rhapsodical
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His music reflected none of the warm rhapsodical reveries of Chopin and Liszt but, rather, foreshadowed Mahler and Bruckner.
From Time Magazine Archive
I might say that while Brahms is characterised by a musing reflective element, in Liszt a rhapsodical element has the upper hand, and can be felt as a disturbing element in his weaker works.
From Franz Liszt by James Huneker
If these men were to live now,—if Jerome and Chrysostom and Tertullian were to utter such rhapsodical nonsense, what should we think of them or their followers?
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
As a practical politician, then, let it be frankly admitted that Hugo was a failure; that in his speeches he was frequently rhapsodical; and that he could take no initiative in practical legislation.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
At the closing figure of Wolfram's rhapsodical rhetoric, the image of the fount, a shadowy smile of superiority has dawned upon his face.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
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