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Their splendors were the distilled essence of the tears and agonies of millions of defeated people -- their jewels were drops of blood from the heart of the human race!

Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

Well do I recall the splendors of that night and the procession of the students to his residence and his stepping out upon the floor of the back piazza -- the cheer after cheer that was given to the dear old man.

A Record of the Proceedings of the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at the Centennial Celebration of the Act of Incorporation: Being an Account of the Alumni Banquet and the Alumni Class Reunions, June 5, 1889 1793-1962 1889

Finance, who was building a palace at Vaux greater than the king himself could afford, and who was suddenly swept from this princely residence into the Bastille, where he spent the remaining years of his life with plenty of leisure in which to think upon the forty thousand pounds he had expended upon that fête he gave in honor of his royal master; and to recall the splendors of the supper and the size of the banqueting-hall, which Mansart, Le Brun, and the best that Italy could furnish at that time had made beautiful.

A Short History of France Mary Platt Parmele 1877

With light as his principal material to make known to us the joys of Heaven, he has to paint everything in high light, using no shadows and he solves his artistic problem by the variety of his "splendors" and by the deep symbolism of their action.

Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 1902

The rendering "splendors," instead of "hosts," is opposed by the fact that the Hebrew for "splendor" is not found in the plural.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

The queen went on, Through this gate, you will go on leave, out of a land of constant war and into a city of eternal peace, out of the rigors of battle and into the splendors of the greatest city on Tyria.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

Evocative video segments (by Martin Reinwald and Sebastian Eskildsen) and dramatic lighting (by Mikki Kunttu) complete the visual splendors.

Neapolitan Sunshine Brightens Danish Gloom Robert Greskovic 2011

The queen went on, Through this gate, you will go on leave, out of a land of constant war and into a city of eternal peace, out of the rigors of battle and into the splendors of the greatest city on Tyria.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

A tour will unlock the park's secrets for you, while a naturalist guides you through the splendors of the first national park.

Susan Fogwell: Exploring Snowy Yellowstone in Comfort Susan Fogwell 2011

A tour will unlock the park's secrets for you, while a naturalist guides you through the splendors of the first national park.

Susan Fogwell: Exploring Snowy Yellowstone in Comfort Susan Fogwell 2011