Majestic

Famous quotes containing the word majestic:

    “I then went to the Parade. I saw the King. It was a glorious sight.... As a loadstone moves needles, or a storm bows the lofty oaks, did Frederick the Great make the Prussian officers submissive bend as he walked majestic in the midst of them.”
    —James Boswell (1740–1795)

    “Still with unhurrying chase,
    And unperturbed pace,
    Deliberate speed, majestic instancy,
    Came on the following Feet,
    And a Voice above their beat—
    “Naught shelters thee, who wilt not shelter Me.””
    —Francis Thompson (1859–1907)

    “My Lord advances with majestic mien,
    Smit with the mighty pleasure to be seen:”
    —Alexander Pope (1688–1744)