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And for Sassoon, the complacent approval of the war he encountered "back home" was the final twist of the knife: "For you our battles shine / With triumph half-divine," he wrote in "To the Warmongers," "But a curse is on my head . . ."

Versed in the Horror of War Michael Caines 2011

In this, Jesus, the “lamb of God,” is important solely because his supercharged half-divine blood is as powerful as a gajillion actual lambs, and by rededicating his murder to God, anybody can be absolved of their sins at any time forever.

Think Progress » Franklin Graham affirms concerns of critics, appears on Fox to proselytize against Muslims. 2010

The range of emotions Mr. Delavan can communicate with his half-divine, half-human voice appears limitless.

What Staging Can Do, for Good or Ill 2010

We observe the symptoms of denial brought on by chronic magic-thinking, the elevation of the Self to (at least) half-divine, and the disconnection from demonstrable reality that results.

New Obama Ad On McCain's Reformer Image: "Wait A Second" 2009

But in this new version, God is willing to save his son, despite the fact that Jesus is half-human, because, after all, Jesus is God's son and thus half-divine.

John Seery: Ann Coulter Has a Point, Kind Of (Hear Me Out...) 2008

The key to this scenario is that Jesus, in some important if unclear sense, is half-human and half-divine.

John Seery: Ann Coulter Has a Point, Kind Of (Hear Me Out...) 2008

On that day all the gods looked down from heaven upon the ship and the might of the heroes, half-divine, the bravest of men then sailing the sea; and on the topmost heights the nymphs of Pelion wondered as they beheld the work of Itonian Athena, and the heroes themselves wielding the oars.

The Argonautica 2008

And now that I have begun with you, I will celebrate the race of mortal men half-divine whose deeds the Muses have showed to mankind.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

And now I will leave you and sing the glories of men half-divine, whose deeds minstrels, the servants of the Muses, celebrate with lovely lips.

Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

The stranger came nearer; there was something half-diabolical, half-divine in the smile that he gave Helene.

A Woman of Thirty 2007