Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. From LearnThat.org. [Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)]
The flatterers of princes tell them whom they equal in pomp and grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
When he makes a figure his fashion passes away, and his great pomp is but great fancy, Acts xxv. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
I do not think it is the role of councillors to indulge in pomp and circumstance: we have been elected to do, not to show. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
The Fort Pitt Museum reopened last weekend with re-enactors, Native Americans and a colonial fair -- in short, pomp matching the circumstance. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
True glory (that is, true grace) will go up with the soul to heaven, but vain pomp will go down with the body to the grave: there is an end of it. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The stately kings of Persia, exchanging their vain pomp for more genuine greatness, freely mingled with the humblest but most useful of their subjects. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Note, Many that live in pomp and at ease themselves care not what straits those about them are reduced to, so they may but have every thing to their mind. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
We have seen the king of Egypt resembling the king of Assyria in pomp, and power, and prosperity, how like he was to him in his greatness; now here we see. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The NFL can't fully believe in its product, not when its Super Bowl ads are set to Stones music — constant reminders that the pomp is bigger than the play. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - With game plan, true fans can enjoy Stupor Bowl] Reference
Perhaps there are as many instances of notorious sinners ending their days in pomp as ending them in misery, which observation is sufficient to invalidate their arguments against. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
At "the hard, unripe age of twenty-three," Charlotte gloried in pomp. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C. M. Mayo] Reference
Is it Glory, as the world has learned to call the pomp and circumstance of arms?. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Papers] Reference
The Diana exhibit is likely to appeal not just to those who recall the pomp of her 1981. From Wordnik.com. [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference
Cimino conveys in deliriously cinematic terms the pomp and grandeur of an Ivy League graduation. From Wordnik.com. [My Year of Flops] Reference
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Our mourning usages are not overloaded with what may be called the pomp, pride, and circumstance of woe which characterize English funerals. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
True greatness, if it be any where on earth, is in a private virtue; removed from the notion of pomp and vanity, confined to a contemplation of itself, and centering on itself. From Wordnik.com. [The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05] Reference
And the kind of pomp and circumstance befits what great powers do. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 3, 2007] Reference
It was deemed that conditions were not -- bilateral relationship was not in the sort of condition that would allow that kind of pomp and circumstance. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By David Johnson On Lake Trip] Reference
Note, Great pomp is but great fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
His pomp is brought down to the grave. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Only in Iran does the uranium enrichment rate this kind of pomp - a curtain rising to reveal a grand orchestra. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
What 'pomp' there is in all this I am unable to discover. ". From Wordnik.com. [Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.] Reference
The power, the pomp, the incredible, indubitable fact: I rule!. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Leader, Happy Nation] Reference
Instead, it had all the pomp and circumstance of a hotel checkout. From Wordnik.com. [CONVENTIONAL WISDOM] Reference
But even they may have grown fed up with presidential pomp -- and long reigns. From Wordnik.com. [FRANCE: THE LAST OF HIS KIND?] Reference
It's like Henry in his pomp, only without the shoulder shrugs and glaring sulks. From Wordnik.com. [On the road: Renault Clio Renaultsport 200] Reference
But these trouble spots were scarcely mentioned amid the pomp and preening in Santiago. From Wordnik.com. [Drifting Away] Reference
The Day of the funeral, for all the pomp and pageantry and live TV, he belonged to them. From Wordnik.com. [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference
His supporters insist that Samaranch really doesn't like all the pomp that goes with his job. From Wordnik.com. [No More Fun And Games] Reference
I never got to ask the admiral, but I assume he was greeted with all of the pomp and circumstance normally accorded a reporter. From Wordnik.com. [Between The Lines Online: A New Kind Of War] Reference
In the context of Diana's funeral, the song was undeniably moving: it yanked the funeral out of pomp tradition and into the pop now. From Wordnik.com. [Mourning All The Way To No. 1] Reference
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