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«Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.»
«Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.»
«Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments -- a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.»
«So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Absalom, bowed, called for
«And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: bowed, Jericho
«I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: bowed, bowed down, mourning, troubled
«I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.»
«Nigel looked at her with sparkling eyes. The soul which shone through her dark face had transformed it for the moment into a beauty, more lofty and more rare than that of her shallow sister. He bowed before the majesty of the woman, and pressed his lips to her hand.»
«Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Adonijah, Bathsheba, bowed
«I have not loved the world, nor the world me; / I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed / To its idolatries a patient knee, / Nor coined my cheek to smiles, nor cried aloud / In worship of an echo.»

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