Sentences with phrase «lofty place in history»

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Amos had other standards of judgment, and the clarity and firmness with which he set the existing situation into the context of a loftier conception of religion gives him an outstanding place in the history of revelation.

Bernal floats through Neruda like a trenchoat ghost, part Lemmy Caution in Jean - Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965) and part Humphrey Bogart's man on a mission, complete with superfluous voice - over and lofty ideals about his place in history.

It has now also attracted Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel, who — on the basis of the evidence here — isn't likely to attain quite such a lofty place in the medium's history.

Since time immemorial, blue has held a special place in art history, evoking the loftiest sentiments, the most aristocratic pedigrees, and the profoundest spirituality.