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These having made their round, and broken their fasting,
Psalms of the Sisters Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys 1909
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[10] When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
LXIX. Book II 1909
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Trousseau advises non-smokers who suffer from chronic constipation to smoke a cigarette fasting,
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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It appears that nominally they all preserve their original Mahommedanism, but that they assume to themselves such a degree of perfection as dispenses them from the observance of its forms of prayer, fasting,
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The scourge grew red, the lip grew pale with fasting,
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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The scourge grew red, the lip grew pale with fasting,
Religious Poems, Part 1., from Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems Volume II., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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The scourge grew red, the lip grew pale with fasting,
Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems, Complete Volume II., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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And poorly armed, and ready to faint with fasting,
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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The best of our actions may become the worst of our accusations, as David's fasting,
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Antonios, a Year 5 student of Greek-Australian background at Punchbowl Public School in Sydney's southwest, said he and a friend had to be locked inside the library for an hour after being chased by a group of Muslim boys offended by his choice of food while they were fasting,
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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