He was taken prisoner, and through the streets where he had ridden in splendour he was now led a captive. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
But some were jealous of the great fame of Columbus, and they made light of his discoveries. he lives in splendour. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
It was built like the palaces of princes, and the great men of the earth, nay, it excelled them all in splendour and magnificence. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Then wet and dry nurses were provided for the boy and he was reared in splendour and delight, until he reached the age of fifteen. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Here they lived in splendour, keeping open house; no passing wayfarer, however humble, need miss a welcome if he cared to claim it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fairies and the Christmas Child] Reference
We have a wonderful history, surpassing in splendour that of the Empires of old, not in conquests alone, but in service to mankind. From Wordnik.com. [St. George and Canada] Reference
The sun then bursts out in splendour, lighting up the rocks first on one side and then on the other, according as the ravine winds its narrow way. From Wordnik.com. [Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys] Reference
Upon it the sun shone in splendour and the blue sky was reflected in a bluer sea: while scarlet flamingoes, startled at the approach of the white men, rose in brilliant flight. From Wordnik.com. [This Country of Ours: The Story of the United States] Reference
When I recall your splendour, your memory, too, is stirred. From Wordnik.com. [The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch] Reference
Perhaps we may look upon the so-called splendour of the reign of. From Wordnik.com. [Illuminated Manuscripts] Reference
Under the pall of this evil evening his splendour was the more inspiring. From Wordnik.com. [Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story] Reference
"I was yesterday at Versailles, a cold spectator of what we commonly call splendour and magnificence. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
Their splendour is a classic splendour, and not what Milton contemptuously calls "a Hunnish and Norwegian stateliness.". From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Shine on still, bright star, even to the fulness of thy splendour; yea, the fulness of thy splendour, which is not yet come. From Wordnik.com. [The Buccaneer A Tale] Reference
But the only one who saw the splendour was a shoemaker, who rubbed his rosiny hands together, and felt happy without knowing why. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Forbes of Howglen] Reference
The album begins promisingly with a couple of breathy pop numbers which recall the splendour of Stereolab or St Etienne but it is not until. From Wordnik.com. [The Music Fix] Reference
ROYAL in splendour went down the day. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woman, With Other Poems] Reference
Lovely the day, when life is robed in splendour. From Wordnik.com. [The Drift of Pinions] Reference
Rheims or Orleans may see her thus in splendour. From Wordnik.com. [Spun-Yarn and Spindrift] Reference
The second month was called Zif, "splendour"; apparently referring to the splendour of the flowers in full spring time. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture] Reference
And in spite of her terror -- that's the odd part of it -- she says she felt a kind of splendour in her -- a sort of elation. ". From Wordnik.com. [Four Weird Tales] Reference
But the splendour to which she hastened was a prison to her. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The Tudor rose, the crown, and the lion are worked amidst a splendour of gold and pearls. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
I will come when thou art offering sacrifice at the altar, and gaze on thy splendour afar off. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
I caught the opening concert, by the King's Singers, in the serene splendour of Tewkesbury Abbey. From Wordnik.com. [The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival] Reference
The sun had risen in all its splendour, and was flooding the bay and mountains with silvery light. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The Patriarch travelled in 'great splendour' and police protection was provided by the Janiccaries. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
Its great splendour and importance only came with the establishment here of the residence of Gaston IV. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
If caught, I will laugh away his censure -- shine out on him in all my splendour and burn up his reproof. '. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
In the choice of kings they are determined by the splendour of their race, in that of generals by their bravery. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
The night passed, the day came forth in rosy splendour, such a day as is only experienced in the beautiful Ionian land. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Besides, I met her before that, near the great theatre; there I read her fate, and told her her star was rising full of splendour. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
For the dark eyes, with their light-behind-black-marble splendour, were quenched and dazed and all knowledge seemed stricken from them. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
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