resplendent

• Looking back on the incident it seems matter for yet more Homeric laughter that Richardson should have called the resplendent genius of Fielding “low.” —  Henry Fielding A Memoir
• 'Then I came again into the open air, and saw those resplendent orbs moving so silently, and thought that they were perhaps tenanted, not only by beings in whom I can see the germ of a possible angel, but by myriads like this poor creature, in whom that germ is, so far as we can see, blighted entirely, I could not help saying, “O my Father! —  Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
• Whereas on the contrary Illustris in its proper derivation and signification expresseth that which is all resplendent, lightsome, and glorious, as well without as within, and that not with a secondary but with a primitive and original light. —  Andrew Marvell
• In the grand finale, the mage - resplendent in red robes sewn by Tika - appeared to be totally consumed in raging flames, only to walk in through the front door moments later (to tumultuous applause) and calmly drink a glass of white wine to the health of the guests. —  Dragons of Winter Night
• The sun, resplendent, hastes away, —  Religion in Earnest

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