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  • I know, as if I had been with thee, O Blind, that thou tookest the Cripple pick-a-back, and he showed thee the way till thou borest him to the trees.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • And patient bear that parting blow thou borest so patiently:

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • On the very morning of thy death, the seven old men to whom obedience was commanded by the chieftain, curse thee because thou borest away with thee the soul of their hero.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • When thou clovest thy crown i’ the middle, and gavest away both parts, thou borest thine ass on thy back o’er the dirt: thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gavest thy golden one away.

    Act I. Scene IV. King Lear 1914

  • When thou clovest thy crown i 'the middle, and gavest away both parts, thou borest thine ass on thy back o'er the dirt: thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gavest thy golden one away.

    Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare Leo Tolstoy 1869

  • Thou wert in Naples by great Virgil's tomb, and borest dust from Posilippo's grot, and hast been wetted by the dainty spray from bays and shoals of old Etrurian name.

    The Gypsies Charles Godfrey Leland 1863

  • * And patient bear that parting blow thou borest so patiently:

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Welcome to presumibly the borest blog in the galaxy.

    starwars.com Blogs Lord Reinhart 2010

  • Welcome to presumibly the borest blog in the galaxy.

    starwars.com Blogs Lord Reinhart 2010

  • When thou clovest thy crown i 'the middle, and gavest away both parts, thou borest thy ass on thy back o'er the dirt: thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown, when thou gavest thy golden one away.

    King Lear 1605

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