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I have always wondered about the left-over energy, the way water goes rushing down a hill long after the rains have stopped or the fire you want to go to bed from but cannot leave, burning-down but not burnt-down the red coals more extreme, more curious in their flashing and dying than you wish they were sitting long after midnight
Pony Positive Day Two rabid1st 2009
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"PAC youth are not involved in the burning-down of schools," Mr
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Incidents reported included the burning-down of a chief's house near Middledrift, and fire damage to the Hlaziya
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The Voce Della Verita has described it as a direct inspiration of the devil, and suggests the burning-down of the studio in which it was painted, as a means of purifying the Sovrani Palace from the taint of sulphur and brimstone.
The Master-Christian Marie Corelli 1889
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There was a quick response, the bearer opening the door with fumbling fingers, and as he held the rapidly burning-down match Dickenson drew the pricker from his belt, held the light close, and began to operate on the wick of the little lamp inside the lantern.
The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War George Manville Fenn 1870
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I swear, Nintendo have screwed both me and the Australian gaming public at large almost to the point where I'm ready to join a radical-faction-type-group and start burning-down Nintendo's Offices across the country.
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I swear, Nintendo have screwed both me and the Australian gaming public at large almost to the point where I'm ready to join a radical-faction-type-group and start burning-down Nintendo's Offices across the country.
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I swear, Nintendo have screwed both me and the Australian gaming public at large almost to the point where I'm ready to join a radical-faction-type-group and start burning-down Nintendo's Offices across the country.
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I swear, Nintendo have screwed both me and the Australian gaming public at large almost to the point where I'm ready to join a radical-faction-type-group and start burning-down Nintendo's Offices across the country.
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I swear, Nintendo have screwed both me and the Australian gaming public at large almost to the point where I'm ready to join a radical-faction-type-group and start burning-down Nintendo's Offices across the country.
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