splendent

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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

It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; — the last called red ocher.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg

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

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

It has lofty galleries; wherefrom dames of honour, splendent in gaze d'or; foreign Diplomacies, and other gilt-edged white-frilled individuals to the number of two thousand,—may sit and look.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas