Illustrious

Examples

• Stimulated either by this compliment, or by her burning indignation, that illustrious woman then added, 'Let him meet it if he can! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But all desolate and unpeopled as it was, it was illustrious ground. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I have not seen a man who, if he turns his talents that way, was more calculated to fill the gap left by the illustrious Moriarty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Under similar circumstances, revive me the illustrious Newton. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Out of his waistcoat, as usual, grows a tree, on the main branches of which the above illustrious names are inscribed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Allow me my Italian humour--do I not come of the illustrious nation which invented the exhibition of Punch? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In its history from the first, and in its tremendous associations, it is the most illustrious edifice in Christendom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The illustrious name instantly produced its effect. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• When our illustrious visitors had departed Holmes lit his pipe in silence and sat for some time lost in the deepest thought. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• It has come down through the illustrious line like the plate, or the pictures, or the place in Lincolnshire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The illustrious dogs of Constantinople barked their under jaws off, and even then failed to do us justice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Pickwick,' replied the illustrious subject of these memoirs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I would go to America, and see, and learn, and return to the Campagna and stand before my countrymen an illustrious discoverer. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Samaritan nature is human nature, and human nature remembers contact with the illustrious, always. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My feelings are profound; but I possessed a coolness of judgment that fitted me for illustrious achievements. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Are you aware, when I present this illustrious baby to your notice, in whose presence you stand? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In the fourth century and at the begi nning of the fifth, Theon and his illustrious daughter Hypatia commented on and taught the astronomy of Ptolemy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The illustrious visitor then put out his coat-cuff, and for a moment entombed Mrs Sparkler's hand: wrist, bracelet, and all. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Tupman, Mr. Snodgrass, and Mr. Winkle, who had been anxiously waiting the arrival of their illustrious leader, crowded to welcome him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• On the Silla of Caraccas the illustrious Humboldt long ago found species belonging to genera characteristic of the Cordillera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• And, my dear illustrious friend, do say what you think, that we may make a little progress. Plato. The Republic.
• Has not the Captain--or the Colonel as I may now style him--done deeds which make the name of Crawley illustrious? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We visited the tomb of the illustrious Hampden, and the field on which that patriot fell. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Because an illustrious client has placed her piteous case in my hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I see him winning it so well, that my name is made illustrious there by the light of his. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• During his days in prison he busied himself in penning his philosophic, religious, and artistic meditations, as many other illustrious prisoners have done. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Of course, after such a peremptory order as this, Miss Sharp, the governess, received commands to dine with the illustrious company below stairs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He is gone to the nations of the dead; he has become one of those, who render the dark abode of the obscure grave illustrious by dwelling there. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He sat down beside me, taking some pains to sit on the form, I thought, in imitation of the print of his illustrious model on the sofa. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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