‘And a figure like Joseph Chamberlain had sublime confidence, as had Disraeli before him, that the people could be ‘managed’.’.‘Relying on his emotions as a stimulus, Lepe's work is both sublime and intuitive.’.‘When Beethoven is out of fashion, that is because people are afraid of drama and of sublime emotions.’.‘I have heard and reviewed many great performances of this sublime work but this must take the cake for emotional intensity.’.‘The sublime (as distinct from the merely pleasurable) is not primarily a matter of reflection and comparison.’.‘His final album is a masterpiece of raw emotions, sublime melodies, and achingly beautiful lyrics.’.‘The park also presents a curious mix of the sublime and ridiculous, and sometimes, quite bizarre, so you really do need a receptive mind.’.‘Where can one who rejects the alternative of the sublime horror or the ridiculous degradation seek the image of a man with a reason to fight for a this-worldly ideal?’.‘In each religion we discover the interweaving of the sublime and the ridiculous, the liberatory and the oppressive, the radical and the conventional.’.

‘The sublime jostled with the ridiculous for attention as Edmonton's Thespians donned their finest plumage to dazzle, bewilder and delight.’.‘The sublime beauty of it all, Mann tells us, is ‘too much, too blest for sinful mortals’.’.‘They are creations of sublime visual beauty and sensuality dreamlike chiaroscuro and stifling decorative excess form the backdrop for melodrama pervaded by a diffuse sexuality.’.‘This valley of hellish heat and human misery is also a place of stark, sublime beauty.’.‘This is an unashamedly bombastic work but one cannot help being moved by the grandeur and sublime beauty of the piece.’.‘The country boasts a sublime natural beauty, with the Red River Delta in the north, the Mekong Delta in the south and a patchwork coastal strip of brilliant green rice paddies.’.‘He dropped one scoring pass and shortly after the full-back went from the sublime to the ridiculous in a matter of minutes.’.‘In the ensuing furore, the arguments put forward on both sides have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.’.‘Themes varied from the sublime to the ridiculous but citizens supported it in force.’.‘From the sublime to the ridiculous and truly perplexing I thought I'd share them with you.’.‘It touches everything from the sublime to the ridiculous.’.‘This and other personality tests - varying from the sublime to the ridiculous - are also available via the link above.’.‘experiences that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous’.

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