A grand foyer in the center of the hotel's meeting room floor creates a sense of
grandeur as guests arrive for events.
Hot and cold water is also standard throughout and the décor is modern and yet traditional and increasing in
grandeur as you move up the price range.
Today the Prinsenhof (or Palace) has been reinstated to its former
grandeur as the city's only five star hotel and is reviving the traditions of the Dukes of Burgundy era by holding a series of classical concerts in its listed chapel this spring.
Tikal National Park, the crown jewel of Mayan archaeological sites, has been fascinating visitors for over 100 years with its stunning beauty and sheer
grandeur as...
We saw plenty of its faded
grandeur as it slowly recovers from its communist past.
Mudbound (Netflix) A quartet of nominations speak to a wide array of talent in this post-WWII period drama: Director Dee Rees and Virgil Williams adapted the sprawling, racially charged novel's many narrative points of view into a manageable shape; Rachel Morrison brought a pastoral
grandeur as the film's cinematographer; and Mary J. Blige does double duty, contributing a moving performance as well as the original song, «Mighty River,» with Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson.
And the English translator rendered it as «cosmical island,» not quite the same
grandeur as «world island.»
In Christ, the new Adam, we acknowledge the true centre of the universe and all history, and in him, the incarnate Logos, we see the fullest measure of
our grandeur as human beings, endowed with reason and called to an eternal destiny.
There were injunctions to justice, mercy, and faith both in the law and in the prophets before Jesus» time, and the Old Testament concept of God has in
it grandeur as well as narrowness.
If history, as often noted, replays
grandeurs as farces, and if T. H. Huxley truly acted as «Darwin's bulldog,» then it is hard to resist thinking of Dennett, in this book, as «Dawkins» lapdog.»
Not exact matches
So seek out opportunities to feel dwarfed by something much bigger than yourself and your problems, such
as gazing at the night sky, hiking through inspiring landscapes, reading up on the mysteries and
grandeurs of physics, or even checking out an awe - inspiring YouTube video if you're stuck at your desk.
The Canadian thinker Charles Taylor, in any case, is gaining status
as the world's premier philosopher of modernity, the most judicious, the one who makes the most apt and discerning distinctions, the one who best sees both modernity's
grandeur and its misery.
Austin, Please don't take this
as an insult, I am concerned that you are displaying delusions of
grandeur.
The notion has tantalized many, including Tertullian and Irenacus, and though it received little assistance from either Platonism or Aristotelianism because of their denigration of matter and the body (and hence did not enter the mainstream of either Augustinian or Thomistic theology), it surfaced powerfully in Hegel
as well
as in twentieth - century process theologies.22 The mystical tradition within Christianity has carried the notion implicitly, even though the metaphor of body may not appear: «The world is charged with the
grandeur of God» (Gerard Manley Hopkins, 27).
Transformism
as well
as, if not better than, the theory of «fixed types» can give to the universe that
grandeur and depth and unity which are the natural atmosphere for Christian faith.
When considering the
grandeur and dignity afforded to the whole human person (body, mind and spirit) in the sight of God and Jesus» teachings on non-violence, a «moral thorn» exists
as to the defensibility of boxing and MMA.
Today, writes Buber, «the question about man's being faces us
as never before in all its
grandeur and terror — no longer in philosophical attire but in the nakedness of existence.»
The
grandeurs of life are like the flowers in color and in fate; the beauty of these remains so long
as their chaste buds gather and store the rich pearls of the dawn and, saving it, drop it in liquid dew; but scarcely has the Cause of All directed upon them the full rays of the sun, when their beauty and glory fail, and the brilliant gay colors which decked forth their pride wither and fade.
His true destiny
as co-creator of the universe is his dignity and his
grandeur [p. 297].
Nurtured toward sunny faith in human disposition, under God, they confronted the revived emphasis on original sin, total depravity and the human condition
as diminishing the
grandeur of the human
as God's creation.
As a young man I took God's existence for granted, seeing the divine hand in the
grandeur of the stars and the beauty of the flowers.
Her pain took her deeper into nature's
grandeur and agony, and her deeper reflection led to more dis - ease, but to intense creativity
as well, if these books are any indication.
It has been written of the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, with its close attention both to nature and to God, «Just
as Christ is reborn to the world though the witness of one brave martyr, so the
grandeur of God will «flame out», beautiful and awe - inspiring, from the imperfect «perfection» of one of his creatures.
There's moral
grandeur to a God whose role is
as a contributor to these makings, aiding in the deepening of harmonies by luring the creatures toward a widened sense of the other harmonies thought relevant.
Its follies go far toward explaining why the
grandeur of politics has faded, to be replaced by a weary cynicism that often masquerades
as sophistication.
«The
grandeur of politics» — a phrase that probably draws either amazed incredulity or harsh guffaws — is from George F. Will's Statecraft
as Soulcraft, first presented
as his Godkin lectures at Harvard.
The
grandeur of these Johannine utterances will be appreciated aright only if it is recognized that heaven and earth, the time process and the world
as we know it, are passing away.
Now here, certainly, is a portrait of the hapless human spirit in all its melancholy
grandeur, and of the human will in all its hopeless but incessant aspiration: fleeting glory
as the rarely ripening fruit of overwhelming and chronic defeat.
That can range from the «Et Resurrexit» of Bach's B Minor Mass to the hands - raised «Hallelujah» of a storefront revival, from the embrace of reconciled enemies to a glimpse of the world charged with the
grandeur of God
as the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins caught it.
As he says «The
grandeur of the liturgy does not rest upon the fact that it offers us an interesting entertainment, but in rendering tangible the Totally Other, Whom we are not capable of summoning.
With the
as * anine behavior and ridiculous fighting so carelessly about who's god is greater, We need to put religion in it's place, not end it
as every individual has the right to choice, but concentrate on preserving our precious planet and all it's
grandeur.
Thus God is manifested not merely
as he who is King of kings and Master of nations but also
as he who behind historical success and
grandeur issues judgments and fixes the final end.
It is only
as the vast
grandeur of the land drew him beyond himself that he began to find what he had sought.
When the Anglican patristic scholar and Church historian Trevor Jalland concluded his Bampton Lectures at Oxford in 1942 (published in 1944
as The Church and the Papacy: A Historical Study), he spoke of the Roman Church
as having «in its long and remarkable history a supernatural
grandeur which no mere secular institution has ever attained in equal measure,» and went on to refer to «its strange, almost mystical, faithfulness to type, its marked degree of changelessness, its steadfast clinging to tradition and to precedent.»
These calves, too, are in the hands of the state, which uses them
as a religious power to promote ultimately its own
grandeur and the effectiveness of its policies.
It is
as if God were saying: I know that my glory frightens you, and that you are trying to assert yourself in the face of my
grandeur.
As the sun began its descent towards the horizon I walked up the stairs to the Peninsula Hotel, ushered in by immaculately dressed doormen I felt immediately conscious of my traveller's attire and how out of place I must have appeared amidst the
grandeur of an establishment steeped in such history.
Cruise the Inside Passage through the world's tallest coastal mountains, fly over Misty Fjords National Monument, hike Mendenhall Glacier and witness the UNESCO - designated
grandeur of Glacier Bay known
as the «Mountain Kingdom» of North America.
Just 18 customers can squeeze around the sleek, U-shaped wood bar, where chef Ben Sukle, breaking out on his own after presiding over the sprawling
grandeur of The Dorrance, a previous Top 50 Nominee of 2012, turns out food that's
as ambitious
as it is personal — Wagyu beef from a good friend of his in Vermont, say, or a gussied - up Rhode Island johnnycake.
Entertainment Abounds While there are nearly two dozen activity options
as part of the package, with everything from surf lessons to museums to professional baseball to trampoline and skate parks, I customized an action - packed itinerary that I knew would captivate my own family's imaginations and sense of adventure — one I felt exemplified the
grandeur of the «Center of SoCal» package.
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After they would stand in wonder
as Tomás would turn his back and delicately wander away, both utterly exposed and serenely at peace with the
grandeur of demise.
Hazard is undeniably a fantastic player but if he has allusions of
grandeur and wants to be mentioned in the same breath
as Messi then he needs to develop a Messi-esque sense of balance.
But the capital of Czechoslovakia has resolve and
grandeur, and it is
as patient
as its dark beauty is ancient.
I think you will find that Suarez will go to a club that actually has a chance of winning a Title and a Champions League, that rules out Arsenal instantly, when was your last trophy lol, your
as bad
as those scousers, full of delusions of
grandeur, while the big teams do the winning.
Get a glimpse of the
grandeur beneath the waves
as 100 species from around the world come together in an evocative new space.
It shows up all the time in the political discourse, often used to defend certain opinions and views, or to highlight the
grandeur of America by using the constitution
as some sort of symbol of freedom.
The Leader even continued to add to the
grandeur of the event by attending the site meeting
as well.
New visitors to Jones Beach will rediscover the
grandeur its creators envisioned, Cuomo said
as he visited the Long Islan state park to celebrate the latest improvements emerging from a $ 65 million renovation.
The cumulative destruction of that era, birthed Obasanjo's delusion of
grandeur, Umaru Yar» Adua's tragic power captivity and Jonathan,
as Nigeria's unsympathetic undertaker, led to the meltdown that made the Buhari second coming inevitable.