All 5 Uses of
abyss
in
Man And Superman
- Progress can do nothing but make the most of us all as we are, and that most would clearly not be enough even if those who are already raised out of the lowest abysses would allow the others a chance.†
Chpt Ded. *
- Put your Shakespearian hero and coward, Henry V and Pistol or Parolles, beside Mr Valiant and Mr Fearing, and you have a sudden revelation of the abyss that lies between the fashionable author who could see nothing in the world but personal aims and the tragedy of their disappointment or the comedy of their incongruity, and the field preacher who achieved virtue and courage by identifying himself with the purpose of the world as he understood it.†
Chpt Ded.
- Abyss beneath abyss of perfidy!†
Chpt 2
- Abyss beneath abyss of perfidy!†
Chpt 2
- Red glow from the abyss].†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(abyss) a hole or dropoff so deep the bottom cannot be seen -- often used figuratively to imply a frightening bottomless pit