divineness

Example Sentences

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Now he sees, that with every accession of the personal divine to him, some great land-slide of the general surrounding divineness slips from him, and falls crashing away.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

BUT Pierre, though, charged with the fire of all divineness, his containing thing was made of clay.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

He unfortunately still clung to an ancient belief, which as yet remained unquestioned; i.e. the great virtue, one might almost say, the divineness, of circular motion.

From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Dolmage, Cecil Goodrich Julius

You must love the uninspired poems for the sake of the divineness of the inspired poems.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

Then he endeavoured through grace to rouse and work up himself to such a divineness of frame, as very much suited the spiritual state and majesty of that ordinance.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John