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Terrene   Listen
noun
Terrene  n.  
1.
The earth's surface; the earth. (Poetic) "Tenfold the length of this terrene."
2.
(Surv.) The surface of the ground.





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"Terrene" Quotes from Famous Books



... soul! These ribs of mine Are all too fragile for thy narrow cage. By heaven! I will unlock my bosom's door. And blow thee forth upon the boundless tide Of thought's creation, where thy eagle wing May soar from this dull terrene mass away, To yonder empyrean vault—like rocket (sky)— To mingle with thy cognate essences Of Love and Immortality, until Thou burstest with thine own intensity, And scatterest into millions of bright stars, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... part of the hall has attracted some attention. It is a picture of the coronation of George V. by one Fernand Piret, a French aviator—so the story goes—who never before dabbled in terrene arts. It may be so. In any case he has contrived a mordant comment on that memorable and ...
— Pot-Boilers • Clive Bell
... image fells to earth. Yet some, I ween, Not unforgiven the suppliant knee might bend, As to a visible Power, in which did blend All that was mixed and reconciled in thee, Of mother's love with maiden purity, Of high with low, celestial with terrene.'{1} ...
— Gryll Grange • Thomas Love Peacock


Words linked to "Terrene" :   terrestrial, earth, earthly, mundane, tellurian


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