mortal part

Example Sentences

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Aja's lament.—As soon as King Aja is firmly established on his throne, Raghu retires to a hermitage to prepare for the death of his mortal part.

From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa

At last the mortal part went down without pain, and on January 5th, 1906, the Mother of Hollins went away.

From Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College by Smith, William Robert Lee

Here he often came to this brother, whose death in his arms in 1835 cast a lasting shadow over his lonely life; and here, beside the brother and his family, his mortal part lies buried.

From In and Around Berlin by Norton, Minerva Brace

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

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