| 单词 | sumptuousness |
| 例句 | Richness reigned on Erdem Moralioglu’s runway, too, which married the sumptuousness of Ottoman dress, its rich fabrics and gilded details, with a daintier, English prettiness. In London, Fantasy Meets Obsession 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Poverty belied the sumptuousness of the tapestries the Infanta commissioned from Rubens. Wonders unfurl at Getty, Met tapestry shows on Rubens, Coecke 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z More important, however, is the extraordinary ease and sumptuousness of her tone, and a hovering, ecstatic quality in her singing that makes her so convincing as both sexual icon and saint. Tha?s ? review 2011-08-19T11:38:44Z Its sumptuousness also contrasted nicely with the astringency of Britten's Concerto. BBCNOW/Brabbins – review 2013-01-10T13:56:33Z From their precision and formal sumptuousness we can extrapolate the contours of a great monarchy, a network of sophisticated ateliers, and a cosmopolitan world of trade and knowledge. Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin’s “Stranger in the Village” 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z In this “Richard II,” directed by Gregory Doran and designed with period sumptuousness by Stephen Brimson Lewis, it would seem that fate is determined by body type. 3 celebrities portray Shakespeare’s uncommon men 2014-02-03T06:51:22Z Therefore, one might naturally expect Saab’s Paris apartment to reflect the color and sumptuousness of his couture. 2009-12-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Stone’s lush compositions and suave camera movements may surprise — and maybe offend — fans of Mr. Winslow’s lean, flinty prose, but the sumptuousness of the movie is among its chief delights. | 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z Klimt’s art-historical importance as the leader of the turn-of-the-century Vienna Secession movement, and the decorative sumptuousness of his paintings, have always made him a highly valued artist. Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Brings $108.4 Million, Auction Record for the Artist 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Sex is endlessly interesting to me, whether it’s the joy of the quickie or the sumptuousness of a full afternoon in the sheets. My life in sex: the hypersexual monogamist 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z It is the sound of late middle age, plaintive or wise or resigned, but what it lacks is the dark sumptuousness of a real baritone. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z I recall being hesitant about the butter, but it added such a rounded, rich sumptuousness that olive oil just doesn't impart. Inspired by the iconic Marcella Hazan, a 5-ingredient meal for when you don't feel like cooking 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Mostly, however, the film chooses to concentrate on the halcyon days of Lauren, collapsing the past and the present into one stretch of ahistorical sumptuousness. Ralph Lauren’s American Dreams 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Cooke's Anna, who awakes Dido's inner desire, becomes the embodiment of sumptuousness. S.F. Opera makes an epic effort with 'Les Troyens' 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett — and staged with a sumptuousness that would be unthinkable today — the 1971 “Follies” was Broadway’s ultimate ghost story, steeped in a hungry and shimmering darkness. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z My strategy was not to eliminate the cheese; it is an essential element that brings all the ingredients together as it melts, and it provides an unmistakable sumptuousness. Even with a healthful tweak, this savory veg bake stays sumptuous 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s repertory is broad and varied, but this conductorless ensemble is at its most memorable when it revels unabashedly in the sumptuousness of its own sound. Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2012-02-13T23:12:41Z You see how the sumptuousness of the style made the cathedrals more welcoming and urban. Viewing Europe’s Houses of Worship in Wild Detail 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The show makes palpable both the sumptuousness and formality of court life and the more intimate alliances among artists, art dealers, printers and so forth that make an art world. Van Dyck at the Frick, Documenting Aristocracy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Part of Sookee’s journey is one from perdition into opulence, from a lowly thieves’ den into the sumptuousness of the mansion. Review: ‘The Handmaiden’ Explores Confinement in Rich, Erotic Textures 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “Empire” flagrantly opts for ostentation over restraint, and besides just looking good, the show’s sumptuousness is a show of power. We don’t watch “Empire” for the plot: It’s the unabashed spectacle of wealth and style that keeps us hooked 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z To tell their story with as much flair and sumptuousness as any other. Perspective | André Leon Talley’s estate auction reveals how he lived and survived 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Amid that calculated confusion, Park employs his trademark tactile filmmaking to convey warmth, cold, texture and even the sumptuousness of food for a sensual experience. Why Park Chan-wook crafted 'Decision to Leave' so love is more mysterious than murder 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Her flashy decorating style came to symbolize the over-the-top sumptuousness found at many Trump buildings. Ivana Trump, first wife of Donald Trump, dies at 73 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The fact that this gathering takes place at the iconic casino explicitly built to recreate the sumptuousness of the Roman Empire is a little too perfect. Las Vegas just hosted a climate denier conference and it makes perfect sense 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z On the crooning “Western Stars” he emphasized a new sumptuousness in his singing, hitting notes you swore he’d never tried before. Review: Bruce Springsteen finds renewed life, amid death, with the E Street Band on 'Letter to You' 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z It shouldn’t work – it’s got overlayered choirs, sung in French, Victoria reciting numbers in French – but it delivers a glorious gooey pudding of sumptuousness. Suede, Earl Sweatshirt and the Lovely Eggs: readers on their albums of 2018 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z "It shows us the sumptuousness of the surroundings of that time." Ancient Throne and Ceremonial Hall Unearthed in Peru 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The set married royal sumptuousness to genocidal mania, littering the palace with taxidermy, glum military portraits, abandoned toys, and deep, shadowy spaces. Designing Stages for Shakespeare and Kanye 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z It’s all visual sumptuousness backloaded with a boilerplate story so forgettable I probably couldn’t tell you what happened or why from memory with a gun to my head. 8 Things Bungie's Destiny Could Have Done Better 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z But sweetening tough talks with sugar and sumptuousness is an option. How to sweeten the Syrian peace pill 2014-01-25T22:50:35Z Captivatingly the cost of sumptuousness has been increasing with the cost of recreation. Productivity and growth: Was that it? 2012-09-08T14:48:33Z A new standard of sumptuousness and splendour was set up in the richest stratum of society. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Our banquets are mean, niggardly, compared with the appalling sumptuousness of the Roman patricians and the princes of ancient Asia. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z The king likewise, though throughout the campaign he dined ordinarily with all the sumptuousness of Versailles, found himself obliged sometimes to partake of a cold collation under a hedge, without quitting his travelling carriage. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z If so, Councillor Clark lived many years to enjoy the sumptuousness of his new house and the envy of his neighbors. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The tables of inlaid gems and mosaic, the walls encrusted with relievos, the curious floors, the drapery—all satiate the eye with sumptuousness. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z Luxury Long-Term Lodging Begins to Feel Like Home With discretion and sumptuousness, residences away from home cater to the well-off. Special Section: Wealth 2012-02-09T01:04:10Z Four metal spiders, huge and glistening, completed the heavy sumptuousness of the decoration. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z She then passed into a second room, decorated with the same sumptuousness, in which was a bed hung with silk curtains, with silver fringe. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z That part of the structure built by Mansart for Gaston d'Orleans appears strange, solemn, and superfluous in connection with the sumptuousness of the earlier portions. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z The morals of the people, whose mode of life was simplicity itself, not having yet tasted the sumptuousness of civilised life, excelled those of higher civilised nations in veracity, soberness, and courage. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z And by the passage was a banqueting-room holding nine couches, very like the large one in the sumptuousness of its furniture; and a bed-chamber holding five couches. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Peggy and her mother knew that the affair was to be more than the ordinary tea, but they were scarcely prepared for the sumptuousness of the occasion. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z My surprise augmented continually as I beheld this aristocratic sumptuousness. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The onlooker marked the black and silver sumptuousness of it, and thought of the rough hemlock box that enclosed the anonymous body in Annalaka churchyard. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z Added to this influence was the deep impression made upon his mind by the florid sumptuousness of Tiepolo, whose works he had an opportunity of studying in Venice before he returned to Paris in 1761. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The supper given by Kate was a sort of return to her friend Fan for the dinner at the McTavish villa; and in sumptuousness was a spread no way inferior. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z There was a kind of sumptuousness about it, that was never vulgar, nothing in any room screamed, and the effect was very reposeful. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The walls of the chapel where he lies are covered with frescoes, depicting scenes in that wonderful life; from the rags of the miner, to the sumptuousness of the throne. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z But now frugality has been changed for sumptuousness; everything exquisite is sought after in dress,—gold, silver, pearls, silks, and rich furs. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The young littérateur, the sumptuousness of whose Bar-mitzvah party was still a memory with his father, had lank black hair, with a long nose that supported blue spectacles. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z This house had accommodations for but two thousand spectators, and, in spite of its sumptuousness and rank, was distinctly inferior in point of size to many opera-houses and theatres elsewhere. Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z It is easy to perceive the source of those elements of warmth and sumptuousness that are so conspicuous in the results of English taste. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Concerning the loss of worldly wealth and sumptuousness, and all the brocaded applauses of drawing-rooms; these were no loss to her, for they had always been valueless. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z But now frugality has been changed for sumptuousness; every thing exquisite is sought after in dress; gold, silver, pearls, silks, and rich furs. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 In her taste for art and her love of magnificence and luxury, Catherine was a true Medici; her banquets at Fontainebleau in 1564 were famous for their sumptuousness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" The room into which he looked was a spacious one and furnished with all the sumptuousness of Eastern luxury. Bert Wilson at Panama Jenny, being little and svelte, was distressed by the prevalent sumptuousness. Carnival Behind these fanatics marched some Brahmins, clad in all their oriental sumptuousness of garb, dragging a woman along, who faltered at each step. Round the World in Eighty Days In the early days of the Republic, meals were prepared with care, but there was no sumptuousness, no art. Roman Women In 1855, Charles Kean revived the play with his accustomed care and sumptuousness. Henry VIII and His Court 6th edition The hair was nearly of the true Venetian color, and she had the true Venetian sumptuousness of appearance, simple as was her attire. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 Gautier attracted him by his sumptuousness of epithet, the perfectly realised material splendours of gold, of marble, of colour. Ivory Apes and Peacocks She still loved the gaiety and sumptuousness of her new life, for it appealed to inherited instincts. The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 Wealth and artistic hands had combined to bring all its sumptuousness into a rich and harmonious completeness. The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts This is not the result of sumptuousness and elaboration, but of pure applied science. The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction The dazzling glitter of armour and the sumptuousness of official dresses, blended with the gay and richly ornamented attires of the ladies of the court, presented a picture at once beautiful and imposing. Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. The supper was served with a sumptuousness, a refinement, which left no doubt in the chevalier's mind as to the enormous fortune of the widow. A Romance of the West Indies The church of the Jesuits, at Cagliari, is described as distinguished among the others for the sumptuousness of its style, and its decorations of coloured marbles and columns. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Her gowns were more magnificent than ever, regal in their sumptuousness and elegance, and her hair maintained its pristine brilliance—aided a little by art, but of that, as a man, he knew nothing. The Scarlet Feather The bargain is always easy in proportion to the sumptuousness and splendour of the supper, during which it is concluded; and although very expensive, is fully repaid by the advantages gained in the contract. The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 Chief Justice Lee, who died in 1754, gained credit for an adequate knowledge of law by the sumptuousness and frequency of the dinners with which he regaled his brothers of the bench and learned counsellors. A Book About Lawyers Cavendish goes on to tell of the sumptuousness and wonder of the entertainment which the Cardinal gave to his guests before speeding them on their way to Windsor on the following day. Hampton Court She talked to me of Scotland, and perhaps I noticed in her a tendency to enlarge on the sumptuousness of her establishment there. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands Katharine Howard sat in her own room; it had in it little of sumptuousness, for all the King so much affected her. Privy Seal His Last Venture The effect on the gold is extremely pleasing, having a certain quaint sumptuousness peculiarly its own. Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture And this grand pose of the king, Lebrun expressed in the heavy sumptuousness of decoration. The Tapestry Book One dreams even to-day, of its sumptuousness, its legends, its amusing and extravagant incidents which cast a halo of romantic interest over so many illustrious personages. Royal Palaces and Parks of France Infancy was no novelty in this region of numerous progenies, but the fine softness of raiment and delicate sumptuousness of infancy were. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim The Certosa of Pavia leaves upon the mind an impression of bewildering sumptuousness: nowhere else are costly materials so combined with a lavish expenditure of the rarest art. New Italian sketches Ascher does not care for sumptuousness or abundance; but he knows how to eat well. Gossamer 1915 There was a large china jar standing on the floor near the fireplace, one of those ornaments which give their tone of sumptuousness to the rooms in Beaufort's Hotel. Lady Bountiful Oneguine, all this sumptuousness, The gilding of life's vanities, In the world's vortex my success, My splendid house and gaieties— What are they? Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse His study, Albert de Morcerf's pavilion, is said to be the only sumptuous apartment in the whole establishment; and that sumptuousness is of a character entirely literary and practical. Edmond Dantès Her house was magnificent, her private apartments almost stifling in their sumptuousness. The Californians The novelty of the situation that left Archie alone with a woman whose very name he did not know was enhanced by the sumptuousness of the background furnished by the house itself. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Her eyes turned to the bare, forlorn hills that even the August sunshine could not conjure into sumptuousness, and there she saw the threatened reality. The Daughters of Danaus The drawing-room is furnished in a style of equal sumptuousness, in the Crimean Tartar style; but the rest of the imperial apartments are in a simpler order of decoration. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Who can attempt to describe the sumptuousness of the palace, and the splendour of the ball in which the beautiful princess sat, to receive the homage of the flower of the youth of her kingdom. The Pacha of Many Tales The square opening to the companion-way was also protected by a similar handrail and balusters, producing an exceedingly rich effect and seeming to promise a corresponding sumptuousness of fitting in the saloons below. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure Consequently the question of approving any work may be considered under three heads: that is, delicacy of workmanship, sumptuousness, and design. The Ten Books on Architecture He kept his carriages and horses, his cellar of costly wines, and entertained on a scale of great extravagance and sumptuousness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy There the fluffy gold of the doll's hair rioted gloriously across a pair of black woolen socks, and the blue satin of its gown swept glistening folds of sumptuousness across a red flannel petticoat. The Tangled Threads They were fortunate in getting good accommodations at the new hotel, and the boys and girls were struck by the elegance of the rooms, and, later, by the sumptuousness of the dining-hall. Dave Porter at Star Ranch Or, The Cowboy's Secret There is a barbaric sumptuousness about them, an elemental quality conveyed by the Oriental combining of stones, which to the western European and American, seem incongruous. Woman as Decoration It has the sumptuousness of Titian and Paul Veronese. French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture Garrick took pride in their sumptuousness, in their immaculate, virginal splendour. Americans and Others And the sumptuousness of her figure—its faultless curves and lines, its lissome roundness, its young grace, the beauty of arm and neck and ankle! The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Many of their houses, we are told, were like the palaces of princes, built of white marble, furnished with the greatest sumptuousness, and decorated with the costliest hangings and the rarest statuary. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine "There is an elaborate sumptuousness about it that is quite imposing." The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science Perhaps the library prizes most the magnificent elephant folio edition, in four volumes, of Audubon's "Birds and Quadrupeds of North America," with its colored plates, heavy paper, and general air of sumptuousness. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 She had never dreamed of seeing him enthroned amid such sumptuousness. Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail Passing through this hall, one enters a suite of rooms, apparently interminable, all of extraordinary grandeur and sumptuousness, which are merely antechambers to the grand audience saloon. The Empire of Russia Until the time of the Restoration the furniture of England could not compare in sumptuousness with that of the Continental countries. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today He's the guest of a Viceroy and living in sumptuousness. Jaffery There is a certain harmony in the Oriental sumptuousness of his attire, like radiant sunsets, appropriate to certain styles of man and woman. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 He was an elderly man, rosy-gilled, portly, and convivial, to whom a mass of bushy, white hair, an expansive double chin, and a certain prim sumptuousness of dress imparted an air of old-world distinction. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman The English were honorably received, and were invited to dine with the tzar in the royal palace, which furnished them with a new occasion of astonishment from the sumptuousness which surrounded the sovereign. The Empire of Russia Hereby was expressed the utmost sumptuousness of a palace. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I Who can attempt to describe the sumptuousness of the palace, and the splendour of the hall in which the beautiful princess sat, to receive the homage of the flower of the youth of her kingdom. The Pacha of Many Tales It is marked by ornamentation, sumptuousness, and French sentimentality. A Study of Fairy Tales In truth, he was rather surprised at the sumptuousness of the repast; for he had been prepared to expect lenten fare in a household which was renowned throughout the neighborhood for its austere economy. The Poor Gentleman The magnificence of the former was only equalled in the days of ancient Rome, and it is doubtful if the latter have ever been surpassed in sumptuousness and splendor. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 01, January 1895 The Gothic Palaces of Venice His faults are prolixity, indirectness, and want of constructive power, and consequently the sustained sweetness and sumptuousness of his verse are apt to cloy. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature See wealth. rich man. nabob, Crœoeus, Dives, plutocrat, millionaire. richness, n. opulence, wealth, affluence; abundance, profusion; luxuriance, sumptuousness, costliness, elegance, fertility, fecundity. Putnam's Word Book The arrangements are practically uniform however great may be the differences of sumptuousness and spaciousness. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul The young littérateur, the sumptuousness of whose Barmitzvah-party was still a memory with his father, had lank black hair, with a long nose that supported blue spectacles. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He spoke of the sumptuousness of the costumes, of scandals among actors and actresses, and similar matters. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes England under Henry the Eighth was peaceful and prosperous, and the King was ambitious to outvie his French contemporary, Francois I., in the sumptuousness of his palaces. Illustrated History of Furniture From the Earliest to the Present Time Later, with Jehangir and Shah Jehan, the high-water mark of sumptuousness was attained in the use of pure white marble, lavishly inlaid with coloured stones. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil Our national tympanum is so deafened by that blare of sumptuousness that we have no ears for the still, small voice of beauty. The Bent Twig Thus systematized, it is true, it awes us by the superb redundancy and sumptuousness of its use in the temples and forums reared by that omnipresent power from Britannia to Baalbec. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The gardens were laid out with art and sumptuousness. A Woman's Journey Round the World They were planted with a grand sumptuousness of space, and their trunks were from five to twelve feet in diameter and upwards of two hundred feet high to the topmost spear. The Mountains In two of these rooms supper was in progress, a supper in keeping with the sumptuousness, the luxury and the general extravagance noticeable everywhere. The Four Faces A Mystery But still less need is there to give any further details about the sumptuousness of the refreshments. Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books But Miss Belinda had seen both wrapper and slippers before, and had become used to their sumptuousness: what she had not seen was the trifle the girl held in her hand. A Fair Barbarian James Brydges, first Duke of Chandos, had built himself an Italian palace at Canons, near Edgware, in which he must have outdone even the magnificent Lord Burlington in sumptuousness and ostentation. Handel There is, in the first place, a more general sumptuousness in equipage and dress, very striking to the eye of a Roman. Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra With this temperate rationalism is combined a clearness and purity of diction, founded on the Ciceronian style, but without Cicero's sumptuousness of structure, that recalls the best prose of the Silver Age. Latin Literature She shook out the long fur of her muff, one of those silvery flexible furs which clothe a woman with a delicate sumptuousness. Sanctuary The incident is so faithful to the character of "that rare Egyptian" that all sober record shall not discount delight in its transcendent sumptuousness. Tropic Days The lavish sumptuousness of the furnishings suggested subtly an unrestrained indulgence, the whole atmosphere was voluptuous, and Diana shrank from the impression it conveyed without exactly understanding the reason. The Sheik She descended upon us from the somber sumptuousness of a gigantic limousine, the majestic, the imposing, the formidable, the authoritative Mrs. S. Berthelin. From a Bench in Our Square The first impression made by the Medici frescoes is their sumptuousness. A Wanderer in Florence His blue eyes, opened to their widest, looked round him in astonishment at the sumptuousness of modern newspaper-office accommodation. The Middle Temple Murder Frances and Edith shrieked at thought of such sumptuousness and one by one each expressed an opinion as to what the box would resemble and its probable contents. The Spanish Chest The successive palaces increase, not only in size, but in sumptuousness of adornment, thus registering those changes which we have been tracing in the national history. General History for Colleges and High Schools Strange to say, he did not offer a single comment on the sumptuousness of the affair that had been given in his honor. The Prince of Graustark There is a most impressive noble dignity in the hall of the main building, where mural decorations of figural character add much to the sumptuousness of the general effect. The Art of the Exposition With every fresh advance his magnificence increased, and the sumptuousness of his repasts seemed in the eyes of the world to prove him a man made for the highest fortunes and fit for any rank. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter The mansion of Madame Flamingo differs only in sumptuousness of furniture from twenty others of similar character, dotted here and there about the little city. Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life Mrs. Hale would have been more than interested,—she would have been astonished, if she had seen the sumptuousness of the dinner-table and its appointments. North and South Everything on board expressed the finest taste as well as the most perfect convenience, and I saw Mr. Plarland gazing about him in utter amazement at the elegant sumptuousness of his surroundings. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance The house on the Uhlenhorst was new to him, and he marveled at the solid sumptuousness that met the eye at every turn. The Malady of the Century When we went in among the trees, the sumptuousness of the orchard was unlike anything I had ever seen; while the fragrance shaken from the gently waving boughs regaled our senses most delightfully. Omoo His display and luxury manifested themselves in greater sumptuousness of furniture, more servants in livery, a box at the Opera for himself, and another at the Italiens. Balzac Never have I felt my indignation more thoroughly aroused than when wandering hour after hour through the voluptuous sumptuousness of Versailles. Napoleon Bonaparte Curiosity made me count the brood, to see if the mother was able to estimate the victuals and to proportion the number of guests to the sumptuousness of the fare provided. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Master Olivier, the princes who reign over great lordships, like kings and emperors, should not allow sumptuousness in their houses; for the fire spreads thence through the province. Notre-Dame De Paris A glad tumult immediately spread through the salons, vast apartments in which light, decoration, sumptuousness, were represented by gold alone. The Nabob They laid the blame of their ruin upon the splendor of the house, the sumptuousness of the stairs, the candelabras of the vestibule, the carpets, the chairs, every thing. Other People's Money I can understand a lunch with Lafitte is all very pleasant, but don't you dislike just that very sumptuousness? Anna Karenina Tyrants tremble at your aspect—you poison with secret alarm their impious pleasures—they turn from you with impatience, and, coward like, endeavor to forget you amid the sumptuousness of their palaces. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature The room on the fourth floor upstairs cost twelve francs a day, since Rose had wanted something decent and yet not luxurious, for sumptuousness is not necessary when one is suffering. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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