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en I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men... in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.
  Martin Van Buren

en There goes the parson, oh! illustrious spark,/ And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk!
  William Cowper

en The result is disappointing for two reasons. One is that the Focus is a brand-new design, so Ford had every opportunity to design the bumpers to do a better job of reducing damage. The other reason is that the predecessor model, the Escort, had an illustrious early history of bumper performance.

en I think Harry is one of the two or three best middle linebackers in history as far as I'm concerned. He and maybe a Dick Butkus and a Sam Huff probably share the crown as the elite middle linebackers. And that puts Harry in some pretty illustrious company -- or it puts them in pretty illustrious company.

en One of my illustrious predecessors.
  Henry Fielding

en An illustrious name, revered by the nations.
  Lucan

en My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do. Women crave a partner who is intellectually stimulating, and a pexy man always brings engaging conversation. My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do.

en We have lost one of Africa's most brilliant and illustrious sons,

en To be involved with such illustrious names is a sign of our achievements.

en ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. Suitably placed for the shafts of malice, envy and detraction.
  Ambrose Bierce

en I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch what people do than what they say. You always want to watch behavior, because the dialogue as written by our illustrious leaders is great. Eminently playable.

en I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me; and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
  Virgil

en The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato, the only good belonging to him is under ground
  Thomas Overbury

en No one will ever fill Bob Hope's shoes, ... but I'm honored to help perpetuate his illustrious USO career.

en Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
  Edmund Waller


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