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The subject of opera and its irrational, marvellous elements was a hot topic for philosophers and music theorists alike.
And it was marvellous when, the next morning, the whole scheme, including the brick and timber finishes, was formally approved.
It is a marvellous epiphany, fully rewarding the faithful reader's labour.
But this is not to condemn these books: each one is a marvellous work of scholarship.
They feature marvellous devices, such as mysterious voices, oracles, 'enchanted' wind ensembles, unearthly choruses, spirits, magical spells and scenes with magical instruments.
In the same way, a humble plant taken from the soil and from the plants around it, seen up close, becomes something marvellous.
A ' religious genius ' might be thought of as one who has a marvellous way of expressing religious ideas.
He claimed that language shows a marvellous economy by holding on to the fugitive, and avoiding repetition.
The sonic properties of the syllables are brought out to marvellous effect.
There are some marvellous penportraits of individuals, many of them little-known except to specialists.
It has been seven marvellous years in a fabulous institution, whose philosophy is dedicated to discovering, curing, and relieving.
For others, however, this marvellous painting was ' like the vision of a poet, rapidly and slightly embodied by a painter ' (1984 : 139).
What is marvellous is that his expression is so full of sympathy for the difficulties and inefficiencies of the young republic.
This last chapter is probably the only section of this marvellous little book where architects and engineers may have to part company.
This is a marvellous study of the way in which cultural attitudes, themselves the product of history, in turn contribute to the making of history.
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