IV., crossing in a litter the "stupendious" Mont Cenis, pacing the ❋ Maurice Hewlett (1892)
Places they are more stupendious, yet not so as to disoblige the Eye with any rude Assent, or disagreeable Sterility; for they are well garnish'd with Intervals of Woods, Corn, and some Pasturage. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In the middest of this admirable and stupendious Court, there was set out a maruellous perfuming vessel, not so much for the excellent and perfecte substaunce thereof, which was pure and fine golde: but for the conspicuous, rare, and auncient fashion of the base, standing vpon three ❋ Francesco Colonna (N/A)
To what purpose were erected those stupendious Structures, entituled _The ❋ William Winstanley (N/A)
Fidelium_ or Essays, wherein grow trees of more than two foote diameter, besides cypresse, myrtils, lentiscs, and other rare shrubs, which serve to nestle and pearch all sorts of birds, who have an ayre and place enough under their ayrie canopy, supported with huge iron worke stupendious for its fabrick and the charge. ❋ Edward Hutton (1922)
Wall, when we hove in sight of it we see the high towers that riz up above it some distance off, with flags a-comin 'kinder out of it on both sides, some like a stupendious pump, with handles on both sides and red table-cloths a-hangin' over 'em, but immense -- immense in height. ❋ Marietta Holley (1881)
The most stupendious, the most impressive work of art that wuz ever wrought by man. ❋ Marietta Holley (1881)
"But his waking mind in hydeous dreames did oft see wondrous shapes Of bodies strange, and huge in growth, and of stupendious makes." ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)
I think equally as high as Mount St. Helines but it's distance being much greater than that of the latter, so great a portion of it dose not appear above the range of mountains which lie betwen boath those stupendious mountains and this point of view. like mount St. Heleans it's figure is a regular cone and is covered with eternal snow. ❋ Meriwether Lewis (1791)
Whether I hit him or no, I cannot tell; but he made towards the shore, and the noise of my gun increased the stupendious noise of the monsters. ❋ Daniel Defoe (1696)
To what purpose were erected those stupendious Structures, entituled The Wonders of the World, viz. The walls of Babylon, the Rhodian Colossus, the Pyramids of ❋ Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698 (1687)
And to conclude, we shall in all things find, that Nature does not onely work Mechanically, but by such excellent and most compendious, as well as stupendious contrivances, that it were impossible for all the reason in the world to find out any contrivance to do the same thing that should have more convenient properties. ❋ Robert Hooke (1669)
Birds of all kinds, it composes each of the Feathers of which its Wing consists, of such an exceeding curious and most admirable and stupendious texture, as I else where shew, in the Observations on a Feather; we find it to alter its method quite, in the fabrick of the Wings of these minute creatures, composing some of thin extended membranes or skins, such as the ❋ Robert Hooke (1669)
Athenæus relating, that the stupendious vessel, built so many ages since by Hiero, had its mast out of Britain. ❋ John Evelyn (1663)
Regions what stupendious Things may be effected by Cold, they would not perhaps think it so despicable. ❋ Robert Boyle (1659)
_Alkahest_ in the Analyzing of Bodies, so the Effects ascrib'd to that power are so unparallell'd and stupendious, that though I am not sure but that there _may be_ such an Agent, yet little less than [Greek: autopsia] seems requisite to make a man sure there _is_. ❋ Robert Boyle (1659)
Of bodies strange, and huge in growth, and of stupendious makes. ❋ Unknown (1624)
351: Of that stupendious Bridge his joy encreas'd. ❋ Unknown (1667)
"See the Sabbath labor it will cause, the great expenditure of strength and labor, to have all them stupendious buildin's open on the Sabbath. ❋ Marietta Holley (1881)
Of bodies strange, and huge in growth, and of stupendious makes. " ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)
"I heard that Pachabel originally wrote the [Canon] in C, but changed it because he wanted to [disguise] his [masterpiece]. It's stupendious" ❋ J Roll (2013)
