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aeonian

[ee-oh-nee-uhn] / iˈoʊ ni ən /




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That a thing must cease takes from it the joy of even an aeonian endurance—for its kind is mortal; it belongs to the nature of things that cannot live.

From A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare by MacDonald, George

In memory of John Greenleaf Whittier, September 7, 1892," and this verse: "Some sweet morning, yet in God's Dim aeonian periods, Joyful I shall wake to see Those I love, who rest in Thee.

From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland

I myself know nothing certain for or against this belief; but, supposing the case to be as it is represented, then this would be the aeonian period of these animals, considered as individuals.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

What was meant by the aeonian punishments in the next world?

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

His soul had moved amid similar evocations in some aeonian past, whence now the sand was being cleared away.

From Four Weird Tales by Blackwood, Algernon




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