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  • 'He was as good as his word, and the following day resolutely kept near the poor, timid girl, aiding her to bind up the full-eared corn, and carrying it himself for her to the mows, into which they were hastily forming the sheaves for fear of rain.

    Gladys, the Reaper Anne Beale

  • The year turned out a very dry one, and the crops of the other peasants were all scorched by the sun, but the poor peasant's corn grew thick and tall and full-eared.

    Twenty-Three Tales 1906

  • Bringing what? dry chaff and tares, or full-eared sheaves?

    The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 Emma Lazarus 1868

  • Adair, after stating the strict manner in which the Indians observe the revolutions of the moon, and describing the feast of the harvest, and the first offerings of the fruits, gives a long account of the preparations in putting their temple in proper order for the great day of atonement, which he fixes at the time when the corn is full-eared and ripe, generally in the latter end of September.

    Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820

  • "Look! just look," repeated Marie, "there is not a nook without its sheaf; the humblest roofs are fruitful, and every blade is full-eared wherever one may look.

    The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871

  • "Look! just look," repeated Marie, "there is not a nook without its sheaf; the humblest roofs are fruitful, and every blade is full-eared wherever one may look.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Complete ��mile Zola 1871

  • "Look! just look," repeated Marie, "there is not a nook without its sheaf; the humblest roofs are fruitful, and every blade is full-eared wherever one may look.

    The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 5 ��mile Zola 1871

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