All 5 Uses of
immortal
in
Howards End
- "Men did produce this" they will say, and, saying, they will give men immortality.†
Part 20 *immortality = eternal life (to live forever)
- Her judgment told her no. She knew that out of Nature's device we have built a magic that will win us immortality.†
Part 28
- "Men did produce one jewel," the gods will say, and, saying, will give us immortality.†
Part 28
- To the left fell the shadow of the embankment and its arches; to the right Leonard saw up into the Tewin Woods and towards the church, with its wild legend of immortality.†
Part 41
- Margaret believed in immortality for herself.†
Part 43
Definitions:
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(1)
(immortal) living or existing forever
or:
someone famous throughout history
or:
someone who will never die -- such as a mythological god -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, "The Immortals" denotes a military corps of the Persian Empire. The Immortals were so-named because each time a member of the 10,000 man corps was killed or seriously wounded, he was replaced by another man. They are best remembered in western culture for their role in defeating the badly out-numbered Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.