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  • "Pasht," I said politely in French, in reply to this clotted nonsense,

    Simon the Jester William John Locke 1896

  • On occasion he may be a bit clumsy with his metaphors ( 'Down they came like the wrath of Pasht, the scorching desert wind, and the noise of their approach was the deafening roar of silence.') but perhaps I need to remind myself that teens don't have the reading experience of adults, and what may appear somewhat banal to us ( 'deafening roar of silence') is new and fresh to them.

    Archive 2008-04-01 L. Lee Lowe 2008

  • On occasion he may be a bit clumsy with his metaphors ( 'Down they came like the wrath of Pasht, the scorching desert wind, and the noise of their approach was the deafening roar of silence.') but perhaps I need to remind myself that teens don't have the reading experience of adults, and what may appear somewhat banal to us ( 'deafening roar of silence') is new and fresh to them.

    Do Not Enter L. Lee Lowe 2008

  • Well, speaking of the Muslim World, is a bit of a tip off Mike, that you know or speak with darn few Arabs or Kurds, that you read nor Urdo or Pasht, or have much of a handle on the "Muslim World" in English either.

    Obama's rope-a-dope 2009

  • _On the Relations between Pasht, the Moon, and the Cat, in

    Moon Lore Timothy Harley

  • Bubastis was the sacred city of cats, and there was the temple of the goddess Pasht, whose statue appeared with the head of a cat.

    Fun and Frolic Various

  • He was still staring a saturnine Pasht out of countenance.

    The Palace of Darkened Windows Mary Hastings Bradley

  • And so some people say that this is not Pasht at all, but Mut herself, who was sometimes represented as lion-headed.

    The Palace of Darkened Windows Mary Hastings Bradley

  • "I like Pasht better than Mut," said Arlee decidedly.

    The Palace of Darkened Windows Mary Hastings Bradley

  • Once, when Pasht was a kitten and his mistress too ill to think about him, he had come from England under Martini's care, tucked away in a basket.

    The Gadfly 1912

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