Once you've swum, you can read about it, and top of my book list is the The Story of Swimming by Susie Parr, a beautiful substantial thing, witty and readable, with fabulous photography.
I was even able to add in substantial footage -- beautiful footage -- that was not in the original release.
You are very strong and beautiful.
The idea of the film is earnest, substantial, moving, and quite beautiful — in its idea, its motivation, its motivating principle.
The spokeswoman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not give the stone's size, but described it as "beautiful and substantial".
Or perhaps you just want to build something both beautiful and substantial, a graceful blend of brick, steel and glass, that will make you both proud and rich.
The discerning reader would do better to read two slimmer, but more substantial works: "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" by Katherine Boo or "How to get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia" by Mohsin Hamid.
The London premiere of the concert overture Ebb of Winter, had begun things; Davies composed it last year, to mark the SCO's 40th birthday, but it's a substantial, introspective and hauntingly beautiful piece, a depiction of the first stirrings of spring in Orkney, with lonely instrumental solos wandering through chilly landscapes and a sense of optimism peeking through the closing bars.
The response was beautiful, and substantial.
On a more substantial note, do Frank Gehry's beautiful architectural models at the Guggenheim Museum sometimes seem a bit overbearing and overwrought?
