everlasting fire
Example Sentences
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Archdeacon Farrar, for instance, in despite of common sense and etymology, contends that "everlasting" fire only means "eternal" fire.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
So speaks he, and carries forth in his hands from their inner shrine the chaplets and strength of Vesta, and the everlasting fire.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
It was the crypta or sacred place, where of old the everlasting fire was preserved.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob
"Signor, it is the booming of the everlasting fire, and thou hast heard the voices of the damned."
From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
The country was truly an abomination of desolation, nothing but naked rockery for miles and miles, with the everlasting fire of the sun raining upon it.
From The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II by Wilkins, W. H.
