Both Uses of
sublime
in
Bleak House
- As to Sir Leicester, he conceives it utterly impossible that anything can be wanting, in any direction, by any one who has the good fortune to be received under that roof; and in a state of sublime satisfaction, he moves among the company, a magnificent refrigerator.†
Chpt 40-42
- I entreat you, by our common brotherhood, not to interpose between me and a subject so sublime, the absurd figure of an angry baker!'†
Chpt 43-45 *
Definition:
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(sublime as in: she is sublime) impressively wonderful -- often beautiful or morally admirable