I tell you mighty Westarwân, for all his star-crowned loftiness, is no King to me. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Punjab] Reference
Ah, let them still call loftiness of purpose and whiteness of soul the dreams of a theorist, -- even if they be so, the Ideal in this case is better than the. From Wordnik.com. [Ernest Maltravers — Complete] Reference
He found himself indulging in the most petty meannesses, and following these with flashes of a kind of loftiness of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Windy McPherson's Son] Reference
Beneath an outward painted mask of loftiness and pride. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
He displayed none of the loftiness associated with his name. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
"But I have," Dr. Ewing say, with so great loftiness of head. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Maids of Far Cathay] Reference
Titian rise to the loftiness of conception of Michael Angelo, and. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
Now this I say, that no man may deceive you by loftiness of words. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 58: Colossians The Challoner Revision] Reference
His peculiar merit was the purity and loftiness of his moral taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 321, July 5, 1828] Reference
His preaching was not in loftiness of words, but in spirit and power. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Behind and above there was no loftiness of ideality or of veneration. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
With its lightness and loftiness contrasting grandly with the massive. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See] Reference
Then he proceeded to bring down feminine loftiness with virile reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
They are full of good-will, aspiration, trust, and real loftiness of tone. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
It was the power of truth, the loftiness of innocence confronting the sinner. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
Even when the collection was taken up they maintained their loftiness of poise. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
His loftiness of feeling and unbounded generosity continued even under adverse fortunes. From Wordnik.com. [A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland] Reference
Perhaps he did not suspect that all the morning he had been manifesting considerable loftiness toward. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873] Reference
It bore an impress of loftiness, totally removed from pride; a moral superiority, which impressed all. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
These are stories from a source unsurpassed in our literature for purity of style and loftiness of subject. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Rachel glanced at him shyly and sought to withdraw her hand, for she recognized the loftiness of the title. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The arches dividing the aisles from the nave are high and rather pointed, giving an impression of loftiness. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
The roof of the theatre has been raised, and the loftiness at present of the house makes it look really well. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
McKellen's Lear is the biggest reason: he has stripped the king of theatrical loftiness and made him so alive. From Wordnik.com. [$2,295 a ticket? Now, That’s High Tragedy] Reference
Peden had met the order to close his doors with smiling loftiness, easy understanding of what he read it to mean. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
And now, what is true of these great men may be true of every one of us, according to the loftiness of our living. From Wordnik.com. [The Jericho Road] Reference
The voice was pettish, but the listener was not slow to catch a tremor of discomfort under its attempted loftiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
It is an aspiration of which the loftiness is in no way affected by the lowliness of the means employed to realize it. From Wordnik.com. [Poise: How to Attain It] Reference
"Blind to his longing for power," O'Toole writes, "he would repeatedly deceive himself about the loftiness of his purpose.". From Wordnik.com. [AN OLD LION'S LAST ROAR] Reference
In this day no regard is paid to loftiness or lowliness, to poverty or wealth, to nobility and lineage, to weakness or might. From Wordnik.com. [A Compilaton on Women] Reference
Men, living for selfish ends, have been penetrated by the light of a great purpose, and have risen to the loftiness of human duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
In his Platonic loftiness Howe always dwelt apart; and there have been no glorious dreams since Bunyan woke amidst the beatific vision. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
The rudest breasts are accessible to emotion, from the display of generosity, self-denial, and loftiness of purpose in their commanders. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
We have heard the pride of Moab, he is exceeding proud: his haughtiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the loftiness of his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
And the loftiness of men shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
We have learned to think of both primarily in terms of grand gestures, but they work just as well, if not better, when some of the expected loftiness is removed. From Wordnik.com. [Proms 56 & 57: Minnesota Orchestra/Vänskä] Reference
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