How To Use Marvel In A Sentence
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Even if you're not into playing the ponies, the setting is marvelous and it's a superb place for a picnic.
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He can still credit marvels, the little miracles and epiphanies that rise out of our daily lives.
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It was a thing to marvel at.
Times, Sunday Times
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Close inspection makes one marvel at the intricate perfection of nature opposed to the finest fashion houses.
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After a long flight, all you can do is stumble around its pathways and cactus gardens, marvelling at the sheer audacity of it all.
Times, Sunday Times
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While I marvel at this book's heaviness and complexity, I too am a product of the disillusion climate, and I can't pipe down when I feel I'm being oppressed.
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And such is the infatuating efficacy of their prejudicate persuasion herein, that it hath had two marvellous effects; -- the one against the light of nature, and the other against the fundamental principles of religion.
The Sermons of John Owen
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Its foliage is pleasing and the seed pods are marvellous.
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The former Mr. Marvels site, already closed, will be the hub of the scheme where a water park with health and fitness amenities will be created on the cliff top under a huge transparent bubble.
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While the locals marvel at an alien artifact (an ansible) offered as part of a trade, Hamid has dreams of seeing the Beyond.
REVIEW: The Good New Stuff edited by Gardner Dozois
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He would also be a marvelous attraction for a graduate school of almost any-thing.
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Rome created the word that denotes this marvellous and monstrous phenomenon, of history, the enormous city, the deceitful source of life and death -- _urbs_ -- _the city_.
Characters and events of Roman History
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From the restaurant there was a marvellous prospect of/over Sienna and the countryside beyond.
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The transformation girlhood to womanhood is quite marvellous.
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Marvell: Hello, Jennifer, Glad to hear you.
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Five miles and 1000 vertical feet had a marvelously dissuasive effect on the competition.
The Road to New Waters
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I marvelled at his megawatt smile.
Times, Sunday Times
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The downscale springs are marvelously unsupervised, especially at night.
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After a long flight, all you can do is stumble around its pathways and cactus gardens, marvelling at the sheer audacity of it all.
Times, Sunday Times
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Later in the restaurant, as we ate hummus, baba ghanoush, wrapped grape leaves, and other Mediterranean delicacies, the four of us marveled over this strange request.
Fair Game
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We often went to the park for picnics, sitting on the cannon in the sun, marvelling at the dewy luminescence of the bleeding heart begonias in the steamy green light of the conservatory.
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This recipe is marvellously simple and quick.
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He certainly is a marvellous actor.
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So it's great to find this marvellous motley crew still making records and still having something to say.
The Sun
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It is not always so marvellous for anyone who prefers to speak to humans.
Times, Sunday Times
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Then the saint up and done a marvelous straange thing, for he flinged them feesh back in the well, just as they was, and began praayin 'to the Lard to forgive his man.
Lying Prophets
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Or Eliot, who wrote on the Metaphysicals, Marvell, Dryden, Blake, Wordsworth, Baudelaire and, of course, Dante, as well as many other writers.
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He is a marvellous sight on the course, languid but long.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was a marvellous feat of organisation and the reward was to see the young people from five years of age to eight togged out in their individual club colours.
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Mr Winter said: ‘If the project comes to fruition it will be a marvellous regenerator for the community and a wonderful opportunity for the young people of Thorne.’
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Many groups and organisations got involved and they all did a marvellous job.
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Yes, you have no choice but to marvel at the rather beautiful new $2 billion house of the Ambani family, a vast vertical hamlet for plutocrats with a design that vaguely recalls a snazzy Bang and Olufsen hi-fi stack.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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Might not its waters upspring in this new land, whose discovery was the great marvel of the age, and which men looked upon as the unknown east of Asia?
Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
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Also there's a lot of bad guys in marvel, Use them.
Is Hulk Destined to Become a Bad Guy in The Avengers? « FirstShowing.net
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The oral contraceptive pill, known simply as "the pill, " is a marvel of modern chemistry.
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Those marvelous blue eyes blazed in fury, shooting brilliant sparks and glowing embers.
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The stage was marvellously decorated to look like a shabby pub with its bar stools, spongy seats, Guinness mirrors and jukebox.
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They were good blankets, of most marvellous thickness and warmth, and her pride in them was greatened in that they had been come by so cheaply.
THE MASTER OF MYSTERY
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He's done a marvelous job of putting minorities into positions of power.
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Sir, said Galahad, that is no marvel, for this adventure is not theirs but mine; and for the surety of this sword I brought none with me, for here by my side hangeth the scabbard.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
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We find ample evidence whether in lyric fragments or a recipe to marvel at the capacity of our foremothers and forefathers to pray and hope and work for a better day.
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In those letters I discovered and fell in love with Nannerl, Mozart's sister, almost five years older than her brother, a prodigy in her own right, a marvelous singer and remarkable harpsichordist.
George Heymont: The Shadow of Your Sib
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a marvelous collection of rare books
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All men are prone to believe in such marvels; and it is quite possible, as Niebuhr supposes, that some discoveries of the remains of mammoths and other monstrous forms embedded in the crust of the earth, may have given definiteness and prominency to the Chaldaean notions on this subject.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.
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He could do one poem with sixty verses without pause, and Sir Emmanuel would listen and marvel at his ability.
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And now I'm reading John Green's marvelous An Abundance of Katherines, and am pleased to have found another child for whom fables were not all that: "if only he'd known that the story of the tortoise and the hare is about more than a tortoise and a hare, he might have saved himself considerable trouble.
Whither Jackie Paper?
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We were talking about this only today in the office, and marvelling that such a flat and movie-ish pile of mawk could be anyone's greatest film of all time.
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He had pointed this out to her quite a while ago, marveling over the symbolism and profoundness of such a matching.
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These marvellously embellished cups are the best thing that ever came from fox-hunting.
THE TARTAN RINGERS
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If we consider the complex character of our people, the variety of races which we have adopted into the Canadian family, the extent of territory over which they are scattered, the diversity of their interests, the difference of languages and resulting handicap in intercommunication, we have cause to marvel that the Canadian nation in so brief a period has become so united as it is.
Some Canadian Problems
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Palace has released two marvellous films that pay homage to our literary heritage.
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On a visit he had thought it a marvellous place and seeing an advertisement for a bank cashier there, he successfully applied for the post.
Times, Sunday Times
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It's a marvellous thing as a backing to other shrubs, in flower and autumn colour.
Times, Sunday Times
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Capes, big brass buttons, skinny knits belted over print dresses, together with marvellously subtle colour combinations made for one of the most beautiful collections in Milan.
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What is evident is that his best music has a marvellous elegance.
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O Jesu Christ, who might be so blessed that might see openly thy great marvels of secretness there where no sinner may be!
Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
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Hair is a marvellous natural fibre - you could almost compare it to pure silk thread.
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It's as marvellous as a church spire running off down a country lane to join the circus.
Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
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We marvelled at the strange and wonderful calm around us and wondered if it could last.
Times, Sunday Times
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Yet marvels of all, we saw no crying women or downcast men.
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Marvelous strapless, satin A-line gown, beaded/sequined re-embroidered lace appliqués, pleated bodice in back & cathedral train.
How to sell a wedding dress
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He said, "Sorry your party ended up in a yike, Mum. Never mind. The tucker was marvellous."
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We went up in one of those and it was tremendous, a marvellous little airship.
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Marvelling at all the glass, all the metal and glass of modern London, the boiled chrome and hi tech mirror walls.
THE CHEEK PERFORATION DANCE
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She glanced up at the sky studded with the millions of tiny points of light not seen from the city and marveled, as always, at the vastness.
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Rare paintings, frescoes and stone carvings present a marvellous panorama to the visitor.
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Then we began the second half the walk through countryside, stopping to marvel nervously at an enraged bull bellowing from a field.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was a great character and a marvellous storyteller and will be sadly missed by his family, neighbours and many friends.
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Marvellous actors have to deliver stilted, arch and laughably clichéd dialogue.
Times, Sunday Times
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We marvelled at the centre, which has clearly had loads of money pumped into it.
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There were neither lifeboats nor mortar-apparatus in those days, but there were the same willing hearts and stout arms then as now, and in a marvellously short space of time, hundreds of the able-bodied men of the town, gentle and semple, were assembled on these wild cliffs, with torches, rope, &c.; in short, with all the appliances for saving life that the philanthropy of the times had invented or discovered.
The Lighthouse
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Her marvellous acting talent is preserved on celluloid.
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We went up in one of those and it was tremendous, a marvellous little airship.
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He is marvellous at his job and really happy.
The Sun
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We marvel at the generosity of this all-star team.
American Grace
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No one will be able to follow in your footsteps with such gentle tact and marvellous support.
Times, Sunday Times
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We went up in one of those and it was tremendous, a marvellous little airship.
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Yeah, it’s probably a thing where they’re used to the jargon that distinguishes a UPC barcode from an ISBN barcode, and are aware Marvel carried both until now, so it’s perfectly clear to them, but to anyone else a barcode is a barcode.
Marvel Eliminates Barcodes on Collections » Comics Worth Reading
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If we had in our power the pen which traced the delicate marvels of Queen Mab, not bigger than an agate that glitters on the finger of an alderman, of her liny chariot, of her diaphanous team, only then should we succeed in giving an idea of a purely ideal talent into which matter enters hardly at all.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician
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It was a marvellous sporting moment following an outstanding performance.
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While contemplating, we were brought cold towelettes and sat marveling at the decor and the fat suit!
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While Nicky watched and marvelled, his father Paul, rating Rio the finest place he has been, was struck by the bold attitudes towards poverty.
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By combining state-of-the-art computer animation with live-action landscapes, you'll marvel as these fearsome creatures roar to life!
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Linda Krausen, a South Pasadena resident who attended a contentious town hall in Alhambra earlier this month, marveled at the difference.
Archive 2009-08-01
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The friends stopped again -- poor, short-winded bodies -- on the crest of the low hill and turned to look at the wide landscape, bewildered by the marvelous beauty and the sudden flood of golden sunset light that poured out of the western sky.
In Dark New England Days
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Obviously the market is having an off day, and this is a marvellous opportunity for you to double your stake.
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By 1875 Atchison could boast of a railroad bridge spanning the Missouri, a mechanical marvel that turned in order to open.
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The Bodleian Library, Oxford is a marvellous place for bibliophiles!
Literary Oxford: The Bodleian Library | The Creative Penn
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On display are marvelous examples of statuary, jewelry, architectural elements, cylinder seals, and various decorative objects.
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Vernon Street, marvelling as I always did at the evidence of the high-density canine population on the Hill.
THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
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I admired his fearlessness with Couples, marvelled at the word acrobatics in the Rabbit series, read of his psoriasis, childhood stammering and problems of self-image, counted the novels and short stories and wondered, 'How does he do it?'
Daily News & Analysis
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They fill him with an attentive ravishment, a marveling, it's pleasing and rejuvenating, a steady, pure current that he has never experienced until now with anyone. . .
A Window Onto Comic Tedium
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Nuzhat al-Zaman and the Wazir Dandan, they marvelled at the wonderful events that had betided them and bade the scribes chronicle them in books that those who came after might read.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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In the middle of July gone by, she journeyed to America to meet friends and enjoy a vacation and had a marvellous time.
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In this day of "decompressed" story telling one may marvel at the stunning artwork while waiting for something substantial to happend for several issues.
Archive 2006-08-01
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Fans of cinema, silent or not, will marvel at the acting, the production design, and the inventive nature of the movies, photographic recreations, and documentary material presented.
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Only in the fullness of the autumn would the trees produce their finest aspect in marvellous red and gold.
CHRISTINA QUEEN OF SWEDEN: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
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Then in the center of this cloud there blazed out that marvellous light called the Shekinah, which was the indication of the presence of Him who cannot be seen, but whose glory may be manifest.
Recover the Gospel.com
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This is the work of Johann Beringer, professor in the University of Wurzburg and private physician to the Prince-Bishop -- the treatise bearing the title Lithographiae Wirceburgensis Specimen Primum, "illustrated with the marvellous likenesses of two hundred figured or rather insectiform stones.
A History of the warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
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That was a rightwing fiesta, including a graf coming after the summary of the Democrats response to the Prez that was an almost perfect piece of punditland dreamery, with intimations of Broder marvelously woven into it:
Matthew Yglesias » Al-Qaeda in Iraq
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This was the first trial of our _sliding-gunter_ mainsail upon our singularly-constructed boat; and Bob and I were thrown into perfect raptures at the truly marvellous speed with which it propelled the craft along.
For Treasure Bound
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They are marvellously done, and they have caused a stir of approval in this country, while also raising doubts.
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Fashionable Victorians flocked to promenade through this new underwater marvel, an amazing twin-bore arched corridor lit by flickering gaslight.
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Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character.
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At the risk of seeming to fantasticate I confess that the Pope's having built the viaduct -- in this very recent antiquity -- made me linger there in a pensive posture and marvel at the march of history and at Pius the
Italian Hours
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We toured the city and marvelled at the specialist shops that occupied specific streets; one street specialised in supplies for chapel selling vestments, candles and other religious accoutrements.
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Am I correct that the evening included a rousing soliloquy by Lady Davenant from the marvelous play "Or," performed by one of the gentlemen in attendance?
Eleventh Night
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Nor do we view the tiny flame of our own kindling (guarded in lasting purity as its light ever is) with greater awe than the celestial fires though they are often shrouded in darkness; nor do we deem it a greater marvel than the craters of Etna, whose eruptions throw up stones from its depths and great masses of rock, and at times pour forth rivers of that pure and unmixed subterranean fire.
On the Sublime
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Note, All our wonder should help to enlarge our hearts in glorifying God, who alone does marvellous things.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
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She had the most marvellous black hair, all hanging down in ringlets around her neck.
DESPERADOES
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Of course they were marvellous, pulled the best boys in there, and were signed up for a fabulous six-week holiday right then.
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If that panel is from Fantastic Four, does that mean that's one of the Red Ghost's Super-Apes, the pimps of Marvel apedom?
A message from the Super-Apes
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But though in theory every living man and woman is merely an ancestor or ancestress born again and therefore should be his or her equal, in practice they appear to admit that their forefathers of the remote _alcheringa_ or dream time were endowed with many marvellous powers which their modern reincarnations cannot lay claim to, and that accordingly these ancestral spirits were more to be reverenced, were in fact more worshipful, than their living representatives.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
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Outlaw rarely gallops, no longer butts, only periodically kicks, comes in to the pole and does her work without attempting to vivisect Maid's medulla oblongata, and -- marvel of marvels -- is really and truly getting lazy.
FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR
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It had a fantastic chef, Kam Po But, who's still there and still producing marvellous food.
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People marvel now at how well China has done.
Times, Sunday Times
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There are so many things to marvel at here.
Times, Sunday Times
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Take time for some indoor gardening activities with your children, such as preparing your favorite amaryllis bulbs - kids will marvel at how quickly the plants develop.
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The thick tan leather strap improves with age and feels marvellously comfortable to wear.
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His true marvel has been to maintain an equable temper in conditions which really ought to have quadrupled his 15-a-day smoking habit.
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(Zanzibar i. 205) legends of ichthyological marvels current on the
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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This was considered so marvellous a circumstance that the term peloria, from the Greek [Greek: pelôr], a prodigy, was applied to it. [
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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I read it as a kind of defaced romance; very thin and lean, but all true, and very marvelous as such.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II
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They marveled at its size during its occasional escorted walks through unsensitive portions of the ship.
The False Mirror
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Medes and Assyrians, Virgil is the most ancient writer, who expressly mentions the soft wool which was combed from the trees of the Seres or Chinese; 62 and this natural error, less marvellous than the truth, was slowly corrected by the knowledge of a valuable insect, the first artificer of the luxury of nations.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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The design of new offices for a firm of lawyers in the southern Spanish city of Cadiz proclaims the virtues of elegant restraint, use of few materials, and manipulation of marvellous south light.
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The coolness of her hand against his temple was a marvellous thing.
The Broken God
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Alas, as the 1970s turned to the 1980s, the two major corporate publishers, Marvel and DC, turned their backs on the general audience -- especially children -- to saturate the emerging (adult) fan market flocking to comics specialty stores, and since the fan market wanted superheroes and more superheroes, that's what the Big Two, and a remora-school of wannabes, gave them.
The Myth of the Fall of the American Comic Book
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I marvel at the almost boundless ingenuity and skill of mankind sometimes.
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Creating a massive weighty object that not only flies, but hovers and takes off vertically is an amazing innovation, a marvel of modern engineering.
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It's marvellous how he's managed to climb that far.
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If you are a real lover of art, you will appreciate its exquisite melodies, fine librettos, marvellous arias, charming performances, as well as the beautiful costumes and makeup.
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Visitors to Rome marvel over the beauty of the city.
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The wonder of this series is that it is all great stories about marvellous, crazy people.
Times, Sunday Times
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His voice was wonderful, his tale marvelous, and his choice of words eloquent and perfect.
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Its sight is marvellously keen, hearing exceedingly acute, and sense of smell wonderfully perfect.
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What I do oppose is the line that being an older mother is a really marvellous ambition and easily achievable.
Times, Sunday Times
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It's a marvelous idea, with a huge buzz among techies since its first public release earlier this week.
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Since 2008 and the first Iron Man, Marvel has been meticulously laying the groundwork for its mammoth team-up pic The Avengers, due to hit theaters next summer, and with each new franchise, the've also expanded the realms of possibility for their fictional universe, mirroring the many facets of imagination in their four-color kin.
Zaki Hasan: Zaki's Review: Captain America: The First Avengers
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We had a marvellous meal at that restaurant you recommended - incidentally, I must give you the number of a similar one I know.
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The exhibition is a marvellous place, full of noise, wonder, props and children.
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Great marble slabs clawed their way out of the earth, gigantic and marvellous, revelling in their beauty.
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Then the Lady Guinevere, greatly marvelling, aroused herself right quickly, and, dighting herself with all speed, went with the damsel unto that casement window which looked out into that part of the garden.
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I refresh myself after a day in the train with a marvellously spicy bouillabaisse (fish stew) in the elegant, vaulted Les Arcenaulx, one of many atmospheric harbour-side restaurants.
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I marvelled that anyone could be so stupid.
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What an insouciant sprite, a slippered marvel outside the combative gymnast Gareth.
Dragon dreams of Barry John, Gareth Edwards and springtime in Paris | Frank Keating
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This is where that marvellous rag-bag of feeling we relieve through our tears comes to our aid.
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when Bulukiya landed and walked about the island he found therein many marvels, especially a bird whose body was of pearls and leek green emeralds and its plumery of precious metals; and it was engaged in singing the praises of Allah the Most High and blessing Mohammed (upon whom be benediction and peace!).
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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‘Anger and sadness are not uncommon today to those who still care for the history of this marvellous city’, writes Llewellyn-Jones bluntly in the preface to this omnibus edition.
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To their credit they have done a marvellous job and it has more than justified its cost.
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He marveled at everything about her — the white rickrack she sewed along the hem and neckline of her dress to give it what she called pizzazz, her heart-shaped face, the hollow at the base of her throat, where he hung a heart-shaped locket.
Butchers Hill
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It's interesting to note that all three of the recent major Marvel superhero movies have been helmed by directors whose roots are in independent cinema.
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They desired me to marvel at everything; but that they themselves after past perils should be here again and ready, for no more than seamen's pay, to run their heads into perils yet unhandselled, was to these honest fellows no matter worth considering.
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
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I had not noticed until that moment two commercial-looking individuals, obviously British, seated close by and gazing biliously upon the marvellous rapids; but I heard one remark to the other:
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)
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The Games were marvellous but talk of a legacy of swelling enthusiasm for energetic pursuits was always unconvincing defiance of Olympic history.
Times, Sunday Times
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Lee also does a marvelous job of tracking the essay's central themes and its recurring patterns of imagery.
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It has a marvelous glassed-in central cloister, where breakfast is served in summer, and a swimming pool sheltering beneath the Saracen tower opposite.
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Despite its marvelous achivements, Greek mathematics was flawed.
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The Channel Tunnel is a marvellous achievement of engineering prowess that has brought the UK closer to the European mainland than ever before, although some would say that isn't a good thing.
Web TV Hub
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And at the last he came to the abbey where Sir Galahad had the white shield, and there Sir Gawaine learned the way to sewe after Sir Galahad; and so he rode to the abbey where Melias lay sick, and there Sir Melias told Sir Gawaine of the marvellous adventures that Sir Galahad did.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
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Still, not everyone is entirely amused by such technological marvels.
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And finally I awoke near the end, as Capa is struggling in the bulky EVA suit to reach the payload, and, half awake, I lay there and marveled at the score and what a beautiful thing this vastly underrated film is (my next Mac will be named Icarus).
Lughnasadh '08
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Eugenia (Eugenia Malaccensis), and the pandanus, with its aerial roots, all looped together by large sky-blue convolvuli and the running fern, and is marvellous with parasitic growths.
The Hawaiian Archipelago
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But maybe, let's turn a glance at our own American history with a renewed respect for those marvelous losers, Teddy Roosevelt, Gene Debs, William Jennings Bryan and Upton Sinclair, whose failed campaigns lay long-term groundwork for progressive victories.
Clancy Sigal: A Disappointed Democrat? You bet
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The apple and raspberry crumble is marvellous.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is a marvelous introduction to southeastern Indian ceremonialism for general readers and a must-read for serious students of the Yuchi, the Creek people, and southeastern Indians in general.
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He should also visit a forensic science lab to see the marvellous work they do in solving crime while underfunded and undervalued.
Times, Sunday Times
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A marvellous discovery for every bride-to-be, The Wedding Centre is the ultimate one-stop shop.
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To each his own, but the guys at Dynamite seem to be doing nothing more than "aping" every trend that either Marvel or DC has already burned through - many times over - and that is just not the way to make it long term in this business.
"Fighting Mad" over Fighting American!
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The passage and piaffe were marvellous and we did a really good extended trot - it felt even better than Amsterdam because the horse was not stressed like he was there, this time he was much happier.
Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
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Hopefully marvel does have a problem with this (hopefully it doesnt turn out to be something silly like an actual iron fist (tho i beleive it could work)) instead of ripping off a name why not just do a movie based on the actual character its still cool seems like a waste is all not to
Eli Roth and RZA Teaming for The Man with the Iron Fist « FirstShowing.net
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It is the marvellousness which paralyzes our judgment.
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886
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Donald stooped and lifted the tike to his shoulder, marveling the while that such a cherub could be the product of any of the denizens of the Sawdust Pile.
Kindred of the Dust
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A well-prepared turducken is a marvelous treat, a free-form poultry terrine layered with flavorful stuffing and moistened with duck fat.
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What a marvel is such a city! it is a strange thing that this grandioseness and this burlesque should be amicable neighbors, that all this majesty should not be thrown into disorder by all this parody, and that the same mouth can to-day blow into the trump of the Judgment Day, and to-morrow into the reed-flute!
Les Miserables, Volume III, Marius
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For the record, my concerns about The Avengers have more to do with the unwieldiness of the project and those at Marvel than it does with Joss Whedon's capabilities as a filmmaker.
Scott Mendelson: Why Did Paramount Sell off Distribution Rights for Avengers and Iron Man 3 to Disney for a Mere $115 Million?
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This is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, medical marvels, scientific wonders, strange facts or weird goings-on.
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I did look at the last few pages of the final issue, though...and if I'm reading things correctly, you could probably do some kind of deconstructive analysis of the story, with Thor representing Marvel Comics' desire to maintain the status quo, and Loki as DC, wishing to struggle against the status quo but ultimately falling before it.
Archive 2004-10-03
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The whole work was played without a break, and took two and a half hours, yet there was no suspicion of monotony, while the quickness and noiselessness with which the elaborate set scenes were changed was little short of marvellous.
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And then there came the plots of Jules Verne's stories and marvellous narrations about _l 'uomo cavallo, l' uomo volante, l 'uomo pesce_.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III
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Balin that gave the dolourous stroke unto King Pellam; of Sir Tor that sought the lady's brachet and by the way overcame two knights and smote off the head of the outrageous caitiff Abelleus, -- of these and many like matters of pith and moment, full of blood and honour, told Sir Lancelot, and the people had marvel of his words.
The Blue Flower
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The journey of about two and half hours was marvelous and adventurious.
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It's just an excuse, really, to dissolve traditional barriers of class and upbringing and simply marvel at how cack-handed people are when they try and do things they know nothing about.
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It is a subtle but marvelously effective mechanism for steering behavior toward healthy and productive ends.
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Oh, there are a few marvels of engineering and manufacture: the spoon, dental floss, and the cutting board, to name a few.
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In honour of your moving out of the twenties,we are giving you a marvelous birthday party.
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We romanticize how great it is drinking pichets of vin rouge in southern France and marvel at how the food of Bologna goes so well with the local wine.
Home field disadvantaged – NYT on SF wine lists | Dr Vino's wine blog
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When you look at the games Marvelous does -- Harvest Moon, the upcoming Vanillaware gem Muramasa, and yes, my longed-for Little King's Story, you'd think they had the ideal recipe: family-friendly, universally-appealing themes with enough depth and gameplay sophistication to attract and sustain core players (Nintendo's own Pokemon is such a megafranchise thanks to similar traits).
Wii On The Brain
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Her images of frothy, blossoming, extruding, immaculate clouds appear to be records of marvels, but are, in fact, marvels themselves.
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My partner for the event was the marvellous American player.
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London, a marvellous fairyland to her; tell her of "rags" in which he had played the leading part; of things he had done when he was in Rio for three months -- Rio! the very name enthralled her!
Captivity
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The most marvelous tales of weeping and woe are preached in poetic extreme.
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Here we marvelled at more of the chequered history of our host country involving the Byzantines, the Romans, and the Ottomans as well as the Bulgarians.
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Matilda the book is a marvellous oddity to which the musical gave a new shape and impetus.
Times, Sunday Times
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Then he carried him into the antre and sat down with him, whilst Hasan related to him what had befallen him in the Islands of Wak; whereat the Elder marvelled with exceeding marvel and said, “O Hasan, how didst thou deliver thy wife and children?”
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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Isn't it a marvel that a mixture of sand and water - and a few other elements - can crystallize into a thing of such beauty?
THE BLACK OPAL
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Workers in gold and ivory, in gems and talismans, in brass and fine linen and purple had done the marvels which those courtier adventurers brought with them over the sea, and to these, from year to year, had been added the treasure of private chests -- necklaces and coronals and hair-loops, bottles and vases of glass coloured with metallic oxides, and patterned aggry-beads, now sometimes found in ancient tombs on the Ashantee coasts.
Romance Island
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'96: very close to when i registered "biotron" - after randomly flicking through an old Marvel comic -
The J Curve
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Etruscans in an art in which afterwards they attained to such marvellous perfection, and the only relics now remaining of the fictile statuary for which Veil was so celebrated.
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
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The atmosphere of the place was, the Marvells later decided, mediaeval.
IN LOVE AND WAR
