Word: triumphant
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Benito Mussolini, all-powerful, continues his triumphant reforms in devastating succession...
...prophesied the World War, the tall of eight great kings, and the Revolution. . . . You may believe this or not. But one thing is certain: the East has never lived so clearly before modern eyes. The book, once opened, cannot be closed. It has caught and held and given triumphant expression to that power that, even today, can compel the spirit of man to "ride in triumph through Persepolis...
...these are instances of the tragedy of pity. There are very few modern plays wherein there is a sort of triumphant beauty even in defeat, as in the old schools of high tragedy...
...court-room in Salem over eighty years ago the prosecuting attorney, Daniel Webster, pronounced what led to death on the men being tried for the murder of Captain White. His magnetic eloquence always effective, in this case left a profound impression on the minds of his contemporaries in the triumphant climax, "There is no refuge from confession save in suicide and suicide in confession...
...Scene III Man is at the summit of his career and all is magnificence and splendor. The action is in a great ballroom with a raised platform at one end, across which Man makes his triumphant way. There is a great central window showing a deep blue sky in the center of the stage. The railing around the raised platform, which is reached by two sets of steps, is of gilt and a great...