pavonine

• The fundamental elements and primordial germs of consciousness, intellect, will, passion, appear the same, and the different classes of being seem capable of passing into one another by improvement or deterioration Spontaneously, then, might a primitive observer, unhampered by prejudices, think that the soul of man on leaving its present body would find or construct another according to its chief intrinsic qualities and 9 Scholz, Beweis, dass es eine Seelenwanderung bei den Thieren giebt forces, whether those were a leonine magnanimity of courage, a vulpine subtlety of cunning, or a pavonine strut of vanity. —  The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
• Scarce one of us domestic birds but imitates the lanky, pavonine strut, and shrill, genteel scream. —  The Book of Snobs
• We made a general reconnaisance (December 27th) of a place whence specimens of pavonine quartz had come to hand. —  The Land of Midian — Volume 1
• These things with tales of sombre clouds and shining skies and whisperings of strange creatures dancing timidly in pavonine twilights, he traced upon the ivory keys of his instrument and the world was richer for a poet. —  Chopin : the Man and His Music
• The bas-reliefs on this low screen are groups of peacocks and lions, two face to face on each panel, rich and fantastic beyond description, though not expressive of very accurate knowledge either of leonine or pavonine forms. —  Stones of Venice [introductions]

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