Both Uses of
illustrious
in
David Copperfield
- This was bad enough; but, as the philosophic Dane observes, with that universal applicability which distinguishes the illustrious ornament of the Elizabethan Era, worse remains behind!†
Chpt 52-54 *
- 'My dear madam,' returned Mr. Micawber, 'perhaps I cannot better express the conclusion at which Mrs. Micawber, your humble servant, and I may add our children, have jointly and severally arrived, than by borrowing the language of an illustrious poet, to reply that our Boat is on the shore, and our Bark is on the sea.'†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(illustrious) famous and admired; or worthy of admiration