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• They stood there upon the thresh-hold, listening, and heard Joseph tell his tale, and when he had said, ‘You know all this,’ they heard Miss Olivia answer him. —  The Benevent Treasure - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 26: 1953
• On the nuclear threat faced by the region, Kapoor said: "The presence of nuclear weapons in our neighbourhood, underlines the fact that any conventional war can at any time turn in to a nuclear war, provided a certain thresh-hold is crossed by either side." —  Top Stories - Google News
• The accusers doubtless had in mind the rabbinical dictum that rubbing out an ear of grain in the hands was a species of threshing; that blowing away the chaff was winnowing; and that it was unlawful to thresh or winnow on the Sabbath. —  Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
• The Bible says, "Seven days unto the Lord"; therefore we should in all our merriment devote a few serious thoughts to Him The Feast of Tabernacles is held in the autumn, after the fruits of the field have been garnered in the storehouses, according to the words of the Bible, "The Feast of Tabernacles shalt thou hold for thyself seven days when thou hast gathered in the produce of thy thresh-floor and thy wine-press This dwelling in booths is also to bring to mind the manner in which the Israelites lived for forty years after they left Egypt. —  Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
• Go! Your father has sent for you: go this moment I mechanically followed my aunt, without in the least understanding what it was all about, and as I crossed the thresh-hold I saw my father with his hair on end walking up and down the room with long strides. —  Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876

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