik.com. [Will Britain Retain India?] Reference
The death of the Rev.S. W. Bonney, of Canton, an American missionary of great eminence, is announced. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of the Rev. S. W. Bonney] Reference
His career teaches young men that every position of eminence is open before the diligent and the worthy. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Address Delivered at the Burial of President Lincoln] Reference
This pre-eminence is particularly noticeable at two points of time, in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. From Wordnik.com. [France Through Canadian Eyes] Reference
At the same time, though, they understood that the campaign to achieve and maintain eminence continued well beyond the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Sharon L. Butler: Abstract Expressionist New York: Line and Legacy] Reference
Judah -- A high pre-eminence is destined to this tribe (Nu. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
In the valley at the foot of the eminence is the suburb of +St. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
But are you saying the eminence is a better speaker since that is 125 rms?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The first thing that impressed me when I reached the eminence was the silence. From Wordnik.com. [Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation] Reference
But are you saying the eminence is a better speaker since that is 125 rms? en Español. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The cardiothoracic surgeon is a great example of what I believe is called eminence based medicine. From Wordnik.com. [Fat and fatter | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
The summit of the eminence was a small level space, on which were pitched the rival banners, surrounded still by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Talisman] Reference
Words such as "eminence" and "patronage" suggest an oldworldly courtesy and exclusivity. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to _The Keepsake_] Reference
So long in eminence of light serene. From Wordnik.com. [Poems: Descriptive, Dramatic, Legendary and Contemplative, by William Gilmore Simms, Esq. In Two Volumes: Vol. II. I. Southern Passages and Pictures; II. Historical and Dramatic Sketches; III. Scripture Legends; IV. Francesca Da Rimini] Reference
Queen paves way for Michael Martin to get peerage after MPs praise his 'eminence'. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to GSIS turns to members for steady, sure income] Reference
Here, I've plotted the "eminence" of scientists and artists working in the Netherlands between 1400 and 1950. From Wordnik.com. [VDARE.com: Blog Articles] Reference
This power the first man had in eminence. From Wordnik.com. [C.S. Lewis on Paradisal Man] Reference
This power the Paradisal man enjoyed in eminence. From Wordnik.com. [C.S. Lewis on Paradisal Man] Reference
A renovated world, and was truly worthy of the pre-eminence which is always allotted to him. From Wordnik.com. [Notable Women of Olden Time] Reference
Yet there are signs that U.S. pre-eminence may be softening. From Wordnik.com. [The West Need Not Panic] Reference
But in the 20th century, Barings's blue-chip pre-eminence began to wane. From Wordnik.com. [God Save The Royal Fortune] Reference
Clearly far more is at stake than America's appearance of global pre-eminence. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Show Us The Proof] Reference
It's a measure of his eminence that scientists aren't rejecting his pessimism outright. From Wordnik.com. [Here's Dr. Doom] Reference
And, in Gore's case, the climb back up the cliff, to a Nobel Peace Prize and global eminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Power] Reference
LLOYD CUTLER, 87Calm and sage, superlawyer Cutler was for many years a gray eminence in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [TRANSITION] Reference
Lopez answers his critics by warning that the industry is in a "battle" to preserve its pre-eminence. From Wordnik.com. [GM: It's Rocky in Recovery] Reference
It was a 1987 Serb rally at the Kosovo battle site that propelled Milosevic to national pre-eminence. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghosts Of Serbia] Reference
The result is that America's university system, despite its historical pre-eminence, has ceased to grow. From Wordnik.com. [Innovation Isn't Enough] Reference
For decades, as East Asia's export economies rose to pre-eminence, the scene has grown more frenetic year by year. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Hong Kong] Reference
If the festival fails to retain its pre-eminence by being truly great, something irreplaceable will have been lost. From Wordnik.com. [All Wagner, All The Time] Reference
As his detractors tell it, Bolland is an eminence grise -- a postmodern Richelieu or Rasputin, conniving behind the throne. From Wordnik.com. [Meet The Wizard] Reference
A British intellectual says sniffily that although Stephenson is "a man of eminence" he "hardly serves to fill you with patriotic fervor.". From Wordnik.com. [Of Money And Men] Reference
He was sitting in company with Bobby Brown, third baseman for the Yanks in the 1940s, when Joe was the eminence in the old Bronx clubhouse. From Wordnik.com. [The Loneliest Hero] Reference
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