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  • Taketh upon yourselves to go to the ends of the Earth and spread the good news of the gospel, that the Father loves you and holds a place for you in his kingdom.

    At the Purple Dog Café... Ann Althouse 2009

  • Errors of Enchantment » He Who Giveth, Taketh and gives to his friends

    Errors of Enchantment » He Who Giveth, Taketh (and gives to his friends) 2008

  • There's the Giveth hand, and the Taketh Away hand.

    Larry Arnstein: Whiplash at the Gates Foundation 2008

  • Back to the Taketh Away hand, which invests in companies like Tenet Healthcare (unnecessary surgeries for profit, Medicare fraud and other pranks) and also in companies which buy stuff made by the slave labor of children, mostly in Africa, and chemical plants and the (yawn) oil companies, and so on.

    Larry Arnstein: Whiplash at the Gates Foundation 2008

  • Dow Giveth, Dow Taketh Away yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Dow Giveth, Dow Taketh Away'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: When it comes to the economy, the national mood is a combination of dissatisfaction and fear.

    Dow Giveth, Dow Taketh Away 2007

  • Yea, though he walk through the valley of the shadow of death, he will fear no backbench rebellion, for the wailing and gnashing of teeth only go to show him that He Alone Among Men Hath What It Taketh To Prevail.

    How mad is Tony Blair? Rachel 2006

  • He that Taketh and Bryngeth unto Us either of theym, he shal have for his Reward C. _l_ of Land in

    Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Ruth Putnam

  • He that Taketh and Bryngeth unto Us either of theym, he shal have for his Reward C. _l of Land in

    Charles the Bold Putnam, Ruth, 1856-1931 1908

  • Taketh his sword, and smiteth asunder the life vein,

    A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 William Carew Hazlitt 1873

  • Although T.Q.D.'s recent songs have lightened up a bit compared with older lyrics that he described as "cryptic," almost all of "Taketh Away" addresses topics from love to day-to-day struggles in a serious tone.

    www.startribune.com 2012

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