All 3 Uses of
sublime
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- The news was imparted with a circumspection recalling the ceremonial usage of the Sublime Porte by the second female infirmarian to the junior medical officer in residence, who in his turn announced to the delegation that an heir had been born, When he had betaken himself to the women's apartment to assist at the prescribed ceremony of the afterbirth in the presence of the secretary of state for domestic affairs and the members of the privy council, silent in unanimous exhaustion and…†
Chpt 14
- From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.†
Chpt 15 *
- He is robed as a grand elect perfect and sublime mason with trowel and apron, marked made in Germany.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(sublime as in: she is sublime) impressively wonderful -- often beautiful or morally admirable