When a word ceases to be a term of description and becomes merely a term of praise, it no longer tells you about the object: it only tells you about the speakers attitude to that object.

“You can begin as if nothing had ever gone wrong. White as snow.”

“This act [creation], as it is for God, must always remain totally inconceivable…”

“And so to my fool's bed. What was that? No, no, not a girl crying in the garden…”

“For every one pupil who needs to be guarded against a weak excess of sensibilit…”