There is nothing, I know, to compare in ecstasy with the whisper and sigh and clinging touch of that time--to compare with the awe and mystery and solemnity of it.
And Councillor after Councillor rose and protested against the scheme with the utmost solemnity and prolixity.
I consider," said his mother, "that a State procession should have more solemnity about it.
Haygarth and his friends assembled at the hospital, and with much solemnity brought forth the fictitious tractors.
His manner did away with the solemnity of the occasion; but it certainly smoothed for him the painful path of confession.
She had discussed the propriety of mourning with Miss Bishop, and wore it to-day for the first time with a pretty air of solemnity mingled with satisfaction in her own delicate intimation that she was one with her lover in his grief.
It was owing to the earnestness and solemnity of their religious faith.
What sweet solemnity and thoughtfulness reign in the heart sensible of this divine presence!
But what most astonished the place, and gave rise to no end of remarks and jokes, was what Don Pedro did with a certain religious solemnity soon after his arrival from Madrid.
In the second half of the book, the gaiety and grotesqueness of the pictures of life sink before the solemnity of the terrible and tragic corruption of Amalia, and the martyrdom of Josefina.
Manin, true to his pedagogical opinions, applauded with his mouth full, and cut his bread into wonderful geometrical shapes before conducting them with all solemnity to his mouth.
This episode disturbed for some minutes the solemnity of the gloomy ceremony.
When the solemnitywas over, I received the first kiss from my sweet betrothed, and the assurance of her great love for me.
Gentlemen, I say in all solemnity that there is no difference between that and the things that have been done in the Province of Ontario.
Permit me also to say to you, with all thesolemnity and earnestness of which I am capable, that it is your duty, because the present is as grave and as dangerous a situation as ever arose in Canada.
In this state of mind he went to the altar, and nothing but the beauty of his bride and the solemnity of the ceremony could efface the sombre clouds which obscured his brow.
I should insist on his coming down in discreet black, with a white tie and that look of imposing solemnity young Englishmen assume for dinner.
Certainly, though I'm not aware whatsolemnity the engagement gains by my co-operation.
Kearney could not but laugh at the sketch of a debate given with all the mimicry of tone and mock solemnity of an old debater, and the two men now became, by the bond of their geniality, like old acquaintances.
The complete loneliness, the perfect silence, in which even the rattling of the harness as the pony shook himself made itself felt, gave something of solemnity to the moment, as the young girl sat there and gazed half terrified around her.
The country of the Latins is desolate, but grand in its desolation; an austere nature adds solemnityto the vacant sites of the cities, their sepulchres, and relics.
Preparations were immediately made for a brilliant and imposing solemnity in commemoration of the victory.
The fires in the west blazed away, and solemnity spread over the sea.
They who go with nets upon the reeling sea grow still with the mystery and solemnity of the trade.
The solemnityof darkness always caused them to ponder.
That evening we held a burial service, at which hundreds of natives attended with a solemnity of demeanour and expressions of sorrow that would not have been out of place at the most elaborate funeral in England or America.
A belated sea-bird's shrill scream but emphasized the deep silence which lent itself befittingly to the solemnityof nature.
The solemnity consequent upon the first news of the accident had worn itself off; and Florence found the family at the parsonage happy and comfortable.
To give greater weight and solemnity to the act he decided to attend in person at the bar of the House, at the head of his clergy, all in canonicals.
Is it not produced by some false idea of the rite and its signification, or does it not spring from the solemnity of the paraphernalia and human surroundings of it?
But when the first solemnity passed away, and Christ's presence was no longer felt at the common table, the Christian love-feast was liable to many corruptions.
The debate in Pandaemonium is a debate among these typical characters at the greatest conceivable crisis, and with adjuncts of solemnity which no other situation could rival.
He began to poke the fire in protest, but a smile gave the lie to the moroseness and solemnity of his expression.
And she added sententiously with the solemnitywhich the true German brings naturally to the performance of the familiar duties of daily life: "Too late, as one so often is in life!
Her solemnity had led him to expect something of greater importance than this, which was, however, decidedly a more welcome topic.
Claghorn understood the solemnity and braved the possible results of a confession which he was willing to make rather than be further exposed to the occasional somewhat annoying admonitory tone of his companion.
The old man came to he side, and placing his hands on her head spoke with almost the authority and solemnity of one of God's ancient prophets.
She affected no solemnity and seemed under no constraint, only her thought and bearing had a somewhat soberer coloring, like the shading of a picture.
They do not keep you from making ill-natured remarks," said Mrs. Mayhew, sailing out of the room fully bedizened for the solemnity of dinner.
She came to him and put her arms around his neck and looking up into his face said, with the earnestness and solemnity of a vow, "I will take no happiness which I cannot receive as your loving daughter.
The ceremony of changing the Toga was performed with greatsolemnity before the images of the Lares, to whom the Bulla was consecrated.
For so current was the report, that Clodius had found access to her disguised as a woman, during the celebration of a religious solemnity [19], that the senate instituted an enquiry respecting the profanation of the sacred rites.
All these favours he proclaimed himself with his own voice, from the middle of the Stadium, during the solemnity of the Isthmian games.
When a great multitude of the several orders was assembled, to attend at the solemnity of making vows to the gods, it was a long time before the keys of the Capitol could be found.
