majestical

The intermingled sable and silver of the armed, "majestical" ghost link him with England's lost dark/fair consensus, and with its militant reemergence in the alliance of persecuted Catholics and Puritans under tolerationist Essex.

'The One and Only' Asquith, Clare 2006

My dear Friend, -- I am very much obliged to you for the _two_ copies of your poem, so beautifully printed, with such 'majestical' types, on such 'magnifical' paper, as to be almost worthy of Baskett himself.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) 1907

Next morning the astronomer came again to see Mr. Greatrackes, who had "a kind of majestical yet affable presence, and a composed carriage."

Great Astronomers 1876

A little beyond Dont (whence there is an easy and interesting way to Agordo by the Val Duram) the Pelmo rises up, pale, and shadowy, and most "majestical"; while at San Nicolo the Civita comes into sight again, half-hidden in rolling, silvery mists.

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

My dear Friend, ” I am very much obliged to you for the two copies of your poem, so beautifully printed, with such 'majestical' types, on such 'magnifical' paper, as to be almost worthy of Baskett himself.

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kenyon, Frederic G 1898

As majestical and beautiful as this seems to me, many Seattle-ites have commented to me that it quickly becomes a nuisance.

Christmas in the Caribbean Part 1/3: Family Life and Christmas Ties 2008

This amazing, confounding, admirable, amiable beauty, [4817] than which in all nature's treasure (saith Isocrates) there is nothing so majestical and sacred, nothing so divine, lovely, precious,

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

For when Jupiter and Juno's wedding was solemnised of old, the gods were all invited to the feast, and many noble men besides: Amongst the rest came Crysalus, a Persian prince, bravely attended, rich in golden attires, in gay robes, with a majestical presence, but otherwise an ass.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

I did my best to please my master and he was a digniferous and majestical gentleman whose nail-parings were worth more than your whole carcass.

Satyricon 2007

I say nothing of their magnificent and sumptuous temples, those majestical structures: to the roof of Apollo Didymeus 'temple, ad branchidas, as [6528] Strabo writes, a thousand oaks did not suffice.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007