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  • "Ambrosial," described Auburn resident Kevin Simpson of the taste.

    Sun Journal top news 2010

  • And although these kisses be delightsome and pleasant, Ambrosial kisses, [5109] Suaviolum dulci dulcius Ambrosia, such as

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Saffron Trail: Ambrosial Thalagam for my 100th post skip to main

    Ambrosial Thalagam for my 100th post 2006

  • Ambrosial morn” at last appeared, with all its beautiful and lovely features.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • I remember that, in one of those Ambrosial Noctes, some one remarked in auld-lang-syne, that Maga is a ubiquity.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various

  • It was one of John Wilson's fancies to affect a love of boxing, and it was a favorite theme in the 'Ambrosial Discussions.'

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • A phrase out of some translation of the Iliad came to his head: "Ambrosial night, Night ambrosial unending."

    Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1933

  • It may be that in harping in highest exultation how they had won to, and touched, the Path Ambrosial – the Amataŋ Padaŋ40 – Nibbana, they implied some state inconceivable to thought, inexpressible by language, while the one and the other are limited to concepts and terms of life; and yet a state which, while not in time or space, positively constitutes the sequel of the glorious and blissful days of this life's residuum.

    Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909

  • Ambrosial was the bread baked by Mrs. Peters, the taciturn and serious religious person of color who attended to our cooking; the prize morsels were the ends, golden brown in hue, crunching so crisply between our teeth.

    Hawthorne and His Circle Julian Hawthorne 1890

  • His thought (a dim reminiscence of poetical readings): "Ambrosial locks indeed!"

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

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