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Atmosphere is itself a consequence of the massiness of the earth; in other words, its gravity.

'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' as an Ambient Poem; a Study of a Dialectical Image; with Some Remarks on Coleridge and Wordsworth 2001

When she had ascended the steps, and came walking up the terrace, the lowness of her dress in the bosom, the visibility of her trim ankles, and the flourishing massiness of the rest of her apparel, produced the effect, not of a woman over-dressed, but of a dress displaying a woman; and she came on, breathing rosy perfection, like the queen of the gardens.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Various

Of his Translations, the "Satire of Juvenal" was written very early, and may therefore be forgiven, though it had not the massiness and vigour of the original.

Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Johnson, Samuel 1891

Khan, [8] in the brightness of their silver battle-axes and the massiness of their maces of gold; -- the glittering of the gilt pine-apple [9] on the tops of the palankeens; -- the embroidered trappings of the elephants, bearing on their backs small turrets, in the shape of little antique temples, within which the Ladies of LALLA ROOKH lay as it were enshrined;

The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815

The following stanzas, in the description of the Cave of Mammon, the grisly house of Plutus, are unrivalled for the portentous massiness of the forms, the splendid chiaro-scuro, and shadowy horror.

Lectures on the English Poets Delivered at the Surrey Institution William Hazlitt 1804

Of his translations, the satire of Juvenal was written very early, and may, therefore, be forgiven, though it have not the massiness and vigour of the original.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746

Of his Translations, the "Satire of Juvenal" was written very early, and may therefore be forgiven, though it had not the massiness and vigour of the original.

Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope Samuel Johnson 1746

The composition stresses the massiness of her body and the earth, setting them in opposition to the surrounding play of light.

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The "masses" in all their glorious massiness took to the streets on a truly unprecdented scale.

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The "masses" in all their glorious massiness took to the streets on a truly unprecdented scale.

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