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  • I approached the sitting figure, and making a respectful bow,

    Dream tales and prose poems 2006

  • "Forgive me, my Lord Captain Commander, " Trom said with a slight bow,

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • Crusoe recoiling from the footprint, Achilles shouting over against the Trojans, Ulysses bending the great bow,

    Memories and Portraits 2005

  • The man in black looked at her with evident curiosity, then making her rather a graceful bow,

    Lavengro 2004

  • Grant, “Madame;” then to Lady Helena, with another bow,

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • “Here!” cried Starbuck, seizing Stubb by the shoulder, and pointing his hand towards the weather bow,

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Aydrian crawled further away, to the first open grave, and pulled forth the mighty bow,

    Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

  • Aydrian crawled further away, to the first open grave, and pulled forth the mighty bow,

    Ascendance Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 2001

  • O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna 'bow,

    O, the Shearing's Not for You 1999

  • O the shearing's not for you, for your back it wouldna 'bow,

    O, the Shearing's Not for You 1999

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