splendent

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They had enticed the splendent light-fish into their caverns to give illumination.

From Seed of the Arctic Ice by Bates, Harry

And so the tiny Cadet-drillings have ended; long Files of Giants, splendent in gold-lace and grenadier-caps, have succeeded; and earnest work instead of mimic, in that matter, has begun.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas

The triumph strode splendent over sea and shore, subduing waves and rocks to a path for its mighty entrance into that dark cave on the human coast.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

Even when he gazed into her blue eyes he was conscious of a more flaming glory than lay in the heavens of their depths; a splendent maze that shed a brightness around her.

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart

It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; — the last called red ocher.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg