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«There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children»
«The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.»
Author: David Mamet (Playwright) | Keywords: absorb, devour, tragic
«The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing»
«There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: cankerworm, devour
«They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: devour, MOAB, Sihon, The Crown, tumultuous
«Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: / I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.»
«They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: begotten, dealt, devour, portions
«There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: devour, swords
«The Great Black Things that have loomed against the horizon of my life, threatening to devour me, simply loomed and nothing more. The things that have really made me miss my train have always been sweet, soft, pretty, pleasant things of which I was n»
«There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour»

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