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«It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious transaction between the infinity of the soul and the infinity of the universe.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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infinity, meditated, meditating, mysterious, ritual, seemed, solemnities, solemnity, transaction, transactions
«And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.»
«And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah.»
«And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, / When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.»
«ABILITY, n. The natural equipment to accomplish some small part of the meaner ambitions distinguishing able men from dead ones. In the last analysis ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity. Perhaps, however, this impressive quality is rightly appraised; it is no easy task to be solemn.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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appraise, appraising, impressive, natural ability, solemnities
«Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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Ability
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commonly, consist, higher degree, mainly, solemnities, solemnity, to a higher degree, to the highest degree
«A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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Genius
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buoyant, cheerfulness, concomitant, concomitants, erudition, gravity, harmless, hilarity, infrequent, pomposity, solemnities, solemnity
«Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown/ In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities.»
Author: John Milton
(Historian, Poet, Scholar)
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Beauty
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courts, feasts, solemnities
«Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship; It is for homely features to keep home»
Author: John Milton
(Historian, Poet, Scholar)
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Beauty
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courts, feasts, features, solemnities, workmanship
«Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearances.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
appearances, solemnities, solemnity, transparent, tremendous
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