Hem's theory, in so far as it professes to be an adequate explanation of "mysterious disappearances," is open to many obvious objections; to fewer as he states it himself in the "
spacious volubility" of his book.
And even as we, who are now in Space, look down on Flatland and see the insides of all things, so of a certainty there is yet above us some higher, purer region, whither thou dost surely purpose to lead me -- O Thou Whom I shall always call, everywhere and in all Dimensions, my Priest, Philosopher, and Friend -- some yet more
spacious Space, some more dimensionable Dimensionality, from the vantage-ground of which we shall look down together upon the revealed insides of Solid things, and where thine own intestines, and those of thy kindred Spheres, will lie exposed to the view of the poor wandering exile from Flatland, to whom so much has already been vouchsafed.
The estuary of the Thames is not beautiful; it has no noble features, no romantic grandeur of aspect, no smiling geniality; but it is wide open,
spacious, inviting, hospitable at the first glance, with a strange air of mysteriousness which lingers about it to this very day.
The Great Pump Room is a
spacious saloon, ornamented with Corinthian pillars, and a music-gallery, and a Tompion clock, and a statue of Nash, and a golden inscription, to which all the water-drinkers should attend, for it appeals to them in the cause of a deserving charity.
The house was
spacious and had rooms for the house serfs and apartments for visitors.
Lady Lydiard closed the door again, with a compassionate sigh for Tommie, and walked slowly to and fro in her
spacious drawing-room, waiting for the steward's return.
The rooms on the two lower floors were imposing and
spacious; with ceilings of great height, gilded wainscoting and various quaint little medallion pictures of shepherds and shepherdesses, and other fancies of the time of Madame de Sevigne.
When one is in one of those villages it seems
spacious, and its houses seem high and not out of proportion to the mountain that overhands them--but from our altitude, what a change!
Cleveland was a
spacious, modern-built house, situated on a sloping lawn.
'Scarce had the rubicund Apollo spread o'er the face of the broad
spacious earth the golden threads of his bright hair, scarce had the little birds of painted plumage attuned their notes to hail with dulcet and mellifluous harmony the coming of the rosy Dawn, that, deserting the soft couch of her jealous spouse, was appearing to mortals at the gates and balconies of the Manchegan horizon, when the renowned knight Don Quixote of La Mancha, quitting the lazy down, mounted his celebrated steed Rocinante and began to traverse the ancient and famous Campo de Montiel;'" which in fact he was actually traversing.
She conducted me to a
spacious chamber in one of the buildings fronting on the plaza, and which, from the litter of silks and furs upon the floor, I took to be the sleeping quarters of several of the natives.
However, if electricity does not furnish me with air to breathe, it works at least the powerful pumps that are stored in
spacious reservoirs, and which enable me to prolong at need, and as long as I will, my stay in the depths of the sea.