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  • But list! huge wheels roll o'er the jarring stones,

    The Age Reviewed 2010

  • Round Lough Derg's holy island I went upon the stones,

    It May Sound Funny 2006

  • Low art thou laid, O brother! strewn upon the stones,

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Round Lough Derg's holy island I went upon the stones,

    It May Sound Funny 2006

  • Tilianus in Philonius, out of a charitable mind no doubt, wished all his books were gold and silver, jewels and precious stones,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • How this particular instance affected Rose, who was the only companion of the two hermits in their rose-embowered hut of stones,

    The Arrow of Gold 2006

  • Besides numberless pictures of the flagellation, crucifixion, and descent from the cross, we have Judith with the head of Holofernes, Herodias with the head of John the Baptist, Jael assassinating Sisera in his sleep, Peter writhing on the cross, Stephen battered with stones,

    Travels through France and Italy 2004

  • Lading their ships19 with gold and precious stones,

    The First Part of Tamburlaine the Great 2004

  • And jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones,

    The Merchant of Venice 2004

  • Very gently and quietly, almost as if it were the blood singing in her veins, or the water of the stream running over stones,

    The Voyage Out 2004

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