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  • But Hiwilani persisted in doing the talking for him, and in laying upon me his solemn injunction that I must go with Ahuna to the burial-place and bring back the bones desired by my mother.

    SHIN-BONES 2010

  • He, on the other hand, stipulated that he was not to reveal to her the secret burial-place of all the alii of Lakanaii all the way back.

    SHIN-BONES 2010

  • I looked on either hand at the hard, implacable walls, naked of vegetation, and could dream of no burial-place possible in such bare adamant.

    SHIN-BONES 2010

  • Hywel ab Owain sang, improvising upon the beauty of Gwynedd and the splendour of her history, and Cadfael's recalcitrant heart shed its habit for a half-hour, and followed the verses far into the mountains inland of Aber, and across the pale mirror of Lavan Sands to the royal burial-place of Llanfaes on Anglesey.

    His Disposition 2010

  • So great was the assemblage, that the quiet burial-place was filled with crowds of stern, excited men, who had gathered together, believing that something, they knew not what, would be done in behalf of their suffering country.

    Chris Rodda: "Debunk U" Study Guide -- Lesson 1 2010

  • Nearly all around the bay the land rose up from the beach very abruptly, and the only good site that could be found was some level ground used as the burial-place of the Yaquina Bay Indians -- a small band of fish-eating people who had lived near this point on the coast for ages.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • So great was the assemblage, that the quiet burial-place was filled with crowds of stern, excited men, who had gathered together, believing that something, they knew not what, would be done in behalf of their suffering country.

    Chris Rodda: "Debunk U" Study Guide -- Lesson 1 2010

  • Then, after many years, when the harrying had ceased and peace was restored to the oppressed people, they came together and built a church worthily in honour of the saint, because miracles had frequently been done at his burial-place, even at the bede-house where he was buried.

    Time To Ditch St. George 2008

  • Then, after many years, when the harrying had ceased and peace was restored to the oppressed people, they came together and built a church worthily in honour of the saint, because miracles had frequently been done at his burial-place, even at the bede-house where he was buried.

    Archive 2008-04-20 2008

  • Nor was it till I had almost reached the well-known burial-place, in which it was Peter

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

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