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From every generous heart they will receive that commiseration; and while the mind runs over the whole trying scene the tears which must involuntarily flow will embalm their memory.

From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.

Faith, with its imperfect yet celestial light, will meet all the legitimate wants of your mind; and prayer, with its divine unction, will embalm your soul.

From Serious Hours of a Young Lady by Sainte-Foi, Charles

He shall have a temple, and an altar, and Isis and Osiris, and papyri and palm-trees and a crocodile; and when he dies I will embalm him like a Pharaoh.'

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian

Let Catholics read her life, and they will embalm her in their hearts.

From The Truce of God A Tale of the Eleventh Century by Miles, George Henry

His splendid and varied gifts, his chequered fortunes, and his cruel end, will embalm his memory in English history.

From English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 by Froude, James Anthony