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Definition of Embalms
1. embalm [v] - See also: embalm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embalms
Literary usage of Embalms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"... of the fathers was hut a type of l hat intellectual essence, wherewith she
embalms the thoughts and inspirations of genius in our memories for ever.' c. ..."
2. The Wonder-Worker of Padua by Charles Warren Stoddard (1896)
"... night and day forever, incense that ascends in clouds of fragrance toward the
skies, and envelops and embalms the earth " *** % Itt -. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the by Tryon Edwards (1908)
"... embalms it ; it lives in its moral influence, in its authority, in its example,
in the memory of its words and deeds.—E. Everett. ..."
4. An English Grammar: Comprehending the Principles and Rules of the Language by Josiah Swett, Lindley Murray (1844)
"The logical predicate consists of the grammatical predicate with its various
modifying words : thus, in the sentence, "Virtue embalms the memory of the good ..."
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