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«And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: furlong, threescore
«So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: furlong, rowed
«And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.»
«And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: foursquare, furlong, reed
«Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: / And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Bethany, furlong
«Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.»
«Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.»