It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)]
It is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Yet the splendor is the authenticity of each fluid stage of his development, which is no small task. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: The Stars My Destination | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
This brilliant wheel, justly called a splendor, is attached to a conical cap on the head of the dancer, held by a ribbon or kerchief tied under the chin. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Quetzal Dancers in Puebla, Mexico] Reference
And then, in splendor and glory, came the great idea. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
While our merchants at home live in splendor and ease. From Wordnik.com. [Ships, Colonies, and Commerce] Reference
It begins like this, in splendor, in the way we dress …. From Wordnik.com. [In the Footsteps of Tocqueville (Part Three)] Reference
Zip open the tent and the mountain splendor washes over us. From Wordnik.com. [Where did you spend your Christmas holiday?? « Peace Corps South Africa] Reference
He had always had her live in splendor and magnificence, like a princess. From Wordnik.com. [The Miracles of Antichrist: A Novel] Reference
Besides, there are worlds beyond the real world, created lands of make-believe that cartwheel in splendor and magic. From Wordnik.com. [the tyranny of culture: writing as a filipino author] Reference
While at prayer, the Archangel Michael teaches her; two illustrious virgins, equal in splendor and virtue encourage her in frequent conversations. From Wordnik.com. [May 30 -- St Joan of Arc] Reference
It was significant that Huey Newton lived in splendor in a penthouse above the East Oakland slums while preaching to his constituents living in poverty below. From Wordnik.com. [AZ paramilitary group loses ranch to two illegal immigrants] Reference
By the "building again of the fallen tabernacle of David," or restoring its decayed splendor, is meant that only and glorious recovery which it was to experience under. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I look forward to seeing her blocked and in splendor. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
Don Horacio recalled the splendor of these receptions. From Wordnik.com. [The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan] Reference
Glendwr seems to burst forth in splendor in the 1770s as a national hero (Morgan. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on 'The Allure of the Same: Robert Southey's Welsh Indians and the Rhetoric of Good Colonialism'] Reference
Did he then recall the splendor of his return from Jena, from Friedland, from Tilsitt?. From Wordnik.com. [The Court of the Empress Josephine] Reference
Vestige of the Sublime Brilliance exists in a spherical shape, termed splendor, 751-u. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
By order of the general, they were buried with great pomp and splendor, that is, for those times. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
But as you walk closer, you'll see the tremendous light show is not one, but two houses joined in splendor. From Wordnik.com. [The Monthly Mini-Movie Reviews: December] Reference
Bahá '(بهاء), meaning "glory" or "splendor" -- a term which forms part of Bahá'u'lláh's assumed title. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The visual splendor is more than enough to feast your eyes on, so it’s too bad that the dialogue in the film couldn’t live up to its look. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Review: Alice in Wonderland » Scene-Stealers] Reference
She had always felt decidedly uncomfortable in the presence of his lordship because his splendor was a continual reminder of her own plainness. From Wordnik.com. [The Obedient Bride]
80 Four of them were immediately rejected as unequal to the burden; and among these was Laodicea, whose splendor is still displayed in its ruins. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
You and I should make a notable appearance among those who call splendor, life; and subtlety, knowledge; we could neither speak their language nor enter into their views. From Wordnik.com. [The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel] Reference
Judith of B.thulia (after T.B. Aldrich) is the best acted "splendor" play that I have seen. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor. From Wordnik.com. [Faith in Vane?] Reference
Let us not, therefore, regard the tearing down, but the splendor which is to succeed. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Great Sermons, Volume 01 Basil to Calvin] Reference
As you enter the house you're taken away to the kind of splendor that is most befitting of a brand like Tod's. From Wordnik.com. [The Bag Snob: Reviews of Designer Handbags, Authentic Designer Purses, and Leather Bags] Reference
He was blushing and smiling; he looked very handsome, and he had a kind of splendor that he had not had in America. From Wordnik.com. [An International Episode] Reference
This is the unsuspected splendor which is added to it naturally, and has nothing to do either with the dross that has been removed, or with the intrinsic qualities of the gem. From Wordnik.com. [Spontaneous Activity in Education] Reference
The Japanese visitors are often overwhelmed by the ballroom splendor. From Wordnik.com. [May I Have This Dance?] Reference
To get here, take a bus from Izmir and then go on to Kusadasi for some seaside splendor. From Wordnik.com. [The Istanbul Express] Reference
The little town of Banska Stiavnica, in central Slovakia, still retains much of its former splendor. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Innocence] Reference
Everyone in Hollywood thins he's Jerry Maguire-the one suit with integrity-but in the end they may vote for old - fashioned splendor. From Wordnik.com. [Handicapping The Race] Reference
It has always been a place of unsurpassed splendor; it has inspired and attracted writers, artists, dreamers, savants and philosophers. From Wordnik.com. [Death of the Dream] Reference
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