All 4 Uses of
eminent
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Indeed, to do these gentlemen justice, many of them are to this day in the frequent habit of adopting it, with eminent success.†
Chpt 1 *
- It was a proud moment in Mr Squeers's life, when he witnessed that burst of enthusiasm in his young child's mind, and saw in it a foreshadowing of his future eminence.†
Chpt 9
- In the confidence that our fellow-townsmen have not lost that high appreciation of public utility and private worth, for which they have long been so pre-eminently distinguished, we predict that this charming actress will be greeted with a bumper.'†
Chpt 24
- That, suspicion and proof being two very different things, they had been advised by a lawyer, eminent for his sagacity and acuteness in such practice, to resist the proceedings taken on the other side for the recovery of the youth as slowly and artfully as possible, and meanwhile to beset Snawley (with whom it was clear the main falsehood must rest); to lead him, if possible, into contradictory and conflicting statements; to harass him by all available means; and so to practise on his…†
Chpt 59
Definition:
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(eminent) respected and famous or important
or:
describing something as outstanding, admired, or of high quality