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  • Till the point of his word piercèd his breast-hoard.

    Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall

  • With'drawing the gore-streaked blade, he thrust again, pierc-ing the ogre's thigh and felling the monster like a toppling tree trunk.

    Emperor of Ansalon Niles, Douglas 1993

  • Her eyes were a strange, pierc - ing blue and always seemed to be seeing things not immediately apparent to others.

    The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

  • As she slept, Danyal became aware of a voice pierc-ing her dreams, blending with her sleeping thoughts.

    Waylander Gemmell, David 1986

  • You rows of houses! you window-pierc’d façades! you roofs!

    Song of the Open Road 1900

  • You rows of houses! you window-pierc'd facades! you

    Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867

  • You rows of houses! you window-pierc'd facades! you roofs!

    Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855

  • Would .. you ever consi. .der pierc. .ing your lip?

    Recent activities from Rachel at MySpace 2010

  • A pierc - ing cry interrupts my execution; I fee a fpeftre half naked, pale and bloody, endeavouring to force thro* the guards who furround me.

    Tales, romances, apologues, anecedotes and novels : humorous, satiric, entertaining, historical, tragical and moral; from the French.. 1786

  • At that point, verse is so overwhelming that, in of soul evolution a n d physical angelic communication a n d open the individual soul can override spite of all the thousands of Bud - evolution to occur in every growth the books of God's Law to be read 'negative programming' through dhas and "Christed Masters" pierc - cycle. in the higher heavens as the Cos - the ability to forge a new program ing the planetary veil of soul evolu - 33 The collective prescriptions mic Law.

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