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As a premed student, I should be buying that as a hedge athelas
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'They are dry and some of their virtue has gone, he said, but here I have still some of the leaves of athelas that I gathered near Weathertop.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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Aragorn bathed the hurts with water in which athelas was steeped.
The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965
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And when the fragrance of athelas stole through the room, like the scent of orchards, and of heather in the sunshine full of bees, suddenly Merry awoke, and he said:
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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‘Your lordship asked for kingsfoil, as the rustics name it, he said; or athelas in the noble tongue, or to those who know somewhat of the Valinorean ...’
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Aragorn bathed the hurts with water in which athelas was steeped.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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Once more Aragorn bruised two leaves of athelas and cast them into steaming water; and he laved her brow with it, and her right arm lying cold and nerveless on the coverlet.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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When the black breath blows and death’s shadow grows and all lights pass, come athelas! come athelas!
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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‘They are dry and some of their virtue has one,’ he said, ‘but here I have still some of the leaves of athelas that I gathered near Weathertop.
The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954
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