sublimest

The Greek rhetorician, Longinus, quotes from the Mosaic account of the creation what he calls the sublimest passage ever uttered: "God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light."

The American Union Speaker 1852

What expert opinion had described as the sublimest ten minutes in the great pianist's greatest concerto had just begun.

The Patient Observer And His Friends Simeon Strunsky 1913

It is doubtful whether this poem, which Giudici calls the sublimest lyrical composition modern literature has produced, will stir the

Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions William Dean Howells 1878

It is an extraordinary thing to contemplate that if it had not been for four or five European countries, namely the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, there would be no such thing as modern civilization and we would be living in the culture implanted by Egypt three thousand years ago, the culture of ancient China and Peru; and of these four countries that I have mentioned by far the sublimest has been the British contribution.

Some Experiences as a Medical Officer with the Royal Army Medical Corps 1946

The sunrise the next morning, said Twain, was “the sublimest spectacle I ever witnessed, and I think the memory of it will remain with me always.”

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

“I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has ever been taught but I hold in the most profound detestation and execration the corruptions of it which have been invented…”

I heart Chris Christie 2010

The sunrise the next morning, said Twain, was “the sublimest spectacle I ever witnessed, and I think the memory of it will remain with me always.”

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

It is difficult to believe that the Taliban brand of Islam can dehumanise a person to such an extent - making him insensitive to even the sublimest of art form ….

What Will Happen to Ancient Art in the Taliban’s Swat? 2009

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in our language.

Sound Politics: The Unbearable Hipness Of Slackerdad 2007

That is why W Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 observed: 'Poetry is the sublimest activity of the human mind.

Archive 2009-05-01 Rus Bowden 2009