ciel
Americannoun
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There are about 30 of them in total, all wearing the light and navy blue of Les ciel et marine.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2018
No moment in the opera was more splendidly sung or powerfully acted than the second act S i, pel ciel, with Otello looming over him with upraised hand, like a malign marionette master.
From Time Magazine Archive
The S i, pel ciel is one of the biggest climaxes in a score that sometimes seems to be nothing but climaxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Noël has attracted by its aesthetic charm even poets who are anything but devout; Théophile Gautier, for instance, wrote a graceful Christmas carol, “Le ciel est noir, la terre est blanche.”
From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles
The moment she laid eyes on the hair of Mademoiselle Bettina she had said to herself: the frock of Mademoiselle Bettina should be that tender green of tilleul—with just a note of bleu de ciel.
From My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins
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