All 6 Uses of
immortal
in
David Copperfield
- 'If any drop of gloom were wanting in the overflowing cup, which is now "commended" (in the language of an immortal Writer) to the lips of the undersigned, it would be found in the fact, that a friendly acceptance granted to the undersigned, by the before-mentioned Mr. Thomas Traddles, for the sum Of 23l 4s 9 1/2d is over due, and is NOT provided for.†
Chpt 28-30
- At first we strayed to and fro among the trees: I with Dora's shy arm drawn through mine: and Heaven knows, folly as it all was, it would have been a happy fate to have been struck immortal with those foolish feelings, and have stayed among the trees for ever!†
Chpt 31-33
- She was exactly the same as ever, and the same immortal butterflies hovered over her cap.†
Chpt 43-45
- I — a— I'll know nobody — and — a — say nothing — and — a — live nowhere — until I have crushed — to — a — undiscoverable atoms — the — transcendent and immortal hypocrite and perjurer — HEEP!'†
Chpt 49-51
- 'I trust I rendered tolerably intelligible my appointment for the morning of this day week, at the house of public entertainment at Canterbury, where Mrs. Micawber and myself had once the honour of uniting our voices to yours, in the well-known strain of the Immortal exciseman nurtured beyond the Tweed.†
Chpt 49-51
- 'Immortally safe, sir,' returned Uriah, writhing in the direction of the voice.†
Chpt 61-62 *
Definition:
-
(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god