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Space without beginning or end, filled with unmaterial and material life.

From ABC's of Science by Oliver, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)

I was therefore obliged to order dinner for Miss Planta, and myself in my own Sitting-parlour, which was now unmaterial, as the equerries did not come to tea, but continued +altogether in the music-room.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny

Gianluca was a shadow, an unmaterial being, a thought—anything ethereal, but not a man.

From Taquisara by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

If it had anywhere an actual nucleus, that centre remained as impalpable and unmaterial as fox-fire.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.

The material is in motion by the currents of unmaterial life.

From ABC's of Science by Oliver, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)