tremendousness

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The proportions of the personages, in the light of the magnifying music, are seen to be heroic, their natures vast, their passions, in their very tremendousness, august.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

The strangeness and tremendousness of what was happening came over me very strongly whilst, in a large chamber with barred loopholes, I was throwing off the rags in which I had entered this house.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

It is so tremendous in its simplicity that, Greek-like, men stumble over its simple tremendousness.

From Quiet Talks on John's Gospel by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)

Nor is the pre-eminent tremendousness of the great Sperm Whale anywhere more feelingly comprehended, than on board of those prows which stem him.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

Yet the tremendousness of human fate is constantly implied and brought home in the most impressive way.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard