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  • Upon his crying out Pedro steppeth thither, sees him, knowes him, and findeth the fallacy of his wife; with whom (nevertbelesse) he groweth to agreement, in regard of some imperfections in himselfe.

    The Decameron 2004

  • When the sinner out – steppeth the law and heedeth the high God not; antistrophe 4

    The Choephori 2002

  • When the sinner out – steppeth the law and heedeth the high God not; antistrophe 4

    The Choephori 2002

  • The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

    John 5. 1999

  • The man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no man … to put me into the pool … while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.’

    A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

  • The man answered him, ‘Sir, I have no man … to put me into the pool … while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.’

    A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art Gertrude Grace Sill 1975

  • Pouring his shafts, like the very clouds during the rainy season when propelled by mighty winds, that son of Kunti when Vasudeva as his second, steppeth for battle!

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • Tell me that thou wilt come unto me this night, wedded to _me_, by yon old priest; and that, within the arms of Uma so sweet, of Parvati who steppeth so lightly, I may set my seal upon thee.

    Leonie of the Jungle Joan Conquest

  • The Bumme Bayllyffe having called him loudly by his name, showeth his writ, steppeth up, and tappeth him once gently upon the shoulder, whereupon the ceremony is completed, and the future inmate of the Fleet departeth with the Bumme Bayllyffe.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 Various

  • Whoso flieth this steppeth aside from the way of poverty and of a pure life.

    The Following of Christ. c. 1300-1361 1910

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