godship

Example Sentences

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This sudden stir Betrays his godship, and as we from far A clouded, sickly moon observe, so they Through the false mists his eclips'd torch betray.

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)

Mr. Matthew Arnold, on the other hand, lost no opportunity to flout with indignity the claims of Victor Hugo to his supreme literary godship.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

It shall be our care, dear lady," I added, "to maintain this status of godship and to that end we must arrange a little program of simple miracles from time to time.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

And after Brahm� has spent his modest day everything is destroyed and his godship spends an equal period in sleep and rest.

From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

They mixed in the fights of men, but availed themselves of their godship, if things went against them, and especially in order to get revenge for defeat.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham