spectacle

• But to my solitary eye the spectacle was an amazing and confounding one If I had not seen the tract of dark blue water in the north-east, I might have imagined that this island stretched as far into the east and north as it did in the south and west. —  The Frozen Pirate
• But the spectacle was a splendid one, and all the apparatus was ready in the armourers' tent, marked by Saint George and the Dragon. —  The Armourer's Prentices
• I rode up as fast as I could to the ridge; a spectacle was then presented to my view which I shall not forget. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
• Rosetta, as you already know, is a Roman Catholic; sometimes Mee Lay brings her here; the service and the spectacle are attractive enough, though never so to me. —  The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma
• This spectacle was anything but amusing to the Emperor; but he put a good countenance on the matter, and appeared cheerful and serene. —  The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch

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