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
And in a spring that rises out of the sea near the shore he was able at last to mingle his waters with those of the one for whom he had lost his godship.
From A Book of Myths by Helen Stratton
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
It is very diverting to the mere looker-on, when the world first proclaims some man a god, bowing down and worshipping him, and then anathematizes him if he ventures to proclaim his own godship.
From Stage Confidences by Clara Morris
I do believe the sad alone are wise; I do believe the wrong'd alone can know Why lives the world, why spread the burden'd skies, And so from torture into godship grow.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
