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No one at the beginning thought of a mere immortality of the spirit, not even those who assumed the perishableness of man's sensuous nature.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

Thus are ye advocates and justifiers of all perishableness.

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Webster" plead for us: "Alas for the perishableness of eloquence!

From Starr King in California by Simonds, William Day

New objects will intermingle, and we are compelled to draw from our grief itself a fresh proof of the perishableness of earthly things: alas, then, that our grief is transient!

From Famous Stories Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

His condition was unchanged,—the wan beams of the early clay falling cross his features intensified their waxen stillness and pallor,—the awful majesty of death was on him,—the pathetic helplessness and perishableness of Body without Spirit.

From Ardath by Corelli, Marie