splendent

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Nunc splendent tantum, et deterso pulvere belli E memori pendent nomina magna tholo.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

It seemed that this splendent host must have been placed here by some magic hand, alert, vigorous, immaculate, eager for the battle.

From A Soldier of Virginia by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

And so the tiny Cadet-drillings have ended; long Files of Giants, splendent in gold-lace and grenadier-caps, have succeeded; and earnest work instead of mimic, in that matter, has begun.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas

Radiant and serene, in the boundless calm of the heavens, the splendent lanterns seemed suspended on stationary craft peacefully rocked at anchor.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

I looked, and saw: before her, cast from unseen heavenly mirror, stood the reflection of herself, and beside it a form of splendent beauty, She trembled, and sank again on the floor helpless.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George