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Meanings of sublunary in English

Of this earth.

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Usage of sublunary in English
1
Providence has a hand in this, as in all other sublunary dispensations.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 18...
2
Then they will rule all that is the province of the sublunary.
Blood and Bone
3
The Princess thought that, of all sublunary things, knowledge was the best.
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
4
Alas, my friend, the greatest sublunary happiness is not untinged with misfortune.
Italian Letters, Vols. I and II; Or, The History of the Count de...
5
I said-lastsublunary revolution, and this idea awakened many strange ideas.
The Physiology of Taste; Or, Transcendental Gastronomy
6
He heeds nothing more sublunary than the course of the planets.
Love and Life: An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume
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But good and evil are strangely mingled in this sublunary world.
The Surgeon's Daughter
8
When the rector was removed from this sublunary sphere, the Rev.
Vellenaux / A Novel
9
This is admirably pathetical, and shows very well the vicissitudes of sublunary things.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
10
Jill seldom troubled her head about such sublunary affairs as dress.
Uncle Max
11
What cared he for the sordid affairs of the sublunary sphere?
Samuel Brohl and Company
12
This would serve to impress the reader with the woful vicissitudes of sublunary things.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
13
Prudence with them is a matter of thrill like the rest of sublunary contrivances.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
14
With all sublunary entities, this is the question of questions.
Latter-Day Pamphlets
15
It is a of sublunary wisdom-anumbrella over an oracle.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13,...
16
Remember the instability of sublunary things, and judge no man happy till he dies.
Trial of Mary Blandy
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