mortal part
Example Sentences
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His spoils were strewed beneath the soil of Rome, Whose flowers now star the dark earth near his tomb: Its airs and plants received the mortal part, His spirit beats within his mother’s heart.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
Sensitive to the least quiver of a lip, the young man's mortal part was stung with an exquisite sense of the becoming.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Then when the mortal part fades away, why, the good will be left.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
Dr. Balloch stood, with bared head and uplifted eyes, watching them, while they laid the mortal part of his old friend in “that narrow house, whose mark is one gray stone.”
From Jan Vedder's Wife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Why then thy former soul is flown to me; For I, methinks, am lifted into air, As if my mind, mastering my mortal part, Would bear my exalted body to the gods.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
