Both Uses of
grandeur
in
Middlemarch
- Many Theresas have been born who found for themselves no epic life wherein there was a constant unfolding of far-resonant action; perhaps only a life of mistakes, the offspring of a certain spiritual grandeur ill-matched with the meanness of opportunity; perhaps a tragic failure which found no sacred poet and sank unwept into oblivion.†
Chpt Prel
- It went along with other points of conduct in Mr. Farebrother which were exceptionally fine, and made his character resemble those southern landscapes which seem divided between natural grandeur and social slovenliness.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(grandeur) impressive magnificence -- usually on a grand (large) scale