How To Use Magnificent In A Sentence

The magnificent 18 th-century mansion is set in private landscaped grounds at the edge of the town, opposite the golf links and West Sands but totally screened by trees, woods and 18-foot high lodge gates.
For 10,000,000 years during the Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs this area was a fiery inferno of constant volcanic activity and magnificent giants such as the Grizaba, La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl, Popocatepetl, Volcan de Toluca and Volcan de Colima, along with thousands of smaller volcanic cones, came into eruptive existence. The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
Vatican a magnificent porphyry labrum found in one of the imperial baths; and Baccius, a great modern authority on baths, speaks of labra made of glass. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life
This magnificent bit of luck, the finding of the calisaya, awakened in the susceptible bosom of Mr. Marcoy an ardent desire to explore for himself the site of its discovery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
George Bush developed a policy, he annunciated it in a magnificent speech 10 days after 9 / 11, and then he went into a war in Afghanistan that everybody thought was going to be impossible.

consist in sth to have sth as the main or only part or feature: The beauty of the city consists in its magnificent buildings.
Süleyman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century extended his reach from the Sudan and the northern shore of Africa to Baghdad and far into Europe, where - twice - Turkish rams would batter at the gates of Vienna.
Sehwag let a couple go by, 'hipped' one away and then reverse swept him magnificently past point. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
It is a very special moment when such magnificent birds make their first flight.
Thank you for that magnificent speech yesterday, and it is my pleasure to ask you to address the assembled gathering.
It was a magnificent old mansion, filled with magnificent antiques. ROSES ARE FOR THE RICH
In fact, as other articles pointed out, our -- as no fitting word has been found for it, let's go with -- withdrawal was a magnificent feat of reverse engineering, worthy of a force that was a nonpareil on the planet. Tom Engelhardt: Debacle!
In others, such as Alessandro Allori's image of a magnificently dressed and bejeweled, strong-minded young woman c. 1580s, the name of the subject is unknown, while in still others, such as Jusepe de Ribera's imaginary portrait of an ancient philosopher or Lucas Cranach the Elder's modishly attired 16th-century Saxon charmer, we are given an ideal or a general type, rather than a specific individual. See Their Worlds in Their Faces
For an album so reflective of a certain musical style and sound, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele manages to contemporise itself without sounding ridiculous. Drowned In Sound // Feed
These rugs are "kilims", flat-woven rugs without a raised pile that often display complex patterns and magnificent colors. Claudiopolis: Legendary History Weaved Into Nature of Mut
There I saw the first olive tree ever planted in Australia; the Cork-tree in luxuriance; the Caper growing among rocks, the English Oak, the horse chestnut, broom, magnificent mulberry trees of thirty-five years growth, umbrageous and green, great variety of roses in hedges, also climbing roses.
Look at those hollyhocks, like pyramids of roses; those garlands of the convolvulus major of all colours, hanging around that tall pole, like the wreathy hop-bine; those magnificent dusky cloves, breathing of the Spice Islands; those flaunting double dahlias; those splendid scarlet geraniums, and those fierce and warlike flowers the tiger-lilies. Our Village
Unknown to the vast majority of urban-dwelling Scots, this magnificent beast is the subject of one of the most bitter controversies ever to affect wildlife in this country.
Unbelievably, our Government are now planning to close this magnificent institution.
Mr Pearce makes only passing reference to what is, for many, Walpole's outstanding monument: the magnificent Palladian house he built at Houghton in Norfolk.
First dubbed the Mexican Riviera by the American cruise industry, today this magnificent shoreline is the fourth most popular cruise destination in the world with approximately 300 cruises annually. Retirement on the Mexican Riviera
For $3.7 million, you, too, can sit in this singular creation, gaze out at the magnificent sunsets, watch eagles wheel against the bright blue empyrean, pit yourself against the bellowing 74-mile-an-hour winds, the arctic snows, the unforgiving landscape. Undone by a house of dreams
As if in echo of national pride at his achievement, the magnificent sound of bagpipes swirled in honour of the Bulgarian champion.
Originally released in 1957, the film was remade as "The Magnificent Seven".
On this magnificent necklace, worn by either a young woman or man, the beadworker has skillfully played with colors and geometric shapes.
The cat purred with magnificent indifference and left via the flap Arthur had fitted so badly they'd had to employ a carpenter to put things right.
Forget the road congestion, it's the traffic jams inside the racecourse enclosures which will occupy the team bringing this magnificent spectacle to York.
He was dressed in magnificent robes, the edges of which were marked with various symbols and designs, all signifying royalty.
In this film, the porcelain beauty of an incredibly attractive and unimaginably young Joan Crawford matches Chaney's angry armless antagonist magnificently.
Armed with his banjo, tinwhistle, poetry, stagecraft and his magnificent baritone voice, Tommy has been mesmerising audiences for more than forty years.
Many of the Indians were already crowding about the train, some with polished buffalo horns for sale, and all magnificently dressed in buckskin, decorated with fine, old-fashioned bead work, and the quills of the porcupine. The Shagganappi
All the anger and profane, obscene raileries come out in a torrent in one of Brando's most magnificent performances.
It should be a magnificent day of fun and frolics for the younger children of the region.
And finally, we found the chamber in which she was kept, spread-eagled against one wall, dressed in rags and tatters of her once-magnificent gown.
The one certain aspect is that the summits and depths reached by the adventure tourist are found in a state of magnificent and primitive valor, making the adventurer a universal traveler. Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán
A few weeks since, the young nobleman would have watched in admiration all that magnificent heraldry of the pomp of the storm.
Beautiful sandy beaches alternate with rocky headlands, and magnificent coastal villages shine like beacons on the shore…
Wash and slice three zucchinis thinly with your magnificent mandoline.
The name of this illustrious saint is intimately connected with a most magnificent specimen of calligraphical art of the eighth century, preserved in the Bibliomania in the Middle Ages
To be fair, the response of the English public has been as magnificent as that observed here and elsewhere, but the response of the Government has, at the very least, been dilatory.
His voice may not be as pure as it once was, nor soar quite so magnificently, but it is still wonderfully hypnotic.
Which when I had at large declared and ended my speeche, I began with great desire to frame my selfe to bee a pertaker of their solacious and magnificent pleasures. Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
Carson played many recurring characters, including Carnac the Magnificent, a mystic from the East who could "divine" unknown answers to unseen questions, which were hidden in a sealed envelope which Carnac held to his head. Our Favorite Johnny Carson Moments
Recognising this, he chose to arrive in midwinter when Venice is cold, wet and magnificently, beautifully bleak.
They all had magnificent feather crests on their heads in vivid reds and rich gleaming browns.
We shall not forget them, nor this magnificent production of a play that reminds us in our selfish age how collective responsibility and camaraderie have eroded away.
There are magnificent avenues of elm-trees, great gardens encircled by the moat, and a circumference of walls about a huge manorial pile which represents the profits of the maltote, the gains of farmers-general, legalized malversation, or the vast fortunes of great houses now brought low beneath the hammer of the Civil Code. A Woman of Thirty
Also, the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), and the jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) are common. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
The place is now called Albano, and vast ruins of its magnificent edifices still remain. The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus
They come to see the abbey and the Abbey Gardens and to walk through the town centre which retains its ancient street patterns and round the river valleys with their millstreams and magnificent view of the abbey and the town walls.
An ugly swathe has been cut through the magnificent forest opposite the McGarry farm.
As she quietly awaited the next move, she slipped her hands over her shoulders, unhasping her magnificent chain, with the poison-infused spikes.
To Dungarvan's eternal credit they mounted a magnificent fight back when teams of lesser resolve would have folded.
Next to Santo Domingo, occupying part of the magnificent building that was originally the priory, is the state's Regional Museum. Oaxaca, Mexico: a day in one of the New World's finest cities
That was pleasing, but just being part of a magnificent day brought a tremendous sense of pride and good feeling.
It would be the perfect irony if today's opponents provided the spark that Scotland need to beat them in their own magnificent Millennium Stadium.
It was a warm night and under the glow of the electrolier Rosemary's magnificent hair curled and shone like polished bronze. Rosemary
This does not diminish the lifetime achievements of a legendary lyricist, song stylist, or magnificent instrumentalist.
Amethyst, sapphire blue and green color lenses are magnificent on women with dark skin.
To anyone in our hobby, however, the sound of the diaphone is magnificent.
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I've ever seen is called television - but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent. Steve Jobs
He is currently keeping magnificent company in the European Golden Shoe rankings.
I arrived at the field by 6.15 a.m. to behold the magnificent sight of the massive balloon half inflated.
The drums are magnificent and each guitar is perfectly layered, in what turns out to be the best sound of the night.
Young yet, barely thirty-six, eminently handsome, magnificently strong, almost bursting with a splendid virility, his free trail-stride, never learned on pavements, and his black eyes, hinting of great spaces and unwearied with the close perspective of the city dwellers, drew many a curious and wayward feminine glance. Chapter I
Then their is the equally magnificent mantle of St. Henry's wife, Empress St. Cunegond, which was also used as a cope in Bamberg Cathedral. Catholic Bamberg: The Vestments of Pope Clement II and Other Treasures from the Diocesan Museum
The entryway of our brownstone was a magnificent piece of workmanship and masonry.
[455] For the early divisions of verse and prose story were all Topsies, and simply "growed"; although the smaller romances of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and the larger of the latter date, were undoubtedly influenced by the Greek, it was more a case of general imitation than specific endeavour; the Sensibility school was very limited and chiefly attended to tricks of manner; and the "Romantic vague" was never vaguer than in the vast and rather formless, though magnificent and delightful, novel-work started by Nodier, Mérimée, A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
The ingénues have magnificent voices but, God, it would be magical if they had personalities to match.
Her crew were idle so she armed them with brushes and mops and set them to scrub the magnificent monument clean.
He foreread like a placard Jeanne d'Étoiles 'magnificent scheme: it would convulse all Europe. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes
And it was a magnificent, entertaining and exciting game of football played at full tilt by both sides.
Even in ruin the Colosseum is a magnificent edifice of great structural interest and aesthetic splendour.
I stained my eyebrows with some of the dye common in the harem; concealed my female attire beneath a magnificent pelisse, lined with sables, which fastened from my chin to my feet; pulled a fez low upon my brow; and I sallied forth on my adventurous errand. G. Roger Denson: The Beauty We Fear: The Great Mosques of European Novelists and Poets (Slideshow)
Jayne McKenna shines as her cynical unmarried sister, Sarah MacRae as her tarty daughter and Morven Christie as her magnificently selfish daughter-in-law. 'Men Should Weep' marvels
He stared up at the magnificent splendor of a truly Roman city, its grand architecture and its air of power and determination.
The most stylish party nowadays would be one held on a yacht, reminiscent of historic entertainment on royal boats or magnificent junks.
We saw magnificent sites, endured bouts of car claustrophobia, and encountered extremes of weather.
Also, the magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens), the roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), the anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), and the jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) are common. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
On our way back to Aden we attended a gathering of Arab sheikhs, who presented my father with a magnificent dagger.
All the texture and subtlety of the script are brought out by a magnificent cast.
The man's chest and shoulders were magnificent, but the stump of a right arm, beyond the flesh of which the age-whitened bone projected several inches, attested the encounter with a shark that had put an end to his diving days and made him a fawner and an intriguer for small favors. THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI
And a magnificent animal he is!" remarked my grandfather; "but although a mastiff is the largest of dogs, I do not think it is as sensible as many others. The Elson Readers, Book 5
By the time she is stomping to ‘You're So Square’ or bringing the bop with the magnificent Mingus track ‘God Must Be a Boogie Man,’ she has won us over.
Near the hall is the great gopura, and opposite this is the new gallery, of a magnificent plan but unfinished, known as Tirumala's Choultrie. Travels in the Far East
On festal occasions, Christmas, Easter, or his fête-day, he became a magnificent figure in brocaded coat and white-satin waistcoat and knee-breeches; he had diamond shoe - and knee-buckles, diamond buttons on his waistcoat, and golden aiguillettes looped across his breast and shoulder. A Childhood in Brittany Eighty Years Ago
He was also noted for his magnificent fielding in the deep.
The picture of him limned itself on her inner vision, and before she was aware she was pleasuring in the memory of the grace of his magnificent body, of his splendid shoulders, of the power in him that tossed her lightly on a horse, bore her safely through the thundering breakers, or towed her at the end of an alpenstock up the stern lava crest of the House of the Sun. ALOHA OE
The correlation works magnificently, as does the large ensemble of young actors, musicians and technicians from all over Western Canada.
It was a gay and magnificent revel.
In its waters swim some of the most magnificent fish on the Atlantic Coast—namely bluefish, big bluefish. SECRETS FROM THE MASTER BREWERS
The outdoor stage was lit by the luminescence of the lasers highlighting the magnificent Three Kingdoms Pagodas.
He pulled from within his robe a beautiful piece of craftsmanship, a magnificent silver filigree forming beautiful designs on the neck clasp but flawed by only one thing.
It was a magnificent day; but as I looked over the landscape I thought I understood why the woods, which one looks down on from a similar Italian height, are called macchie ” stains, whereas our ordinarily more picturesque language knows no such term and no such image. What I Remember
Ninety-five per cent of its magnificent collection will remain inaccessible to the public.
On the assumption that you too can handle a schizy reality -- Polanski did a bad thing and hasn't quite resolved it; he's made a magnificent movie -- let's press on to the film itself. Jesse Kornbluth: Got a Problem With Roman Polanksi? See The Ghost Writer Anyway. It's A Masterpiece.
We will visit the Sforza-Castle, the magnificent gothic Cathedral and the well known La Scala opera house.
The man's chest and shoulders were magnificent, but the stump of a right arm, beyond the flesh of which the age-whitened bone projected several inches, attested the encounter with a shark that had put an end to his diving days and made him a fawner and an intriguer for small favors. THE HOUSE OF MAPUHI
A magnificent convolvulus hawk moth was spotted by the Suffolk lepidopterists gliding in downriver along their bank. Wildwood
Although he averaged just 10 in the tournament and got a duck in the "battle of the trolls" game against a UAE team captained by the magnificent Sultan Zarawani, Clarke remains a beacon of hope to all those of us who have reached an age when the term comfort-fit is the highest recommendation trousers can come with. Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
Again the screen flickered, changing the view to a fleet of magnificent shimmering ships.
And what sort of landowner would refuse to play host to a concours d' élégance at which owners of magnificent chariots - Lagondas, Delages, Rolls-Royces - could admire each other's turnout?
Two later prehistoric hillforts stand on the edge of a steep slope with magnificent views westwards.
They can be magnificent with joints of lamb and beef or game but to be honest, a big plate of pasta is a more common sight on my dinner plate.
The hilly regions are very wild, although none of the mountains are very high, and the woods are magnificent; but a great part of the land consists of vast grassy plains, which are called llanos, or campos, or silvas. Martin Rattler
However, no furniture was in the halls, except three magnificent crystal pendant lamps with 13 layers.
But he was a magnificent all-round fieldsman withal.
Opposite, a portly gentleman with a magnificent beard adjusted his sword and bowed his head minutely in welcome.
The worthless overture of the 'Prophete,' disfiguring this fine ensemble, had been hissed by some students of the Conservatoire, and, accustomed as I was to the blindness of the general public, knowing its implacable prejudices, I trembled for the fate of the magnificent septuor about to follow. The Great Italian and French Composers
The magic of his evocation of the feminine apart, his portrayal of the dependent daughter and sister, the rejected lover, and the madwoman, is magnificent.
There was every kind from little boats to huge cargo ships, from dilapidated sailboats to magnificent barges.
Helped by railwaymen, lorry drivers and workers in the power industry, they won a magnificent victory.
Here, on streets canopied with venerable trees, stand magnificent old houses, mostly built in the 1910s.
His magnificent grey velvet suit seemed to be floating aimlessly in a raging sea, as if petrified in the expectation of waking.
Besides the usual culprits that you never fail to blame, the loggers, I have noticed you haven't mentioned how much those Whoppers you so proudly scarf while you cruise the relatively new highways crisscrossing the state as you visit your pals in their quaint villages and enjoying other scenic splendors of that magnificent state have contributed to the massive loss of virgen forests. Huatulco to Oaxaca City Road Trip
The final plus is a magnificent katsura tree just outside the house that gives off a scent similar to caramel. Times, Sunday Times
Each day we saw many wild pigs ( "chancho moro") and various kinds of wild cats, including the splendid "gato once" or ounce cat, whose skin is one of the finest, and only to be compared with the "lobo" or golden otter, which has a most magnificent fluffy pelt with a golden tint on the tips. Argentina from a British Point of View
The best catches combine magnificent musical composition with intricate and inventive poetry.
Our guide was especially knowledgeable about the bird life and was able to show us three boat-billed herons - magnificent tropical birds with broad bills.
The reporter gushed that ‘her excellency wore white satin plain skirt, bodice trimmed with white mousseline de soie heavily embroidered in silver, a magnificent tiara and riviere, and necklet of diamonds and pearls.’
The magnificent grounds are irresistibly perfect a peaceful stroll, hand in hand with a loved one.
It's like he was slowly coming to the realization that the grand finale of the magnificent journey had come to this shockingly humbling ending.
With so many magnificent recordings available this sounds a little routine, pianistically and orchestrally. Times, Sunday Times
I think he deserves congratulations for a magnificent job well done. SAN ANDREAS
The magnificent view of the ancient pagoda dissolved in mist.
The centrepiece of this colourful quarter is the magnificent Chinese Arch, built by the finest craftsmen of Beijing.
A long white beard fell on his breast, and a magnificent kaross of leopard skin covered his shoulders. Prester John
The interior is more like a magnificent guildhall than a church. Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler
Quickly rising in popularity due to its magnificent white sand beach, Kuantan is one of the east coast's finest resorts.
I was so thrilled today when I opened your package and found a magnificent gift of steak knife set. Whenever I use this gift, I'll think of you.
In 1790 Haydn had been capellmeister at Esterhaz, the magnificent palace which Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy had created in imitation of Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians
As I have sometimes seen a Rifian from the hills, with bare magnificent limbs, striding down from the heights carolling a song, to enter the bastardly-civilised city of Tangier, so, it would seem, Chidley descended on to the city of Sydney. Impressions and Comments
A magnificent pile of cushions at the head of the banquet seemed prepared for the master of the feast, and such dignitaries as he might call to share that place of distinction; while from the roof of the tent in all quarters, but over this seat of eminence in particular, waved many a banner and pennon, the trophies of battles won and kingdoms overthrown. The Talisman
Over 160 years in the making, Trebah now contains glades of subtropical ferns, towering bamboo and magnificent specimen trees, as well as rhododendrons and magnolias in spring.
The foreign tourists were moved with admiration at the magnificent view of the Great Wall.
Up here, suspended dizzyingly more than 100 feet above the ground, it is easy to see how the great stone buttresses that support the magnificent cathedral have been eroded by time.
I could not take my eyes off the magnificent central dome with its carved pendants.
Both do magnificent work in the slums of Nairobi to support the poorest of the poor children.
A flotilla of more than 50 boats, yachts and lifeboats surrounded the magnificent ship as it sailed majestically into its home port.
He is a jolly Aussie, halfway through a five-year term and missing sun-kissed Sydney Bay where he used to run the magnificent Opera House.
The concert ended with a Mass by Bellini in which the organist, choir and soloists gave a magnificent performance.
Effigies of their parents, Richard and Magdalen, are sheltered in a magnificent canopied tomb in the south transept, eight prayerful and reverent children gathered behind them.
They all had magnificent feather crests on their heads in vivid reds and rich gleaming browns.
Atop the squared hilltop we spy the silhouetted form of a stag with magnificent antlers.
a magnificently timbered old barn
Ninety-five per cent of its magnificent collection will remain inaccessible to the public.
The entrance is framed by what's left of a pair of magnificent columns that used to support a porte-cochere. Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Man to the Mansion Born
There are also remains of old castles and medieval fortifications and magnificent examples of rural homesteads.
The cathedral, standing proud in a large square, is a magnificent centrepiece.
Encrusted with 25.5 cts of 'I'F' Flawless diamonds, a magnificent total of 53 individually set sparkling gems dwell beautifully in their solid 22ct Apple logo. Gold iPad Supreme (PHOTO): The World's Most Expensive iPad Is Yours For $189,000
It was only a chain of fantom towns and cities, made of painted wood and canvas; but while Catharine was there they were very real, seeming to have solid buildings, magnificent arches, bustling industries, and beautiful stretches of fertile country. Famous Affinities of History — Volume 2
The two magnificent fish flopped among the shards of wet glass on the tabletop. DO NO HARM
Handel or his librettist found the story in Plutarch's chronicles of Roman notabilities, which had been magnificently Englished, in the 17th century, by Sir Thomas North.
She will continue to do the magnificent job that she always does. nom deplume, esq. How will Clinton's surgery affect her job?
Susan Polan of Illustrated Properties calls the home "magnificent" but says the price is aggressive given its location near airplane paths and the lack of immediate access to a beach or yacht dockage. Palm Beach Mansion Asks $74 Million
At the back is a magnificent selection of Christmas trees and decorations.
Ounce, Dice, Trice" is a book for children that's full of words: magnificent, wonderful, strange, fabulous words like frangipani, dimity, gloaming and nunnery, and murdo, drumjargon and chumly. Kids' Book Boasts The Best Words, Real Or Not
The abbey church is a magnificent example of these domed churches; it is 275 feet long.
It often causes one regret to see symphonies of magnificent colour wasted here in pictures of boating men; and there, in pictures of café corners; and we have arrived at a degree of complex intellectuality which is no longer satisfied with these rudimentary themes. The French Impressionists (1860-1900)
Because for hours upon the 28th of April 1923, North London was in utter chaos because so many people had foregathered at Wembley to see this magnificent new stadium which had just been constructed.
He dribbled past two defenders and scored a magnificent goal.
In the opening game, Diouf was a magnificent player who seemed unfortunate to get caught offside a lot.
Barbara declared afterwards, was magnificent, and plodded her way through bread sponges flavoured with soup, assuring the distressed cook that it was really quite remarkable "potage," and that she had never tasted anything like it before -- all of which, of course, was perfectly true. Barbara in Brittany
The medieval towns, monasteries, perfumeries, olive groves, flower farms and steep countryside into the alpine area provided the most magnificent scenery.
As I entered our magnificently appointed multi-storey office development this morning, I caught sight of a box behind our oddly proportioned security guard.
Music will play a key part in the celebrations as the church boasts an excellent choir and a magnificent organ.
A man sat atop of a magnificent palomino stallion, the stallion's mane blowing in the new morning's wind.
Ask the wretched hunter of chevreuil, the poor devourer of rehbraten, what they think of the noble English haunch, that, after bounding in the Park of Knole or Windsor, exposes its magnificent flank upon some broad silver platter at our tables? The Fitz-Boodle Papers
The Crossness Pumping Station was the key element, housing as it did, four magnificent rotative beam engines built by James Watt and Company.
She is magnificent at making you feel you can talk quite naturally to her.
His account of his experiences as a common soldier are riveting, and they magnificently capture the monotony of endless drilling, guard duty, and camp chores that consumed most of his days.
The magnificent scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.
The dances are magnificent and are performed with so much passion that they are a joy to witness.
One of the other groups came across a young female stalking a herd of kudu, and we were able to join them watching the magnificent cat loiter around our vehicles, entirely relaxed and at times only a few metres away.
Even in ruin the Colosseum is a magnificent edifice of great structural interest and aesthetic splendour.
Sympathetically and lovingly restored by the Lorimer family around 1878, it has magnificent plaster ceilings, painted panelling and furniture designed by Sir Robert Lorimer.
In one picture, above, a couple and a friend are punted down the River Foss, with the magnificent Clifford's Tower in the background.
At 6 A.M., in the glory of the tropic sunrise, Mr. Maxwell and I landed in Province Wellesley, under the magnificent casuarina trees which droop in mournful grace over the sandy shore. The Golden Chersonese and the way thither
The scene itself is picturesque in the highest conceivable idea of architectural representation; far more so, indeed, from its dilapidated state …, than can possibly consist with any entireness, however accompanied, of the most complicated and magnificent edifice (195-6). Making Visible: The Diorama, the Double and the (Gothic) Subject
The shaddock of Java is a magnificent fruit, and surpasses those of any other country with which I am acquainted. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.
In 1612, her son and the now king of England, James, brought his mother's body to Westminster Abbey where she was buried in a magnificent tomb.
The police motorcycles performed magnificently on intersection control while the motorcycles doing the outriding maintained their assigned positions at the back of the presidential limousine and toward the curb. The Kennedy Detail
Take the funicular railway up Penang Hill, past the old colonial-style bungalows, to see the magnificent views from the top.
We work very hard to restore this magnificent building to its former glory and this is a very obvious setback.
But we always made fulfillment of the pledges contingent upon the Magnificent 40's approval of a new and plausible business plan.
They only showed that Mr. Kurtz lacked re - straint in the gratification of his various lusts, that there was something wanting in him -- some small matter which, when the pressing need arose, could not be found under his magnificent eloquence. Heart of Darkness
_Nelumbium luteum_, of which the former waves its beautiful flower on the surface of the river, while the latter, the queen, in fact, of the waters, proudly raises her magnificent crown upon a perpendicular footstalk. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator
There was the vulture, a magnificent image of the bird, the fierce eyes glaring and the yellow beak hooked and spread wide, with each feather ointed. The Seventh Scroll
Totally private, Necker has only one residence, a magnificent villa of breathtaking Balinese design.
It has 288 acres of magnificent plants and glorious trees, plus hothouses, laboratories, and four museums.
There was possibly a sense that in comparison to the magnificent new transepts and nave the choir itself, once so widely acclaimed, was no longer splendid enough.
The black mane had been transformed into a glistening, rippling aurora of ochroid indigo that framed the rest of the regal visage in a magnificent effulgence. Into the Thinking Kingdoms
The monument of Francis the Second, Duke of Bretagne, and father to Anne of Bretagne, the Queen of France, is one of the most magnificent of the kind in France, and from this circumstance, I suppose, has been suffered to survive the Revolution undefaced. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808
A magnificent feature of submarine battle damage is of uncertainty and its association.
On the plus side, the generous sunshade is a magnificent idea. Times, Sunday Times
Whatever the ultimate reason for the Dymaxion's fall from grace, Fuller's magnificently optimistic fusion of architecture and invention never did fly? either from showrooms or in skies above America. Norman Foster's back-to-front car
He has ` ` bitted the bull-mouthed breaker '' and ridden it in, and the pride in the feat shows in the carriage of his magnificent body as he glances for a moment carelessly at you who sit in the shade of the shore. Excerpt From Cruise of the Snark: Surfing in Hawaii
It must create a magnificent spell that could enchant the whole land.
COLLINS: I'll tell you, the one agcy that I think performed magnificently was the Coast Guard. CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2005
Similarly traceried are the fan vaults which roof these magnificent buildings.

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