super-eminent
Example Sentences
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It is the super-eminent glory of English that it counts twice in the reckoning.
From A History of Elizabethan Literature by Saintsbury, George
Self-delusion, for such it was, so perfect and complete, who could conceive—hypocrisy so super-eminent, who could conjecture!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 by Various
While there, however, he resolved to distinguish the close of his career by the construction of some violins of super-eminent beauty and quality.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by Pearce, J. H. (Joseph Henry)
The people were there, proud of their king, proud of his magnificent appearance, but prouder of the super-eminent qualities that had marked the commencement of his reign.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
When scorn did not inspire his mirth, when it was genuine gaiety that painted his features with a joyous expression, his beauty became super-eminent, divine.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
