Indeed around that couch one treads instinctively with reverence; the image of the Woe surpassing all woes is too plainly marked, for the truth of what one sees not to sink indelibly on the mind.
We could see her eyes bright with surpassing tenderness and joy, bending over this bundle of clothes.
Oh, Rose Tree, you know your own surpassing merits too well to make you think this possible!
From a careful inspection of such documents the committee are of opinion, that Gilpin's tables possess a degree of accuracy far surpassing what could be expected, and sufficiently perfect for all practical or scientific purposes.
Still more did they applaud, being great judges of culinary matters, when the Spaniard began his speech by an elegant tribute to the surpassing excellence of the supper.
When did you declare yourself vanquished by the surpassing charms of Foy?
In the sketch for this picture he exhibited a knowledge of anatomy and of the outward expression of the emotions, surpassing that of any previous painter.
One bright day she looks at her ugly bud and finds it a rare blossom of surpassing beauty and sweetest fragrance.
It was evident that Manna had been thoroughly taught; for the convent-school made a special point of surpassing the worldly schools in scientific instruction.
To speak of the latter would be quite superfluous, few, if any, are unacquainted with the wildness and surpassing beauty of the most admired spot in North Wales.
Never have I been more pained than I then was; for in that place I found myself close to making discoveries of surpassing archæological value, and yet I was as completely cut off from them as though they had no existence.
The surpassing virtue of Richardson and his successor Fielding was that they boldly seized upon the time wherein they lived as that which was to form the background of their stories.
There was really no satirist of surpassing ability tickling the palate of the public, which dearly loves censure—when directed against other people.
The gods left Olympus to honor the occasion with their presence, and Vulcan presented the bride with a necklace of surpassing brilliancy, his own workmanship.
The cold heart of the virgin goddess was warmed by his surpassing beauty, and she came down to him, kissed him, and watched over him while he slept.
A temple ofsurpassing magnificence was also erected there in honor of the god, and at every place where one of his limbs had been found minor temples and tombs were built to commemorate the event.
Nor had he any commander whose surpassingmerit might inspire the army with confidence.
But I would not weary you with more of these facts than are absolutely necessary for the understanding of this story, surpassing strange, which I judge it to be as much my duty as my privilege to write.
And here it is fitting for me to depart a little from this present matter, that it may be rightly understood of what surpassing virtue her salutation was to me.
According to the same author, the Ostrich can run about thirty miles in an hour--a speed and endurance much surpassing those of the swiftest horse.
This tongue they can extend to a length sometimes surpassing that of their body.
The Pit Vipers are found only in Asia and America; those of the New World surpassing the Asiatic species in size, and therefore they are much more dangerous.
In this respect they are superior to all Gallinaceous fowls, even surpassing the Domestic Hen.
He had fumbled at the keys of the organ in the dark; he had spread his fingers amply and pressed down; behold, back from the cathedral lofts echoed a rising music of surpassing beauty.
I had heard so much of him, and always thought of him as the man nearest God on earth, great with a majesty surpassing infinitely that of the Elector or the Emperor.
They sent a deputation to her in her palace, who asked her, if they could find a prince beautiful beyond any, surpassing all philosophers in wisdom, of noblest mind and richest inheritance, would she marry him?
I have never been blind to thesurpassing excellence of GOOD.
This range of lofty snow-peaks of surpassingbeauty culminates in Mt.
Although containing ruins of surpassing interest, Machu Picchu did not represent that last Inca capital for which we were searching.
I had heard so much of the surpassing beauty of the North River, that I expected to be disappointed, and to find reality flat after description.
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