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  • History and philosophy have eternal duties, which are, at the same time, simple duties; to combat Caiphas the High-priest, Draco the

    Les Miserables 2008

  • The first may be drawn from their High-priest, who on holidays enters their temple with his mitre on, arrayed in a skin of a hind embroidered with gold, wearing buskins, and a coat hanging down to his ankles; besides, he has a great many little bells depending from his garment which make a noise as he walks.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • “So the High-priest does not think me Dwayanu, either?”

    Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

  • High-priest that he had been right — I had no power to summon the Greater-than-Gods — that I was either imposter or mad.

    Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

  • High-priest where the Black Octopus hovered over the three thrones, but a chain of comfortable rooms in another part of the citadel.

    Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

  • The High-priest wore the yellow smock with the tentacles entwined round him.

    Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

  • The first may be drawn from their High-priest, who on holidays enters their temple with his mitre on, arrayed in a skin of a hind embroidered with gold, wearing buskins, and a coat hanging down to his ankles; besides, he has a great many little bells depending from his garment which make a noise as he walks.

    Symposiacs 2004

  • For five days I had sat on the throne of the High-priest, ruling

    Dwellers in the Mirage 2004

  • This then is our High-priest; this is intercession -- these the benefits of it.

    The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

  • "We have such a High-priest, who is set down on the right hand of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched and not man."

    The Riches of Bunyan Jeremiah Rev. Chaplin

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