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adjective

Eternal adj.

Without beginning or end of existence; always existing. "The eternal God is thy refuge." "To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal."

Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal. "That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory."

Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant. "And fires eternal in thy temple shine."

Existing at all times without change; immutable. "Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed." "What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times?"

Exceedingly great or bad; used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain."

The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome.

Synonyms: Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See Everlasting.

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"Eternal city" Quotes from Famous Books

... one of the potential forces of the world. It lies athwart the progress of mankind like a colossal mountain-chain, chilling the atmosphere on both sides of it for a thousand miles. The Hannibal who would reach the eternal city of Truth on the other side of these Alps must fight his way over ice and hew ...

— Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel • Ignatius Donnelly

... them in the "Eternal City;" and though they enjoyed the drive, still they were eager to have it over, and to find themselves in that place which was once the centre of the world's rule, and continued to be so for so many ages. Their impatience ...

— Among the Brigands • James de Mille

... to nose, instead of shaking hands. Then the dog nestled into his old place under the linen duster with a grunt of intense content, and soon fell fast asleep, quite worn out with fatigue. No Roman conqueror bearing untold treasures with him, ever approached the Eternal City feeling richer or prouder than did Miss Betty as she rolled rapidly toward the little brown house with the captive won by her own arms. Poor Belinda was forgotten in a corner, "Bluebeard" was thrust under the cushion, and the lovely lemon was squeezed before its time by being sat ...

— Under the Lilacs • Louisa May Alcott

... and the enthusiasm which I do not feel, I have ever scorned to affect. But, at the distance of twenty-five years, I can neither forget nor express the strong emotions which agitated my mind as I first approached and entered the eternal city. After a sleepless night, I trod, with a lofty step, the ruins of the Forum; each memorable spot where Romulus stood, or Tully spoke, or Caesar fell, was at once present to my eye; and several days of intoxication were lost ...

— Stories of Authors, British and American • Edwin Watts Chubb

... The fact that for centuries women have been members and professors in the Academy of St. Luke, and in view of the recent action of l'Ecole des Beaux Arts, this narrowness of the American Academy in the Eternal City ...

— Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. • Clara Erskine Clement

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