mortal part
Example Sentences
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A few brief months later this person, from the same spot, beheld the mortal part of her immortal friend borne by a grief-stricken company along the same path to her burial.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
Sensitive to the least quiver of a lip, the young man's mortal part was stung with an exquisite sense of the becoming.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Noble was his life; consecrated will be the ground that receives his mortal part.
From The Comstock Club by Goodwin, Charles Carroll
“Thou, mother of my mortal part, With cruelty didst mould my heart, And with false self-deceiving fears Didst bind my nostrils, eyes, and ears.”
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
It was plainly to be seen that only the outer tabernacle of the spirit was suffering and declining, while that within was burning brighter and higher as the mortal part drew toward extinction.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
