Immensity

Jupiter or Sirius from the earth is ascertained; and though there is a triangle still more vast, its base extending either way from us, with and past the horizon into immensity, and its apex infinitely distant above us; to which corresponds a similar infinite triangle belo _what is above equalling what is below, immensity equalling immensity_; -- yet the ❋ Albert Pike (1850)

To be confronted with such an immensity was an astonishment that virtually no one was prepared for. ❋ Todd Gitlin (2010)

As, by the power we find in ourselves of repeating, as often as we will, any idea of space, we get the idea of immensity; so, by being able to repeat the idea of any length of duration we have in our minds, with all the endless addition of number, we come by the idea of eternity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Moreover, their ignorance comes out in a clear light with respect to the case of that woman who, suffering from an issue of blood, touched the hem of the Lord's garment, and so was made whole; for they maintain that through her was shown forth that twelfth power who suffered passion, and flowed out towards immensity, that is, the twelfth AEon. ❋ 1819-1893 (2001)

The novel starts in intriguing, if somewhat slow-paced way - an archaeological dig on the other planet; but once we learn what kind of immensity this dig uncovers, the pace picks up and a marvelous adventure gets underway. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the sea the thrashing hills of green water suggested a kind of immensity and terror, but not the immensity of the poet's heart. ❋ Theodore Dreiser (1908)

Encarta World English Dictionary points out that enormousness has a more neutral meaning when used to refer to size, but is clumsy, so they recommend that you "find an alternative such as immensity or vastness." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Oresme also speaks of the immensity which is outside the Heavens and identifies this immensity “ by which he undoubtedly means the extracosmic void space “ with God himself. ❋ Kirschner, Stefan (2009)

"immensity" may give adequate idea of the audience present. ❋ Mrs. T. De Witt Talmage (1867)

On the sea the thrashing hills of green water suggested a kind of immensity and terror, but not the immensity of the poet’s heart. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Russians, wrote the philosopher Nikolay Berdyaev, are Dionysian yet ascetic, violent yet gentle, ritualistic yet hungry for truth: “In the Russian soul there is a sort of immensity, a vagueness, a predilection for the infinite, such as is suggested by the great plain of Russia.” ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

Given the immensity of the crisis, the power of film to influence people, and the skills and integrity of Guggenheim, I had high expectations. ❋ Valerie Strauss (2010)

I know that my Andre showed only courtesy and valor in order to lighten the immensity of our sorrow and fear. ❋ Valerie Sobel (2010)

Everything partook of the superlative save himself, -- the perfect cessation of wind and motion, the immensity of the snow-covered wilderness, the height of the sky and the depth of the silence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Quote from the story: It was red and dripping; an immensity of pulsing, moving jelly; a scarlet blob with myriad tentacular trunks that waved and waved. ❋ Unknown (2009)