illustrious

• “One of our most distinguished sculptors was summoned, a short time since, to the house of a young lady, connected by birth with a family of the highest grade in the aristocracy of wealth, and united in marriage to the heir of a title illustrious in the military annals of the empire.”

  The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851

• “I called the illustrious professor Tonal Kedem, Tonal Calamari, and any other number of off-the-cuff last names for 4 years.”

  every good boy does fine

• “She is, indeed, in illustrious company and in the great tradition.”

  Competition Policy in Canada

• “Wolmar, reading in the young law student the brilliant abilities that were one day to make his name illustrious, prevailed upon him to devote himself to the study of the New Testament in the original.”

  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)

• “Charles de Sombreuil, whose sister had rendered the name illustrious by her heroism in the Reign of Terror.”

  Brittany & Its Byways

• “Shortly after their erection, in 1829, the well known Sam Patch, whose diving propensities made his name illustrious, performed his noted, bold feat in 1830.”

  By Water to the Columbian Exposition

• “But several have rendered the name illustrious by their contributions to literature, science, and the fine arts.”

  Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851

• “In what, then, consists that wonderful excellence, that master-power which has made his name illustrious?”

  English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction

• “After being well educated he commenced that course of patient and observant travel which was to render his name illustrious as a philosophic tourist and historian.”

  Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life

• “Marlborough, whose fame now flies through the world, and whose glorious actions will render his name illustrious, and rank him among the renowned worthies of all ages.”

  Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.

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