Deity

Examples

• These fine differences about the constitution of the Deity interwove with politics and international disputes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Deity unquestioned, thine essence foils decay! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Each stone deity was possessed by sacred gladness, and the eternal fruition of love. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Now, he continued, again addressing me, I have received the pilgrim--a disguised deity, as I verily believe. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• May not the relation of sight to this deity be described as follows? Plato. The Republic.
• The eyes of deity were appraising me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• One of the earliest known figures of a deity is that of a hippopotamus goddess, and so very distinctively African. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Second--The Deity. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Your deity is the deity of foreign aristocracies; analyze the blue blood of Spain! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• If I had ever before been an Atheist, I should now have been convinced of the being and government of a Deity! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• The same imperfection attends our ideas of the Deity; but this can have no effect either on religion or morals. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• As one man we moved, an irresistible fighting mass, over the bodies of dead and dying foes toward the gorgeous throne of the Martian deity. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• As is usual with bright natures, the deity that lies ignominiously chained within an ephemeral human carcase shone out of him like a ray. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There's a good deal of truth in what you say, observed Justinian serenely; but I should have thought your deity was Hermes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• No; that is no deity, but a mortal maiden whom I saw at Melnos. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• What, if the more potent of these fraternal deities should obtain dominion over it? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Of all the deities worshipped in the temple, the moon-god alone escaped the rapacity of the conquering Mohammedans. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• As little can I believe the narrative of his insolence to Apollo, where he says, 'Thou hast wronged me, O far-darter, most abominable of deities. Plato. The Republic.
• In a dim light, and with a slight rearrangement of her hair, her general figure might have stood for that of either of the higher female deities. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• O Titaness among deities! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was in the time of the heathen deities, who used occasionally to take people at their words, with a promptness, in some cases, extremely awkward. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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