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For what would have transpired after my 'Hosannah'?
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Having toiled to bring about the utter extinction of Colonial bondage and having lived to see the glorious day when all the slaves of the ebon islands of the West sang "Hosannah" because they were free, he believed that he yet should live to see -- should he say it -- Transatlantic bondage crushed out for ever and ever, and then, from an emancipated
The story of the life of John Anderson : the fugitive slave ed. 1863
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If this be so, we can think of the palm-groves of Bethany again bared of their branches; -- these waved in triumph as a new and nobler "Hosannah" awakes the ancient echoes of Olivet -- "Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!"
Memories of Bethany 1856
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I loved the "Hosannah" movement, described as the "only intrusion of Broadway in the score."
unknown title 2009
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He was particularly taken by Mr. Nagao's "Hosannah," a piece that uses a call and response between organ and audience to combine the contradictory sentiments of "Palm Sunday, the celebratory aspect of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and his death."
O for a Thousand Pipes to Sing Lee Lawrence 2011
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And lo, I swear by all that is holy, I wanted to join in the chorus and cry with them all, 'Hosannah!'
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You have to wear the coat of many colors and twirl around in it to screaming "Hosannah in the highest" while you fleece America's voting sheep
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I heard the joyful squeals of the cherubim, as they sang and cried 'Hosannah!' and the thunderous howl of ecstasy from the seraphim that shook heaven and all the universe.
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He was a close student of human nature too, and thoroughly understood that they were fully capable of crying "Hosannah!" to-day, and "Crucify him! crucify him!" to-morrow.
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And with him was a woman, young and comely who likewise shouted saying, 'Hosannah!
The Coming of the King Bernie Babcock
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