resplendency

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His courage failed him; to enter footsore, laden, and poorly dressed into the midst of such resplendency was to bring needless humiliation upon her he loved, if not to court repulse from her husband.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

Like bursting lava, I expand but         to my own despair, and shine with the resplendency of 252:30 consuming fire.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

At which my countenance beams with the shiny resplendency of self-satisfaction.

From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.

The lady of the portrait must have been some twenty odd years; she was no simple maiden, no half-opened rosebud, but a woman in the full resplendency of her beauty.

From First Love (Little Blue Book #1195) And Other Fascinating Stories of Spanish Life by Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de

Yet thine is my resplendency, so given To bear my secrets thro' the upper Heaven.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Poe, Edgar Allan