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Meanings of sublunary things in English

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Usage of sublunary things in English
1
The Princess thought that, of all sublunary things, knowledge was the best.
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
2
This is admirably pathetical, and shows very well the vicissitudes of sublunary things.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
3
This would serve to impress the reader with the woful vicissitudes of sublunary things.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
4
Remember the instability of sublunary things, and judge no man happy till he dies.
Trial of Mary Blandy
5
All which neglects of sublunary things are vulgarily imputed folly.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
6
Swithin sighed, lowered his thoughts to sublunary things, and told briefly the story of his journey.
Two on a Tower
7
Of course, it was nonsense to care about such trifles, she must be strong-minded and live above such sublunary things.
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
8
At last, like all sublunary things, the games came to an end, and the prince hastened to his sister's room.
The Hot Swamp
9
He spoke in squarely shaped sentences, and was supremely satisfied with a condition of sublunary things which made weapons a necessity.
Wessex Tales
10
I was, however, too sleepy to waste much sentiment upon the gloomy walls of my apartment, and was soon lost to all sublunary things.
Four Months in a Sneak-Box / A Boat Voyage of 2600 Miles Down th...
11
"That will all be provided; it is well not to be anxious concerning these sublunary things."
Days Off, and Other Digressions
12
* The loftier a man's own view of mental conceptions and sublunary things, the more will he admire Carlyle as described by Froude.
The Life of Froude
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