splendent

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Vpon hir Eares did hang two Sumptuous and Riche orientall Pearles, which to the artificiall order of hir hayre added a certen splendent brightnes.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William

It seemed that this splendent host must have been placed here by some magic hand, alert, vigorous, immaculate, eager for the battle.

From A Soldier of Virginia by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Radiant and serene, in the boundless calm of the heavens, the splendent lanterns seemed suspended on stationary craft peacefully rocked at anchor.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

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