Sublimegenres, such as the ode, the historical novel, and the heroic biography, were in demand in many empires.
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While neighboring lands split off and the colonization of the people was never achieved, the empire triumphed in thesublimediscipline of poetic language.
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The death of a repellent and unworthy character would surely not be shown in such asublimeand deeply moving way.
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In contrast to thesublime, the beautiful in nature concerned the form of the objects, its limitation.
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Looking around they found their continentsublime, yet lacking purpose.
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In the namazu-e, this catfish is neither ferocious norsublime, but an animal who re-distributes good and ill fortune.
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The evocation of thesublimecan be claimed as one such theme.
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If this sounds like pre-modern defeatism, it also indicates a way forward to the modernsublimein which astonishment forces a recoil to rational analysis.
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He sees thesublimeshown in and through the facts of the world.
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Sublime's self-titled 1996 album was certified platinum early in 1997.
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The 'elevated' works of the twentieth century are generally concerned with the anti-sublime, the socially mixed, and give minute attention to their own language.
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Nothing distracts or disenchants the mind engaged by thesesublimeobjects.
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Sublimemoments of creation are either transiently performed or statically commemorated and 'recalled' in the oratorio.
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The first is that thesublimecharacter of the drum arouses pity.
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Again, the negative example (here in an emphatic,sublimeway) is used to educate the listener's patriotic sensibilities.
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