mortal part
Example Sentences
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It bears the inscription, in German, composed by himself:— Love and Friendship joined these kindred souls in life, And their mortal part is covered by this common stone.
From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville
Late in the following spring, when the looming drifts of the pass had melted, the mortal part of the Storekeeper was found some distance from the track, where he had stumbled blindly in his wanderings.
From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley
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
The ball failed to reach a mortal part.
From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray
It was plainly to be seen that only the outer tabernacle of the spirit was suffering and declining, while that within was burning brighter and higher as the mortal part drew toward extinction.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
