Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.
A wedding is a funeral which masquerades as a feast. And the greater the pageantry, the deeper the savagery.
You'll catch your death of cold. Clouseau: Yes, yes I probably will but . . . its all part of life's rich pageantry, you kneau.
If peace . . . only had the music and pageantry of war, there'd be no wars.
If your religion does not make you holy, it will damn you. It is simply painted pageantry to go to hell in.
Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.