Meanings of oriental magnificence in English

The latter was of very common workmanship, and exhibited no signs of oriental magnificence.

Gorgeous couches, rich colors, silken walls, an oriental magnificence.

The oriental magnificence of the views which we caught in the winding streets and frequent squares crowded with people, excited our interest to the utmost.

The extraordinary mandarin combination of oriental magnificence and the rags he affected for a bathrobe, hung from a pair of shoulders noticeably broad and graceful.

The enthusiastic Spaniards would have us believe in a city of Oriental magnificence.

The pictures they draw for us are those of cities of Oriental magnificence.

Reginald received him with a full display of Oriental magnificence.

To every blink the livelong night there came this refrain, which seemed to close each scene of Oriental magnificence that haunted the imagination:

Richly-decorated shields, arms, and suits of armour covered the walls, not always arranged in good taste, but offering a fair specimen of Oriental magnificence.

Moscow and St. Petersburg were equally interesting,-theold and the new, the Oriental magnificence of the one, the stupendous palaces and churches of the other.

Around the court there was to run an ornamental balcony, covered with a great canopy in red and gold, making an effect of Oriental magnificence.

In answer to her ring, the servant ushered her into the parlors, furnished with almost Oriental magnificence, and was retiring, when she gave her name.

He made a journey through this country and Europe, travelling with Oriental magnificence, in a state which he was well calculated to maintain and adorn.