All 5 Uses of
refuge
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Then the priest knelt down and began to read off a card: —O God, our refuge and our strength….†
Chpt 5 *
- Refuge of sinners.†
Chpt 13
- Well has it been said that whosoever prays to her with faith and constancy can never be lost or cast away: and fitly is she too a haven of refuge for the afflicted because of the seven dolours which transpierced her own heart.†
Chpt 13
- Lastly at the head of the board was the young poet who found a refuge from his labours of pedagogy and metaphysical inquisition in the convivial atmosphere of Socratic discussion, while to right and left of him were accommodated the flippant prognosticator, fresh from the hippodrome, and that vigilant wanderer, soiled by the dust of travel and combat and stained by the mire of an indelible dishonour, but from whose steadfast and constant heart no lure or peril or threat or degradation…†
Chpt 14
- O lust our refuge and our strength.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(refuge) something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place