mortal part
Example Sentences
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There let soul and body suffer the pain of the dreadful sulphur bath, until the mortal part has become changed to gold.
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Carl Franz van der Velde
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
The true halcyon days of man are to be looked for in the future—not in the past; but with that future we shall have no mortal part.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
Churchill now lies neglected, for posterity will only respect those who ——File off the mortal part Of glowing thought with Attic art.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Isaac Disraeli
Be thine the mortal part; heaven holds the best, And, glorying in its brightness, brighter glows, While memory still records the great and good.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell
