All 3 Uses of
divine
in
Hard Times
- Then came the Teetotal Society, who complained that these same people would get drunk, and showed in tabular statements that they did get drunk, and proved at tea parties that no inducement, human or Divine (except a medal), would induce them to forego their custom of getting drunk.†
Chpt 1.5
- He did not go so far as to say, for her pleasure, that there was a sort of Divine Right there; but, I have heard claims almost as magnificent of late years.†
Chpt 1.12
- As Mr. Bounderby stood in the midst of his household gods, so those unrelenting divinities occupied their places around Mr. Bounderby, and they were worthy of one another, and well matched.†
Chpt 2.2 *
Definition:
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(divine as in: to forgive is divine) wonderful; or god-like or coming from God