Sentence examples for lofty spirit from inspiring English sources

Only children or kindhearted aunts... can imagine that a writer is a calmly sublime being, a lofty spirit instructing... about what is Good and Beautiful from on high".

She has spruced up her new regime with attractive social & economic reforms... Since Independence the lofty spirit of the Constitution has touched mostly the lives of the few literate & well-off Indians.

Since the plays are sophisticated products of a finely tuned and knowledgeable mind, they could only have been written by a courtier with a lofty spirit and superb education, as well as superior experience of life.

Arnold classified English society into the Barbarians (with their lofty spirit, serenity, and distinguished manners and their inaccessibility to ideas), the Philistines (the stronghold of religious nonconformity, with plenty of energy and morality but insufficient "sweetness and light"), and the Populace (still raw and blind).

English historian John Andrew Doyle wrote of Vane that he had acquired "a more dazzling reputation than has been granted to the lofty public spirit and statesmanlike foresight of Winthrop".

But a lofty life, indeed.

Librettos took a loftier tone.

There is lofty reference to "ludic spirit" but also frank reminiscence of childhood, when Ms. Millet used to think up hot tricks for her Ken and Barbie dolls.

In the spirit of lofty goal-setting that pervades time of year, here are some thoughts on a few steps that would help the climate justice movements bring home a resounding 2016 victory for people and the planet.

The 44th president of the United States channeled the lofty rhetoric and grumpy spirit of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman respectively for what would be his final attempt to salvage a modicum of victory from a damaged economy he inherited and has failed to reverse.

Olympias' influence instilled a sense of destiny in him, and Plutarch tells us that his ambition "kept his spirit serious and lofty in advance of his years".