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 JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 3 2 Nothing that he could do would cleanse him till he had told his own sin.
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.
5 He slipped his arm about Carol's shoulder; he went down to supper rejoicing that he was cleansed of perilous stuff.
6 All the numerous implements which have been in use are likewise faithfully cleansed and put away.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight 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 5 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—BRUNESEAU. 8 The unmanufactured sperm oil possesses a singularly cleansing virtue.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.