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And the man who thus writes is—not a Christian, for that he denies—but, forsooth, a poet! one of the Great spirits who on earth are sojourning!

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

Only a few well-arranged native curios, a good piano, and the kind of things people from home gather about them when they are sojourning in a foreign land.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

These three men, at this present moment, are sojourning in the three neighboring towns in which Mlle. de Chateaudun has acquaintances, relations or friends.

From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence

They are sojourning here upon earth for a time, but their hearts are with Christ in heaven.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert

Great spirits now on earth are sojourning;   He of the cloud, the cataract, the lake,   Who on Helvellyn's summit, wide awake, Catches his freshness from Archangel's wing: He of the rose, the violet, the spring.

From Poems 1817 by Keats, John