Both Uses of
mortal
in
Dubliners
- Sometimes he had amused himself by putting difficult questions to me, asking me what one should do in certain circumstances or whether such and such sins were mortal or venial or only imperfections.†
Chpt 1
- "I'll engage they did," said Gabriel, "but they forget that my wife here takes three mortal hours to dress herself."†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death