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beast of burden it ever remains
It is of itself a dull and dumb thing (as your beast of burden); it ever remains in its torpid meditative mood, and is moved to and fro by other agencies; as a plank is tossed up and down, by the adverse current and waves in the sea.
— from The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) by Valmiki

but one bed in each room
For the house was so arranged that there was but one bed in each room.
— from Gritli's Children by Johanna Spyri

Bibliography of Books in English Relating
Levis, H. C. A Descriptive Bibliography of Books in English Relating to Engraving and the Collection of Prints.
— from John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen

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