Grandeur

Grandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in France, than in the last years of Henry the Second's reign.

To his valour he added a most exquisite genius and understanding, grandeur of mind, and a capacity equally turned for military or civil affairs.

The roses out on the roof were in full bloom, and peeped in at the window; and there stood the little chairs, on which they had sat when children; and Kay and Gerda seated themselves each on their own chair, and held each other by the hand, while the cold empty grandeur of the Snow Queen's palace vanished from their memories like a painful dream.

Nature laughs at human suffering; Only ever contemplating its own grandeur, it dispenses with all its sovereign forces, and keeps calm and splendor for its own.

In these days of nouveaux riches it is refreshing to find a case where the scion of an old county family which has fallen upon evil days is able to make his own fortune and to bring it back with him to restore the fallen grandeur of his line.

More vividly than all the written histories, the Coliseum tells the story of Rome's grandeur and Rome's decay.

Russian architecture, characterized by its grandeur and ornate details, can be seen in iconic structures such as the St. Basil's Cathedral and the Peterhof Palace.

And it is a mysterious, wonderful thing this character, this cachet of a great city; the charm of Paris or the grandeur of London, the glittering stillness of Venice or the insistent glory of eternal Rome.

Despite the grandeur of the feast, she is unaware of all fields of knowledge.

The ball was a spectacle of elegance and grandeur.