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O thou that dost support the earth and restest thereupon, whosoe'er thou art, a riddle past our ken! be thou Zeus, or natural necessity, or man's intellect, to thee I pray; for, though thou treadest o'er a noiseless path, all thy dealings with mankind are by justice guided.
The Trojan Women 2008
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We dogs are all a mourning; but thou clappest thy wings and clarionest thy loudest and treadest hen after hen.
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O thou that dost support the earth and restest thereupon, whosoe'er thou art, a riddle past our ken! be thou Zeus, or natural necessity, or man's intellect, to thee I pray; for, though thou treadest o'er a noiseless path, all thy dealings with mankind are by justice guided.
The Trojan Women 2008
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But more than that, Isis—not Osiris—was the original Saviour, being described by Aristides, an initiate of her mysteries, as ‘a Light and other unutterable things conducing to salvation’, while Lucius Apuleius addressed her thus: ‘O Thou Holy and eternal Saviour of the human race…thou givest light to the Sun…Thou treadest death underfoot.’
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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But more than that, Isis—not Osiris—was the original Saviour, being described by Aristides, an initiate of her mysteries, as ‘a Light and other unutterable things conducing to salvation’, while Lucius Apuleius addressed her thus: ‘O Thou Holy and eternal Saviour of the human race…thou givest light to the Sun…Thou treadest death underfoot.’
The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004
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It shall not cumber thy steps, as thou treadest along the forest-path: neither shalt thou freight the ship with it, if thou prefer to cross the sea.
The Scarlet Letter 2002
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We dogs are all a-mourning, but thou clappest thy wings and clarionest thy loudest and treadest hen after hen.
Tehran Winter Naipaul, V.S. 1981
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Thou treadest along the path whose auspiciousness is of inconceivable extent.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Thou too treadest in the path in which strength of arms is to be put forth, -- the path that leadeth to tangible rewards.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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The mould whereon thou treadest shall be of Tagus 'sands,
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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