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«The road winds up the hill to meet the height/ beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight / And yet no man would foolishly contend/ that where he sees it not, it makes an end.»
«Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? / The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.»
«Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.»
«Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; / Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; / Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? / Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? / For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: exceedingly, hedged, hedges, hid, sighing
«These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: hedges, potters
«Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: broken-down, hedges
«Until I became a published writer, I remained completely ignorant of books on how to write and courses on the subject... they would have spoiled my natural style; made me observe caution; would have hedged me with rules.»

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