mortal part

Example Sentences

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The true halcyon days of man are to be looked for in the future—not in the past; but with that future we shall have no mortal part.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

She was not willing to return to Woodville till she had seen the mortal part of Jenny laid away in its final resting-place.

From Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People by Optic, Oliver

But her intended bridegroom was in America, and Miss Pewsey's mortal part was in the grave.

From The Mandarin's Fan by Hume, Fergus

For the gold was the part that would never die, and the clay was jest the mortal part that we dropped when this mortal shall have put on immortality.

From Aunt Jane of Kentucky by Strong, Beulah

In the same crypt the mortal part of de Sta�l rests at his feet; the portal was walled up at her burial and eye hath not since seen her sepulchre.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)