magnific

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He commenced the conversation in the most magnific style, and, as a sort of pioneering to his own vanity, he flattered me with such grossness!

From Biographia Literaria by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Allow me to congratulate you," said he, "on your magnific success.

From The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy by Coffin, Charles Carleton

And dare earth’s bold inhabitants deny The sumptuous, the magnific embassy A moment’s audience?

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

Or, again, this of the sun swinging himself above the dark shoulder of Jura-- "Gay he hails her, and magnific, thrilled her black length burns to gold."

From Life of Robert Browning by Sharp, William

Two temples of magnific size Attract the curious traveller's eyes, That might be envied by the Greeks; Raised up by you in twenty weeks: Here gentle goddess Cloacine Receives all offerings at her shrine.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst