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Holy Land and brought back with him a palm branch.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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Then he lifted his trunk, still holding the palm branch, and he sniffed and snuffed.
Umboo, the Elephant Howard Roger Garis 1917
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For example, dwelling in booths, wearing fringes, and shaking the palm branch.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907
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From the left hand of Joseph, grasping the palm branch, to the right hand of Mary, with the basin of water, runs the strong main line which gives character to the drawing.
Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation 1489-1534 [Illustrator] Correggio 1893
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Often the good cause seems to lie prostrate under the thunder of relenting force, the martyrs live reviled, they die, and no angel is seen holding forth the crown and the palm branch.
Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849
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On the dexter side an angel, mantle purpure; on the head a celestial crown; the right hand supporting an anchor proper; in the left a palm branch, or.
Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
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