splendor

• The suite of rooms assigned to Josephine consisted of two large parlors furnished with regal splendor, and several adjoining private rooms. —  Hortense Makers of History Series
• For many hundred years had she stood in arrogant splendor, her palaces towering above the Tigris and mirrored in its swift waters; army after army had gone forth from her gates and returned laden with the spoils of conquered countries; her monarchs had ridden to the high place of sacrifice in chariots drawn by captive kings. —  Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria
• Even the old gentlewoman of Babylon has lost much of her splendor, and her robes and pomp are of a description far subordinate to the costume of her more magnificent days. —  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)
• A cabinet of Grecian and Roman coins is a compact history of art from its inception to its meridian in the culmination of Grecian splendor--and since that time, if we may believe Ruskin, we only approximate, or what is worse, degrade. —  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
• It was the first time she had driven out in solitary splendor, and Theodora felt very dignified and luxurious as she leaned back on the cushions and idly watched the passing show which had grown so familiar to her during the past two weeks. —  Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen

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