magnific

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Or, again, this of the sun swinging himself above the dark shoulder of Jura-- "Gay he hails her, and magnific, thrilled her black length burns to gold."

From Life of Robert Browning by Sharp, William

Thus far, in magnific strain, A young poet soothed his vein, But he had nor prose nor numbers, To express a princess' slumbers.—

From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles

Jaquis sized and summed her up in the one word "magnific."

From The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories by Warman, Cy

He commenced the conversation in the most magnific style, and, as a sort of pioneering to his own vanity, he flattered me with such grossness!

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

And dare earth’s bold inhabitants deny The sumptuous, the magnific embassy A moment’s audience?

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward