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Letter "P" » plough
«Doubt not to reap, if thou can't bear to plough.»
Author: Judith Maden
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plough
«If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy who drives the plough to know more of the scriptures than you do»
Author: William Tyndale
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Boys Will Be Boys, drives, plough, scriptures, spare, The Plough
«He that by the plough would thrive, himself must either hold or drive»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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plough, The Plough, thrive
«He lowered the window, and looked out at the rising sun. There was a ridge of ploughed land, with a plough upon it where it had been left last night when the horses were unyoked; beyond, a quiet coppice-wood, in which many leaves of burning red and golden yellow still remained upon the trees. Though the earth was cold and wet, the sky was clear, and the sun rose bright, placid, and beautiful.»
Author: Charles Dickens
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coppice, lowered, placid, plough, ploughed, remained, ridge, ridges, Rising Sun, sun rose, The Rising
«And so we plough along, as the fly said to the ox»
«'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.»
«For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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avail, avails, plough, sail, The Plough
«Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave»
«By this time he has tested his first plough, / And studied his last chapter of St John.»
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