Founded in 1542, Antigua had, in the days of its viceregal glory, scores of splendid government buildings, churches, huge estates, fountains, and plazas.
4 And that was it. The civilization of Greece and the glory of Roman architecture were captured in a condensed non-statement. My student's " whoa" ! was exceeded only by my head-shaking distress.
He dug with a kind of fury, relishing the manual work, glorying in the non-magic of it, for everydrop of his sweat and every blister felt like a gift to the elf who had saved their lives.
When we first enter the city of Edoras, we find a land in decline, that has lost its glory and spirit, and whose king is but a pale shadow of the man he once was.
Stakes are high this World Cup because 2026 represents the last chance at glory for a whole generation of football stars and a passing of the torch to the next.
Like the planet Mercury surrounded by the lustre of sunset, her permanent brilliancy passed without much notice in the temporary glory of the situation.