make immortal

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The Art of faithfully reading what has been written for our learning; and of clearly writing what we would make immortal of our thoughts.

From Mornings in Florence by Ruskin, John

Mutinous words!—to make immortal How the heavens in starlight drown As she enters in the Portal, How the Heavenly City glows, How the bells cry, "We have found her!"

From Perpetual Light : a memorial by Benét, William Rose

Terms of honorable surrender were granted, and the next day—the day which Washington was to make immortal, July 4—the English retreated from Fort Necessity.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Thanks for a pleasure that can never pall, A serene moment, deftly caught and kept To make immortal summer on my wall.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell

That day, too, was at hand which he had helped make immortal.

From Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Ellis, Edward Sylvester