All 7 Uses of
illustrious
in
Bleak House
- The more spirit there is in it, the better for mankind and the worse for those mercenary task-masters and low tricksters who delight in putting that illustrious art at a disadvantage in the world.†
Chpt 13-15
- He sat down beside me, taking some pains to sit on the form, I thought, in imitation of the print of his illustrious model on the sofa.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- It has come down through the illustrious line like the plate, or the pictures, or the place in Lincolnshire.†
Chpt 16-18
- But when Mrs. Badger put it in that light, I naturally gave great consideration to it, knowing that Mrs. Badger's mind, in addition to its natural advantages, has had the rare advantage of being formed by two such very distinguished (I will even say illustrious) public men as Captain Swosser of the Royal Navy and Professor Dingo.†
Chpt 16-18
- She came from Wales and had had, a long time ago, an eminent person for an ancestor, of the name of Morgan apKerrig—of some place that sounded like Gimlet—who was the most illustrious person that ever was known and all of whose relations were a sort of royal family.†
Chpt 16-18
- I could have wished—you will understand the allusion, Mr. Jarndyce, for you remember my illustrious patron the Prince Regent —I could have wished that my son had married into a family where there was more deportment, but the will of heaven be done!†
Chpt 28-30
- As he is not illustrious for his cookery, this may be supposed to be a matter of state rather than enjoyment on the old girl's part, but she keeps her state with all imaginable cheerfulness.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(illustrious) famous and admired; or worthy of admiration