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Figure 9.20 shows us that as a group Latino Catholics consistently adopt a more orthodox perspective than their “Anglo” co-religionists, although neither group could be characterized as hewing closely to the official teachings of the Catholic Church.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Both Jewish and Tyrian builders were employed in hewing these great stones.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

As soon as the kettle boiled, I made porridge and coffee; and that, beyond the literal drawing of water, and the preparation of kindling, which it would be hyperbolical to call the hewing of wood, ended my domestic duties for the day.

The Silverado Squatters 1884

As soon as the kettle boiled, I made porridge and coffee; and that, beyond the literal drawing of water, and the preparation of kindling, which it would be hyperbolical to call the hewing of wood, ended my domestic duties for the day.

The Silverado Squatters Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

The king, a head taller than any of his men, fought in their front rank, his terrible two-handed sword hewing down every man who opposed him.

Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest 1867

He who would inflict death in the room of him who so presides over it may be described as hewing wood instead of a great carpenter.

The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics Laozi 1856

He who would inflict death in the room of him who so presides over it may be described as hewing wood instead of a great carpenter.

Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2008

Several entries in the farm manager's reports relate to the "hewing" and "preparing" of planks, timbers, rafters, and studs for sheds.

Interactive Dig Mt. Vernon - Dig Diaries: Report 14 2003

It is time to exercise our horticultural husbandry skills and do a little "hewing" at the ballot box in November.

The Freedom Fighter's Journal Ronbo 2010

Balls could not have been more generous this morning, but the downside of the Miliband "new generation" strategy is that those who, like Balls, were hewing at the coal face of New Labour when the new leader was still a researcher on a political programme would be less than human if they didn't wake in the small hours thinking "it should have been me".

Ed Balls: room for the big beast? Anne Perkins 2010