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Whatever the degree of genius Bolingbroke may claim, doubtless the verse of Pope has embalmed his fame.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

It has embalmed in the memory of the nation a lost cause and a vanished race.

From John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)

Cowper has embalmed his mother's miniature in lines which will touch the heart while our language is preserved.

From Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 by Whittelsey, Mrs. A. G.

The "adventure," as it has been said, is the amber in which Browning has embalmed the Alkestis.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Symons, Arthur

Voltaire, to preserve so charming an incident, has embalmed it in his comedy of la Prude, act I, scene III.

From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell