sublimity
n . 庄严,崇高,气质高尚
庄严,崇高,气质高尚
sublimity n 1 :
nobility in thought or feeling or style Sublimity \
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1 .
The quality or state of being sublime (
in any sense of the adjective ).
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2 .
That which is sublime ;
as ,
the sublimities of nature .
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Syn :
Grandeur ;
magnificence .
Usage : {
Sublimity }, {
Grandeur }.
The mental state indicated by these two words is the same ,
namely ,
a mingled emotion of astonishment and awe .
In speaking of the quality which produces this emotion ,
we call it grandeur when it springs from what is vast in space ,
power ,
etc .;
we call it sublimity when it springs from what is elevated far above the ordinary incidents of humanity .
An immense plain is grand .
The heavens are not only grand ,
but sublime (
as the predominating emotion ),
from their immense height .
Exalted intellect ,
and especially exalted virtue under severe trials ,
give us the sense of moral sublimity ,
as in the case of our Savior in his prayer for his murderers .
We do not speak of Satan ,
when standing by the fiery gulf ,
with his "
unconquerable will and study of revenge ,"
as a sublime object ;
but there is a melancholy grandeur thrown around him ,
as of an "
archangel ruined ."
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