Meaning of paradisial | Babel Free

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paradisiacal

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“The grounds around the castle, paradisial in their own⟳ natural beauty under this heavenly blue sky of June, were adorned with all that art and taste⟳ and wealth could bring⟳ to enhance their attractions in honor of the occasion.”

“Nor far they steppèd when on culm'inant height / where stretcht a gem-enamel'd mead they stood; / Smaragd and Ruby-strewn, so rich the sight / presumed 'twas Paradisial floor they trod.”

“And there the Turk, who holds thee with dog's teeth And makes of thee a valley of sad tears, O paradisial land⟳ of old Ionia; And here, our Mother Greece, Dream-weaver of unending laurel-wreaths Beside her Cretan helmsman and her king!”

“An underground legend in the States for decades, multi-instrumentalist Christian Vander's unwieldy ensemble (composed during its heyday of a rotating cast⟳ of European rock and jazz players, with Vander and his wife, Stella, the only constants) is probably best known for its early-70s cycle of mind-bogglingly overwrought concept albums, which revolved around space travel⟳ between a degenerate, miserable near-future Earth and a paradisial planet called Kobaia and the earthlings' inability to accept⟳ the Kobaians' message of peace and spiritual enlightenment.”

“But "Firdous e Bareen," an instrumental track, provides a clue about the flavor of mysticism in play⟳--it shares its name⟳ with the paradisial garden reputedly maintained by Hassan ibn as-Sabbah, an 11th-century missionary of the esoteric Nizari sect of Shia Islam, for the indoctrination of his Hashshashins.”

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