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Meanings of great eminence in English

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Usage of great eminence in English
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His pupils were legion and many of them rose to great eminence.
The Irish Times
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This worthy citizen had risen to his great eminence from small beginnings.
Master Humphrey's Clock
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Another man of great eminence whom I met in those days was Thiers.
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
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As a general scholar, as well as a theologian, he attained great eminence.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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Andrea's scholars were numerous, though only a few rose to any great eminence.
Fra Bartolommeo
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Not all starlings do this, and only a few attain great eminence in that line.
The Naturalist on the Thames
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This great eminence is not a natural mountain.
The Esperanto Teacher: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians
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He is now on a great eminence, where the eyes of mankind are turned to him.
Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
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Both these officers were soon exchanged, and served through the war, neither rising to great eminence.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
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For he was a man of great eminence, both for his actions and his conduct also.
The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jeru...
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Next comes Sir Andrew Freeport, "a merchant of great eminence in the City of London."
English Literature for Boys and Girls
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He attained great eminence as a naturalist.
More Hunting Wasps
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A public man of great eminence, he has expressed an English view of German "intentions."
Peace Theories and the Balkan War
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Political, military, naval, university, and clerical parties, of great eminence, defend abuses in their several lines when profitable.
International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science —...
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One great eminence was a wonderful sight with its whole side smoothed by the sickles of indomitable forage collectors.
The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
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Good fortune, as is usually the case when a man rises to great eminence, played its part in his career.
Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N...
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