‘Few of us grew up in Hampstead, had illustriously interesting parents, or studied at Cambridge University like she did.’
‘Francis Amasa Walker, the son of a noted political economist, followed illustriously in his father's footsteps, also achieving eminence as a leading statistician and educator of his time.’
‘Nonetheless, Nazon - who won in Wasquehal last year and, illustriously, on the Champs Elysees in 2003-always seems to bring his top game to the top event in the world.’
‘This is a classic case of one of the great tragic families starting off so illustriously and ending so disastrously.’
‘Christ's holiness never so illustriously shone forth as it did in his last sufferings, and yet he never was to such a degree treated as guilty.’
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