Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation.

-Aldrin, Edwin E(ugene) Jr known as  'Buzz'
  Spoken as he stepped out of the Eagle to join Neil Armstrong on the first moon walk, 20  Jul.

Magnificent magpiety.

-Anonymous
  Of the art collection of cosmetic manufacturer Helena Rubinstein. Time, 29  Apr.

   C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre. It is magnificent, but it isn't war.

-Bosquet, Pierre
  On seeing the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava, 25 Oct. Quoted in Cecil Woodham Smith The Reason Why (1953), ch.12.

Mute and magnificent, without a tear.

-Dryden,John
  Threnodia  Augustalis, stanza 2.

Since no normal humble man can help but feel magnificent in a brand-new suit of clothes, it is not surprising that those who don a fresh suit of bright white linen every day should feel magnificent always. Nor is it surprising that a normal humble head should swell beneath a solar topee, since a topee is more a badge of authority than a hat, as is the hat of a soldier.

-Herbert, Xavier
  Capricornia,'Psychological Effect of a Solar Topee'.

The Magnificent Ambersons.

-Tarkington, (Newton) Booth
  Title of novel.