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  • Athirst for blood, Gunther and Gernot let him pass in.

    The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour

  • Athirst for power he is, before all: in this trait lie the original seeds of his destruction; it is for the sake of the tokens of power, the castle and later the ring, that he commits the injustices which bring about ruin.

    The Wagnerian Romances Gertrude Hall Brownell 1912

  • Athirst, too, for wisdom: he has given one of his eyes for Wisdom, in the person of Fricka, who combines in herself law and order and domestic virtue.

    The Wagnerian Romances Gertrude Hall Brownell 1912

  • Athirst and grimacing, they hurry up; and from the profoundest depths of their being wells up the chorus of despair and disappointment, "Oh, Hell!"

    Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904

  • Athirst by Jacob's well, like any other wayfaring, way-worn traveller, He begs a draught of water from

    The Angels' Song Thomas Guthrie 1838

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