Indeed, if woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of the utmost importance; very various; heroic and mean; splendid and sordid; infinitely beautiful and hideous in the extreme; as great as a man, some think even greater.
That carmaker's splendid Z8 was meant to be an SL rival, but those who could vote on the matter buyers didn't seem to want $100,000 two-seat BMWs as much as the SL600.
There was even the Spencer Tracy movie about the French and Indian War, "Northwest Passage" (which, in combination with Michael Mann's splendid "Last of the Mohicans," means there have been more good movies about that conflict than about the War for Independence).
Best of all was the work of the concertmaster, Natalie Kress, who was visibly overwhelmed afterward by the instantaneous standing ovation rightly earned by her splendid playing of music meant to represent Strauss's wife.
And for the contractors, euphimism for mercenaries, this splendid, little war could mean a new bonanza.
And that could mean a splendid debate, pitting the two Rand Pauls against each other — on live television, in split-screen.
Paradoxical as it may sound, it is literally true that by means of her splendid banking organization, England collects interest upon millions and millions of her own indebtedness to other nations".
Wisden said that as a bowler, Peel had a "fine length, easy action and splendid command of spin", which meant that he "was often a match-winner".
On 12 August 1999, a superb fairywren was mistakenly illustrated for an Australia Post 45c pre-stamped envelope meant to depict a splendid fairywren.
Until recently its businessmen thought that their vast, sheltered domestic market meant they could profit in splendid isolation.
