holy being

Example Sentences

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I did not speak to her, for she was to me a holy being, not to be addressed lightly.

From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James

Some holy being does invade this place, And from their duty does my spirits chase.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

Had I been in a Catholic church I had imagined her to have been some holy being, incarnated by her deep sympathy with the worshippers.

From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by Cooke, George Willis

This then cannot be applied to a holy being.

From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various

He felt her holy being stealing through His own, like fountains of the azure dew, That summer mingles with his golden light; And he would clasp her, till the weary night Was worn away.

From The Death-Wake or Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras by Lang, Andrew