godship
Example Sentences
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"Thither I rise, whilst thou—Zeus, keep the godship and sink!"
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Clarissa had not heard him announced, and to her it seemed as though he had come down from the heavens,—as would have befitted his godship.
From Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope
"I don't think his godship will triumph there," said Lady Glencora.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
Strikes the beholder’s eye with burnish’d gold: To godship here blue Triton’s scaly herd, The river progeny is there preferr’d: Through towns Diana’s power neglected lies, Where to her dogs aspiring temples rise!
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by Catherine Ann White
Mr. Matthew Arnold, on the other hand, lost no opportunity to flout with indignity the claims of Victor Hugo to his supreme literary godship.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
