The sight presented on these occasions is one of the very gayest conceivable, recalling the brilliancy of the Chiaja of. From Wordnik.com. [Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands] Reference
They simply show an intellectual brilliancy, which is soon dimmed by the vapors which arise out of the fermentations of corrupt society. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
Scotchman is far truer of this type of Puritan Irishman; he does not see things suddenly in a new light; all his brilliancy is a blindingly rapid calculation and deduction. From Wordnik.com. [George Bernard Shaw] Reference
O thou who excellest sun and moon in brilliancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Of course not, it is his 'brilliancy' that got him there. From Wordnik.com. [Ziopedia - The Politically Incorrect Encyclopedia] Reference
I was merely stating the "brilliancy" to this model of Toshiba laptops. From Wordnik.com. [PCLinuxOS-Forums] Reference
She is above that affectation of brilliancy which is often mere flippancy. From Wordnik.com. [George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy] Reference
Their "brilliancy" is merely a repulsive egotism in one of its worst forms, -- that of cupidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891] Reference
The brilliancy which issued from it escaped from its sides as from two kilns heated to a white heat. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of the Island] Reference
Flashy male good looks got a kind of brilliancy from a set of big, strong teeth the whiter for their contrast with a black, brigand-like mustache. From Wordnik.com. [The Dust Flower] Reference
They were handsome girls, had the fresh colour of their country upbringing, and in their eyes that brilliancy which is called -- by no metaphor, alas!. From Wordnik.com. [My Antonia] Reference
This is the light, the brilliancy which is promised to the saints by our Blessed Lord himself, when He says: "Then shall the just shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.". From Wordnik.com. [The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus] Reference
A kind of brilliancy: and as you are thoroughly aware of all this. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4] Reference
Her eyes also sparkled with extraordinary brilliancy. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Its brightness far exceeded the brilliancy of the noonday sun. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
She had been born rich, in the brilliancy of a fortune too new. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Jeanne did not come out in spite of the brilliancy of the clear winter day. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Macaulay tells the story with his accustomed brilliancy and attractiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Coleridge's eyes were large, light gray, prominent and of liquid brilliancy. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
By their assistance, however, wine is endowed with the brilliancy it possesses. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Then, with a sly smile, "Your complexion has a fine brightness, and your eyes have a wonderful brilliancy.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The choice of these powders is, of course, to be determined by the degree of brilliancy you wish to obtain. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
It was awarded the top brilliancy prize of the Hastings tournament and earned Steinitz five pounds sterling. From Wordnik.com. [Lubomir Kavalek: Steinitz's Immortal Chess Game] Reference
"And at the same time such a strange brilliancy beneath that half shadow, an expression of such delicious languor.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then Clemence, upon general request, sang a romance with more taste than brilliancy, and more method than expression. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The variety and brilliancy of the clothing of the cosmopolitan inhabitants rivals the scarlets and greens of the botanical gardens. From Wordnik.com. [The Log of the Empire State] Reference
General and Mrs. Bourke are still dazzled by the brilliancy of the new silver star on the general's shoulder straps, and can still smile. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
Nor, at first, could I gather what it was the artist had intended to depict, -- there was a brilliancy about it which was rather dazzling. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
After a very few steps the brilliancy of the boulevard is left behind, the streets become darker and darker, the passers more and more rare. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A love will be bestowed upon him which gold could not buy, and which no beauty of person, and no brilliancy of natural gifts could possibly awaken. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
The officers appear at these in full-dress uniform, and that adds much to the brilliancy of things, but not much to the comfort of the officers, I imagine. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
Gerfaut recognized, by the clearness of touch and brilliancy of some of the passages, that this improvisation could not come from Aline's unpractised fingers. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her deep mourning embellished yet more her languishing and regal grace; it made her pale complexion yet more fair, and it heightened the brilliancy of her look. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At one time some gentlemen were visiting the tower upon which the light is placed, when the watchman who has charge of the burners commenced praising their brilliancy. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
These become so rarefied that not only does the sun penetrate them with its brilliancy, but the eternal darkness of infinite space is seen through them as a fresh blue. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
The moon sent down a pale, freezing brilliancy that whitened all the ground, as if a sprinkling of snow had fallen, but there was not a flake on the earth or in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
A fine, pink color rose to her well-rounded cheeks; her eyes, bluish-gray, laughed; and when she talked, the brilliancy of her teeth set off her lips of ardent sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
From the tip of each of her long taper fingers issued a lambent flame of such surpassing brilliancy as would have plunged a whole gas company into despair -- it was a 'Hand of. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
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