Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long,- Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. From LearnThat.org. [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)]
Their hearts were jocund and sublime. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
sublime iodine. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Besides this distinction, they have what they call the sublime, that is, a style proper for poetry, and which is the exact scripture style. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e]
Hardly surpising, since the sublime is all about import. From Wordnik.com. [On the Sublime] Reference
Much of what we call sublime is only the residue of infancy, and the worst of it. From Wordnik.com. [Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection] Reference
Bob laughed heartily at these observations of his Cousin upon what he termed the sublime art. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
Well! that passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge] Reference
The deduction of aesthetic judgements upon objects of nature must not be directed to what we call sublime in nature, but only to the beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The Critique of Judgement] Reference
Not by the exceptional shall the last word ever be spoken; and indeed what we call the sublime should be only a clearer, profounder insight into all that is perfectly normal. From Wordnik.com. [Wisdom and Destiny] Reference
Failure, when sublime, is not without its purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19 - Part X] Reference
The style, though not generally sublime, is graphic and vivid in details (compare Zep 1: 4-12). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
But Burtynsky draws his terrifying sublime from the world of order rather than the forces of the wild. From Wordnik.com. [Ballardian » Edward Burtynsky: Oil – A Ballardian Interpretation] Reference
I know not what the word sublime means, if it be not the intimations in this infant of a terrific force. From Wordnik.com. [The Conduct of Life (1860)] Reference
Turning back to the word sublime, what connection can we make to something uplifted being below a doorway?. From Wordnik.com. [ history] Reference
It would be divine (as in sublime) justice to have the nomination hinge on Florida down to the proverbial wire. From Wordnik.com. [Blitzer: Hold new Florida, Michigan primaries in August?] Reference
The word sublime does not derive from being under a green piece of citrus fruit, but it may derive from being under something else. From Wordnik.com. [ history] Reference
78That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
5287That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations] Reference
Mr. Campbell would have adopted my fifth form 'sublime' -- at least in so conspicuous a situation. From Wordnik.com. [Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1] Reference
With an expression sublime in its tenderness, King Loc gazed at. From Wordnik.com. [Honey-Bee 1911] Reference
The sublime is the representation of something powerful, in a simple form. From Wordnik.com. [Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic] Reference
A better example than this of what is called the sublime could not be found. From Wordnik.com. [The Rowley Poems] Reference
Also the AI can be called sublime, especially on the higher difficulty degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Fragland :: Everything] Reference
And this brings me to my last example of what I may call sublime moral courage or heroism. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
What elevated this humble establishment to the sublime was the heady fragrance of baking bread. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
By their divine elegance the latter recall the sublime qualities of the Camera della Segnatura. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
You cannot clearly recall the sublime peak of Mont Blanc, the roaring curve of Niagara, the vast dome of St. Peter's. From Wordnik.com. [Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness] Reference
Cross, and recalling the sublime passage of Dante, which the most celebrated commentators have applied to that constellation. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1] Reference
He had raised his eyes to heaven, and a gleam of elevated devotion, perhaps worthy of being-called sublime, irradiated his features. From Wordnik.com. [Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three] Reference
Yet, though thus embellished, the scene could neither be strictly termed sublime nor beautiful, and scarcely even picturesque or striking. From Wordnik.com. [The Monastery] Reference
It's a different kind of sublime, but just as awesome. From Wordnik.com. [Haddock Links] Reference
If there is one word to describe fugu, it is 'sublime'. From Wordnik.com. [Fugu - who knew?] Reference
Virtually simultaneously, the Romantics were also inventing the sea view by making the ocean aesthetically "sublime". From Wordnik.com. [Britons renew their love of seaside resorts as cost of holidays abroad soars] Reference
And she avoids clichés, calling Roger Federer's "sublime" men's title win Sunday "one long Willie Mays basket catch all day.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Carillo has fresh touch at stodgy Wimbledon] Reference
Mr. Meyers says the mobile unit offers his animals a "sublime" death because they avoid the stress of traveling long distances. From Wordnik.com. [Have Knife, Will Travel:] Reference
This continuing series of brilliant images, it's fantastic - it elevates your blog beyond awesome, to a kind of sublime transcendence. From Wordnik.com. [Seminal Image Friday #5: 30 from 3 by Yoshishige Yoshida] Reference
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