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sea And men shall ever link
"For this,"—said Dronacharjya,—"Fame Shall sound thy praise from sea to sea, And men shall ever link thy name With Self-help, Truth, and Modesty."
— from Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

should all make some exertion like
"We should all make some exertion like that in our sorrow, trusting to God's kindness to relieve us.
— from The Claverings by Anthony Trollope

sanctioned and made supreme every law
His thoughtfulness was a stately, sovereign court that sanctioned and made supreme every law that he revered.
— from Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. (Clark Smith) Beardslee

stones and muttering some endless litanies
Meanwhile, high up on the invisible mountain, the people were dragging their bleeding knees from altar to altar, flinging stones, and muttering some endless litanies, with the priests standing by.
— from The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; and the Irish Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray

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