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1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., III. vi. 158 b. Ordeyned to heauenly incorruption and an vnperishing crowne.
1799. Shaftesb., Charac., II. 371. Mighty Being!… Unperishing in Grace, and of undecaying Youth!
1789. Cowper, Annus Memorabilis, 15. Deeds of unperishing renown.
c. 1800. Coleridge, On a Cataract, 1. Unperishing youth! Thou leapest from forth The cell of thy hidden nativity.
1852. Billings, Baronial Antiq. Scot., Dunblane, II. 1. The Romans have left unperishing memorials of their far-reaching energy.
