It was sunset, and gorgeously beautiful.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens
Her artistic temperament rejoiced in the mere beauty of the scene before her-a scene to be found nowhere out of Avonsbridge-lofty, grand old rooms, resplendent with innumerable wax-lights; filled, but not too full, with an ever-moving, gorgeously-colored crowd.
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Still less common are those elaborate screens of carved timber, often richly gilt or gorgeously painted, which separate the nave from the chancel in the churches of many of our smaller villages at home.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner