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he was host to a large gathering of luminaries
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Had the apprentice been reading the complete works of Goethe or any other such luminary, that was what would have sat in front of them.† (source)
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We usually honored a luminary in public service and a client.† (source)
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Even a cursory glance through Da Vinci's journals revealed why the luminary was as notorious for his lack of follow-through as he was famous for his brilliance.† (source)
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We are quite definitely here as representatives of the Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and Other Thinking Persons, and we want this machine off, and we want it off now!† (source)
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In the years since then, Mameha had grown only more famous by putting on a number of widely publicized dance recitals at the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo, usually attended by the prime minister and a great many other luminaries.† (source)
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The sun, the great luminary of the universe, had become as sackcloth of hair.† (source)
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But four luminaries stood out even in this distinguished company-climbers who demonstrated such astonishing prowess above 26,000 feet that they were in a league of their own: Ed Viesturs, the American who was starring in the IMAX film; Anatoli Boukreev, a guide from Kazakhstan working for Fischer; Ang Babu Sherpa, who was employed by the South African expedition; and Lopsang.† (source)
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Now that a new light shone upon the horizon, this older luminary paled in the west.† (source)
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The three luminaries are the Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.† (source)
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This strange condition was held in balance for almost a quarter of an hour before it tipped in favor of night and the moon, and all the while Hans Castorp's dazzled and bewildered eyes moved in serene amazement between one landscape and luminary and the other, from day to night and out of night back into day.† (source)
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And here was Philosophy Hall, an official National Historic Landmark, where John Dewey, among other luminaries, once kept an office.† (source)
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A few rays of light, a wan, sinister light, that seemed to have been stolen from an expiring luminary, fell through some opening or other upon an old tower that raised its pasteboard battlements on the stage; everything, in this deceptive light, adopted a fantastic shape.† (source)
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As the stars began to peek from the evening sky, everyone gathered on the quad, which was ringed by the tall white statues of past luminaries.† (source)
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The luminary was a golden-haired, beaming, mild-eyed, God-like creature, gazing down in the vigour and intentness of youth upon an earth that was brimming with interest for him.† (source)
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For five, perhaps ten minutes, the two luminaries confronted each other across the level land, resting on opposite edges of the world.† (source)
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