"Immortal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... I rise, my thoughts throng to you, my immortal beloved!—sometimes full of joy, and yet again sad, waiting to see whether Fate will hear us. I must live either wholly with you, or not at all. Indeed I have resolved to wander far from you [see No. 13] till the moment ...
— Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826, Volume 1 of 2 • Lady Wallace
... down his pen, and leaned back in his big easy chair. The last word had been written—Finis—and there was the complete book, quite a tall pile of manuscript, only waiting for the printer's hands to become immortal: so the author whispered to himself. He had worked hard upon it; great pains had been expended upon the delineations of character, and the tone and play of incident; the plot, too, had been worked up with much artistic force and skill; and, above all, everything ...
— The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 - A Typographic Art Journal • Various
... perfect; and the voices of the players accompanied it in a sweet and spirited harmony. As I gazed upon the girl Zoe, her features animated by the thrilling thoughts of the anthem, her whole countenance radiant with light, she seemed some immortal being—a young goddess of liberty calling her ...
— The Scalp Hunters • Mayne Reid
... "Aye, the immortal is a-trippin' it i' the New Jeroosalem: but the mortal was very lamentably took wi' a fit, three days back—the same day, young man, as thou earnest wi' thy ...
— The Splendid Spur • Arthur T. Quiller Couch
... ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels &c (trophy) 733. memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame; immortality, immortal name; magni nominis umbra [Lat.] [Lucan]. V. be conscious of glory; be proud of &c (pride) 878; exult &c (boast) 884; be vain of &c (vanity) 880. be distinguished &c adj.; shine &c (light) 420; shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
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