brilliancy

• Brilliant leading remarks shone a moment by their own brilliancy, then went out. —  The Long Roll
• If the instrument is wanting in brilliancy, a bridge having solidity of fibre is necessary; if wanting in mellowness, one possessing soft qualities should be selected We now pass to the neck of the Violin, which is made of sycamore or plane-tree. —  The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
• Her eyes shone with a feverish brilliancy, her white hands were never still, she laughed and jested with her lover, touching this or that with light wit. —  Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia
• At night the stars blink and blaze with intense brilliancy, and the still, frosty air seems almost to ring with a metallic voice. —  Life and sport in China Second Edition
• The brilliancy which issued from it escaped from its sides as from two kilns heated to a white heat. —  The Secret of the Island

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