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too sacred for words

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He took her in his arms and kissed her, not as he would have kissed her an hour before, with passion, but in reverence and humility, in love too sacred for words.

But there was this difference between the scenes from the Old Testament and those from the New: in the latter there was no dialogue whatever, and no action, as if it was all too sacred for words—nothing but the tableau, the figures standing in one attitude, fixed and motionless.

The depth of their feeling for one another expressed itself not infrequently in these long delicious pauses in their talk, when that which was in them was all too sacred for words.

Their great vow is too sacred for words; the loss of comrades and the uncertain future are felt but not discussed.

A glad cry escaped her, and then— But such a moment is too sacred for words; only it must be said it was fortunate for both that Aunt Lissy was in the kitchen.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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