He was correct to be proud of what he had achieved: an imposing operatic spectacle that avoids Meyerbeer's bloated heroics and Massenet's often fussy decorations, not to mention the grand-opera overkill that smothers Wagner's "Rienzi".
His dark-haired bohemian good looks mellowed into a leonine countenance with a fine mane of white hair and an imposing pair of horn-rimmed spectacles.
The ghost, on the other hand, grows ever more imposing, and the movie's most touching spectacle — it's also the funniest — is that of C standing at the window and waving to another ghost, in the adjacent house.
But the imposing columns, scientists think, are a recent and passing spectacle.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon describes his tall, portly son Omri, who has a clean bald pate and wire-rim spectacles, as a sensitive soul in an imposing wrapping.
It was a spectacle that would stay with him into adulthood: two imposing arches that soared past as his father's blue Ford Tempo whizzed down the 6th Street Bridge.
He was imposing, in immaculate and finely woven robes, with a manicured white beard and gold-rimmed spectacles.
Under the Roman Empire, when the forum became primarily a centre for religious and secular spectacles and ceremonies, it was the site of many of the city's most imposing temples and monuments.
Under the empire, when it primarily became a centre for religious and secular spectacles and ceremonies, it was the site of many of the city's most imposing temples and monuments.
