All 8 Uses of
mortal
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
- Boldly draw near and rend the gates asunder, By which each cowering mortal gladly steals.†
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- O trust me, who since first I fell from heaven, Have chewed this tough meat many a thousand year, No man digests the ancient leaven, No mortal, from the cradle to the bier.†
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- Alas! that mortals so unhappy prove!†
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- Below thy sight the mortal cast, And to the glorious vision give at last— [with a gesture] I must not say what termination!†
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- No spirit stands on legs in all creation, And here you dance just as we mortals do!†
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- Its haggard look congeals a mortal's blood, And almost turns him into stone; The story of Medusa thou hast known.†
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- Here we are again at our wits' ends already, where the thread of sense, with you mortals, snaps short.†
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- Well that it was not given to you miserable mortals!†
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Definition:
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(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death