Sentence examples for give splendour from inspiring English sources

This is "a rare wooden version of the cloths of estate hung over the high table in the Middle Ages to give splendour to the appearance of the Lord of the Manor".

His voice, though, is rueful rather than self-pitying – as well it might be, given the splendour of our surroundings, the fact that the word "masterpiece" still appears so often next to his name.

Lalla Rookh (1817), a narrative poem set (on Byron's advice) in an atmosphere of Oriental splendour, gave Moore a reputation among his contemporaries rivaling that of Byron and Sir Walter Scott.

The details, the prose of nature he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour".

It's a recurrent motif - the tacky fabric of a degraded civilisation thinning or tearing to give a fleeting glimpse of visionary splendour.

It probably wasn't to give his people access to the splendours of the upper Fagaras that set Ceausescu to carving a road into a rock face.

Other secular scenes give full expression to Sogdian interest in the splendour of contemporary court life and prowess in hunting and warfare.

Sarah Walker introduces highlights from the 74th Cheltenham Music Festival and performances given in the Georgian splendour of the Pittville Pump Room.

The cheering crowds, the "pomp" and "splendour" have been a "priceless advert," the paper says, and will give rise to "optimism" for the future.

Ending the route in Hyde Park, as has been suggested, will also give the Notting Hill carnival a world-famous venue where thousands can witness its full splendour.

Today it showed the old adage that the English give pets equal status to humans by putting dogs, as well as models, on a catwalk in the art deco splendour of Claridge's hotel ballroom.