‘I don't know how many of the 3,000 or so prospective students are from rural roots, but I know many of those who were from small towns would have left in awe at the illustriousness and size of the university.’
‘But their impact on the area, and the illustriousness of their architect surely justify salvation.’
‘Nobility is the ‘antiquity, splendour, and illustriousness of families, coats of arms, titles, dignities,’ Scipione Ammirato wrote in defence of the autonomies of Neapolitan feudal barons in 1580.’
‘Even flawlessly fruitful lands will lessen their yields when forced to support the body of one who lacks illustriousness.’
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