All 7 Uses of
venerable
in
David Copperfield
- The first thing I did, on my own account, when I came back, was to take a night-walk to Norwood, and, like the subject of a venerable riddle of my childhood, to go 'round and round the house, without ever touching the house', thinking about Dora.†
Chpt 31-33
- Copperfield and Dora,' said Miss Mills, with an almost venerable air.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- Our ashes, at a future period, will probably be found commingled in the cemetery attached to a venerable pile, for which the spot to which I refer has acquired a reputation, shall I say from China to Peru?†
Chpt 34-36
- The venerable cathedral towers, and the old jackdaws and rooks whose airy voices made them more retired than perfect silence would have done; the battered gateways, one stuck full with statues, long thrown down, and crumbled away, like the reverential pilgrims who had gazed upon them; the still nooks, where the ivied growth of centuries crept over gabled ends and ruined walls; the ancient houses, the pastoral landscape of field, orchard, and garden; everywhere — on everything — I felt…†
Chpt 37-39
- Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches.†
Chpt 52-54
- But there was no vacancy for a tenor in the venerable Pile for which this city is so justly eminent; and he has — in short, he has contracted a habit of singing in public-houses, rather than in sacred edifices.'†
Chpt 52-54
- Our venerable instructor was a great deal older, and not improved in appearance.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(venerable) respected (worthy of respect) -- typically because of age or position