To this woman Arnobius, his mind as usual engaged somewhere in the lofty realms of philos-ophy, gave a few careless words of instruction regarding his new personal attendant.

"I call upon the Mangers to descend from their lofty realm and guide us with their wisdom as we sit in judgment this day."

The Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the nation's 10 largest private foundations, will become a public charity next year in a move almost unheard of in the lofty realms of multibillion-dollar philanthropy.

In the less lofty realms of fashion, most skirts have stayed below the knee all along.

Li says: "Then how is it such practices manage to reach the lofty realms of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats?"

Benson, N., Prints from a lofty realm.

Thoth, who moves among us as a mortal, but whose head, that of the ibis, marks him as a dweller in a loftier realm.

It derived from a line of creatures which associated with a far loftier realm than that described by such a word, and so the shock was formidable.

Today the assault on the world's highest peak is no longer the lofty realm of explorers but a highly commercialized enterprise managed by professional guides, including generations of Sherpas.

The film opens as if it's Jack and the Beanstalk, and finds Warner's famous "jackrabbit" (Bugs), already in the giant's lofty realm, chopping down gigantic carrots.