1 As the waters of baptism cleanse the soul with the body, so do the fires of punishment torture the spirit with the flesh.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceGet Context In Chapter 3 2 Nothing that he could do would cleanse him till he had told his own sin.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar WildeGet Context In CHAPTER 20 3 Then, when we had borne you to the ships out of the fray, we laid you on your bed and cleansed your fair skin with warm water and with ointments.
4 Ten years since, I flew through Europe half mad; with disgust, hate, and rage as my companions: now I shall revisit it healed and cleansed, with a very angel as my comforter.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXIV 5 He slipped his arm about Carol's shoulder; he went down to supper rejoicing that he was cleansed of perilous stuff.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XXV 6 All the numerous implements which have been in use are likewise faithfully cleansed and put away.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up. 7 It was thus that, at the beginning of the century, ancient society cleansed its double bottom, and performed the toilet of its sewer.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoGet Context In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU. 8 The unmanufactured sperm oil possesses a singularly cleansing virtue.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.