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Definition of Excellences
1. excellence [n] - See also: excellence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excellences
Literary usage of Excellences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Some Dogmas of Religion by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1906)
"Our judgement of the value of excellences which are not excellences of volition is
... If excellences which are admitted to be completely determined can be ..."
2. A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Presenting the Original Facts and Documents Upon by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)
"I know no wliu hue fewer faulte or moro excellences he. the free states there
have been a few ices of such extraordinary piety among os, ..."
3. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization by James Brown Scott (1920)
"excellences While recognizing the defects of the Confederation, which were indeed
obvious to those who wished union under a constitution rather than a ..."
4. The United States of America: A Study in International Organization by James Brown Scott (1920)
"excellences While recognizing the defects of the Confederation, which were indeed
obvious to those who wished union under a constitution rather than a ..."
5. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1839)
"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, &c. Our Father, &c. The Hymn, collected
out of the Psalms, recounting the excellences and Greatness of God. ..."
6. The Paradise Or Garden of the Holy Fathers: Being Histories of the by Athanasius, Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, ʻAnân-Îshôʻ (1907)
"And through the words of these foolish and " insolent men all the spiritual
excellences which are cultivated " in the monastery will perish and come to an ..."
7. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"... Ireland [qvl to foist on the public forged manuscripts which, it was alleged,
were by Shakespeare. notable illustration of the excellences and defects ..."
8. Discourses Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1905)
"It was my wish upon that occasion to incite you to pursue the higher excellences
of the art. But I fear that in this particular I have been misunderstood. ..."
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