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No, such lofty and poetic thoughts were not his, but they did fill the mind of
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The architecture is so-so modern Dwarf-revival but certainly not so lofty
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broke the dreaming spire, the cathedral, terraced high and lofty,
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"Their goal may be lofty, but that's not the Christial way
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princess and the lofty stranger
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He had never been social with anyone from such lofty heights of the pyramid and would have never guessed he could feel so strongly about someone like her
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Few still stayed in a dorm when pursuing studies that lofty, but there was still this atrium of three hundred rooms for those who did
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On the southern edge of this plateau, overlooking the Karedarzin lowlands and the river itself, far in the distance, there is a series of lofty cliffs stretching irregularly for hundreds of miles
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The pillar grows wider as it nears the lofty ceiling, close inspection can show that it blends into the globe above
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Over her shoulders she caught a glimpse of Jim, smiling down at her from his lofty perch at the top of the steps
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“If you’re one of the council members as your lofty appearance
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Following the winding corridors and lofty structures, she eventually found her way to the practice yard that the innkeeper’s son had mentioned
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His other important concern was to get plenty of aerobic exercise through his lofty, flapping, floating maneuvers which, by the way, were admired by most all other birds due to his being able to move about at a tremendous velocity and change direction with great ease in the darkest of skies…amazingly without crashing into anything
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Not only can Bob the Buho hang out almost invisible in his lofty environment, but he can swirl about silently in the black sky without calling attention to the sensitive eardrums of many of his prey
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That’s why they write from such a lofty viewpoint
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Reia countered, “That wasn't necessary! We're just a trying to do our duties as well as the next of them that has the honor to serve!” She positioned herself carefully between the lackey and Jista and kept up a running monologue about the privileges of service, how they'd risen to this lofty level of responsibility
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” She considered for only a moment, then added, “I am, what was once known as, among those lofty ancient circles: a child of the 'First Water'---that is a fancy epithet meaning: No one's the boss of me! If I choose to continue down the path I've already chosen, so be it
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“I find it immensely comforting! And that our Elf is just the sort of individual these lofty entities want in their club---that is beyond satisfying
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By Mr Snickerty's lofty demeanour, Jacob Wanting knew that further argument would be fruitless, so he thanked the gentlemen that they had at least heard him out, and then he left quietly
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He was a much younger man then, a young man of lofty privilege
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They possessed, too, in a much higher degree than their adversaries, all the arts of popularity and of gaining proselytes; arts which the lofty and dignified sons of the church had long neglected, as being to them in a great measure useless
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The Lord Jesus Christ offered his lofty position up to be born into a human body, to be raised in a poor family and to innocently die a horrifying death on a cross, so that we can be absolved of all our sin and be brought back into the relationship with God that he initially intended
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Isa 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones
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There was a dull roar; a complete section about a foot wide was blown away as cleanly as if cut, and the mighty trunk rearing its lofty branches over 150 feet in the air, poised itself for a second, and fell to the earth with a thunder and force that shook the ground, crushing down large trees and part of the sacred grove in its fall, and badly injuring some natives who had gone too close after they had been warned
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creature, as it was possible he could have done in any lofty hall
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Such lofty ideals, however, are theoretical, of course!
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…rejecting the notion that virtue or (goodness) is an applied rather than a natural condition…that the will toward moral excellence or (goodness) is not (necessarily) assigned by (formal) conventions…(although a society scripted in exceptional manners would likely encourage lofty manners)…that seeks its (own) goodness for its (own) sake… rather than goodness‘ sake…(that nevertheless offers its own special rewards)…that, notwithstanding, would (equally) satisfy universal sentiments…and that a society, however primitive or advanced, seeks its own goodness because it is considered good for that society to do so…that it naturally follows its (own) immanent understanding of what is good, whatever its form, to begin with…setting aside, for the moment, such advantages that might otherwise accrue to that society…(and) that…such goodness, however, should never be confused with eternal standards of goodness or (moral excellence) that naturally evolve in communion with Humankind‘s (inherently) perfectible nature, that, properly informed, provides meaning and (further) insight and guidance into the essential nature of things or ideas or what it meant by ―Good‖…
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the meaning of the word! For they have adorned themselves as queens, high and lofty, in their extravagant
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It would appear that America has, whether intentionally or not, (I will leave such questions for others to argue), hastened its own decline by reasons of ―guilt,‖ ―shame‖ and (national) complacency or perhaps a combination of all three or simply because egalitarian attitudes no longer make it feasible for America to shoulder such (lofty) burdens
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Says The Lord, The High and Lofty One
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The eyes of The Lord have seen it, the ears of The Lord have heard it! Therefore shall the error of the proud be exposed, and the look of the lofty be brought down!
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Such (lofty) ideals neither profess nor encourage the overriding of critical or independent thinking provided such expressions neither conflict with nor seek to negate another individual‘s right to equally express his or her own private opinions or place that individual in HARM‘S WAY
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The lofty arrogance of that brief slight steeled her resolve
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The proud and lofty to put away
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The regularity of its lofty comings and goings decreed a sense of order to the smallness of life below
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Then there were those who aspired to such a lofty perch sans the lofty deeds, such as this were some of the Caesars of Rome
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There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up; there’s a
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11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled,
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the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 16 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified
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lofty sentiments thousand zhangs, life health hero shortness of breath, before the body
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Should I receive comfort through these? 7 on a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed; even in there went you up to
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Do you have dreams? Aspirations? Lofty ambitions? It would be an amazing privilege to help you achieve your heart’s desires
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evident on their lofty ledges, their bases cluttered with heaps of
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You will say to them: "you who have drunk the strained wine, Drink you also of its dregs, The judgment of the Lofty One who has no
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plain, and lofty and rugged rocky mountains surrounded it, and that forest occupied much space
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forest which lofty and rugged mountains surrounded, this is the word
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have seen, the lofty cedar, which was left of that forest, and the fact, that the vine spoke those words with it which you did hear, this
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1 The tyrant Antiochus, therefore, sitting in public state with his assessors on a certain lofty place, with his armed troops standing in a
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A flaming fire surrounded the walls, and its portals blazed with fire; And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice; There were no delights of life in it: fear covered me, and trembling gat hold on me; And as I quaked and trembled, I fell on my face; And I beheld a vision, And note! there was a second house, greater than the former, and the entire portal stood open before me, and it was built of flames of fire; And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour and its extent; And its floor was of fire, and above it were lightnings and the path of the stars, and its ceiling also was flaming fire; And I looked and saw in it a lofty throne; Its appearance was as crystal, and the wheels of it as the shining sun, and there was the vision of cherubim; And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon; And the Great Glory sat thereon, and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and was whiter than any snow
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And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other, and the Earth began to cry aloud; And I raised my eyes again to Heaven, and I saw in the vision, and note there came out from Heaven beings who were like white men, and four went out from that place and three with them; And those three that had last come out grasped me by my hand and took me up, away from the generations of the Earth, and raised me up to a lofty place, and showed me a tower raised high above the Earth, and all the hills were lower; And one said to me: 'Remain here till you see everything that befalls those elephants, camels, and asses, and the stars and the oxen, and all of them
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And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a secret, without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in; And again I raised my eyes towards Heaven and saw a lofty roof, with seven water torrents thereon, and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure; And I saw again, and note fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure, and that water began to swell and rise on the surface, and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water; And the water, the darkness, and mist increased on it; and as I looked at the height of that water, that water had risen above the height of that enclosure, and was streaming over that enclosure, and it stood on the Earth; And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water; But that vessel floated on the water, while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals, so that I could no longer see them, and they were not able to escape, but perished and sank into the depths; And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof, and the chasms of the Earth were leveled up and other abysses were opened; Then the water began to run down into these, till the Earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the Earth, and the darkness retired and light appeared; But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel, and the three bulls with him, and one of those three was white like that bull, and one of them was red as blood, and one black, and that white bull departed from them
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And they began to bring out beasts of the field and birds, so that there arose different genera: lions, tigers, wolves, dogs, hyenas, wild boars, foxes, squirrels, pigs, falcons, vultures, kites, eagles, and ravens; and among them was born a white bull; And they began to bite one another; but that white bull which was born among them begot a wild ass and a white bull with it, and the wild asses multiplied; But that bull which was born from him begot a black wild boar and a white sheep; and the former begot many boars, but that sheep begot twelve sheep; And when those twelve sheep had grown, they gave up one of them to the asses, and those asses again gave up that sheep to the wolves, and that sheep grew up among the wolves; And the Lord brought the eleven sheep to live with it and to pasture with it among the wolves, and they multiplied and became many flocks of sheep; And the wolves began to fear them, and they oppressed them until they destroyed their little ones, and they throw their young into a river of much water, but those sheep began to cry aloud on account of their little ones, and to complain to their Lord; And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to the wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried, and begged their Lord with all their might, till that Lord of the sheep descended at the voice of the sheep from a lofty abode, and came to them and pastured them; And He called that sheep which had escaped the wolves, and spoke with it concerning the wolves that it should admonish them not to touch the sheep; And the sheep went to the wolves according to the word of the Lord, and another sheep met it and went with it, and the two went and entered together into the assembly of those wolves, and spoke with them and admonished them not to touch the sheep from from now on; And thereon I saw the wolves, and how they oppressed the sheep exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried aloud; And the Lord came to the sheep and they began to strike those wolves, and the wolves began to make lamentation; but the sheep became quiet and immediately ceased to cry out; And I saw the sheep till they departed from among the wolves; but the eyes of the wolves were blinded, and those wolves departed in pursuit of the sheep with all their power; And the Lord of the sheep went with them, as their leader, and all His sheep followed Him, and his face was dazzling and glorious and aweful to see; But the wolves began to pursue those sheep till they reached a sea of water; And that sea was divided, and the water stood on this side and on that before their face, and their Lord led them and placed Himself between them and the wolves; And as those wolves did not yet see the sheep, they proceeded into the midst of that sea, and the wolves followed the sheep, and those wolves ran after them into that sea; And when they saw the Lord of the sheep, they turned to flee before His face, but that sea gathered itself together, and became as it had been created, and the water swelled and rose till it covered those wolves; And I saw till all the wolves who pursued those sheep perished and were drowned
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But the sheep escaped from that water and went out into a wilderness, where there was no water and no grass; and they began to open their eyes and to see; and I saw the Lord of the sheep pasturing them and giving them water and grass, and that sheep going and leading them; And that sheep ascended to the summit of that lofty rock, and the Lord of the sheep sent it to them; And after that I saw the Lord of the sheep who stood before them, and His appearance was great and aweful and majestic, and all those sheep saw Him and were afraid before His face; And they all feared and trembled because of Him, and they cried to that sheep with those who was among them: 'We are not able to stand before our Lord or to see Him
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49 and led the little sheep; And those sheep grew and multiplied; but all the dogs, and foxes, and wild boars feared and fled before it, and that ram butted and killed the wild beasts, and those wild beasts had no longer any power among the sheep and robbed them no more of anything; And that ram begot many sheep and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in its stead, and became prince and leader of those sheep; And that house became great and broad, and it was built for those sheep, and a tower lofty and great was built on the house for the Lord of the sheep, and that house was low, but the tower was elevated and lofty, and the Lord of the sheep stood on that tower and they offered a full table before Him
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that a three-foot kid could reach to such high, lofty places
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This time, however, their problem stemmed from Josie’s “newly found lesbianism” and its possible effect on their impressionable children who were witnessing their mother changing her lofty ideals of marriage and family life into a preference for homosexual activity which their religion condemns as unnatural
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A flaming fire surrounded the walls and its portals blazed with fire; And I entered into that house and it was hot as fire and cold as ice; There were no delights of life in it: fear covered me and trembling gat hold on me; And as I quaked and trembled I fell on my face; And I beheld a vision And note! there was a second house greater than the former and the entire portal stood open before me and it was built of flames of fire; And in every respect it so excelled in splendour and magnificence and extent that I cannot describe to you its splendour and its extent; And its floor was of fire and above it were lightnings and the path of the stars and its ceiling also was flaming fire; And I looked and saw in it a lofty throne; Its appearance was as crystal and the wheels of it as the shining sun and there was the vision of cherubim; And from underneath the throne came streams of flaming fire so that I could not look thereon; And the Great Glory sat thereon and His raiment shone more brightly than the sun and was whiter than any snow
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And again I saw how they began to gore each other and to devour each other and the Earth began to cry aloud; And I raised my eyes again to Heaven and I saw in the vision and note there came out from Heaven beings who were like white men and four went out from that place and three with them; And those three that had last come out grasped me by my hand and took me up away from the generations of the Earth and raised me up to a lofty place and showed me a tower raised high above the Earth and all the hills were lower; And one said to me: 'Remain here till you see everything that befalls those elephants camels and asses and the stars and the oxen and all of them
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And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a secret without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man and built for himself a great vessel and dwelt thereon; and three bulls dwelt with him in that vessel and they were covered in; And again I raised my eyes towards Heaven and saw a lofty roof with seven water torrents thereon and those torrents flowed with much water into an enclosure; And I saw again and note fountains were opened on the surface of that great enclosure and that water began to swell and rise on the surface and I saw that enclosure till all its surface was covered with water; And the water the darkness and mist increased on it; and as I looked at the height of that water that water had risen above the height of that enclosure and was streaming over that enclosure and it stood on the Earth; And all the cattle of that enclosure were gathered together until I saw how they sank and were swallowed up and perished in that water; But that vessel floated on the water while all the oxen and elephants and camels and asses sank to the bottom with all the animals so that I could no longer see them and they were not able to escape but perished and sank into the depths; And again I saw in the vision till those water torrents were removed from that high roof and the chasms of the Earth were leveled up and other abysses were opened; Then the water began to run down into these till the Earth became visible; but that vessel settled on the Earth and the darkness retired and light appeared; But that white bull which had become a man came out of that vessel and the three bulls with him and one of those three was white like that bull and one of them was red as blood and one black and that white bull departed from them
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And they began to bring out beasts of the field and birds so that there arose different genera: lions tigers wolves dogs hyenas wild boars foxes squirrels pigs falcons vultures kites eagles and ravens; and among them was born a white bull; And they began to bite one another; but that white bull which was born among them begot a wild ass and a white bull with it and the wild asses multiplied; But that bull which was born from him begot a black wild boar and a white sheep; and the former begot many boars but that sheep begot twelve sheep; And when those twelve sheep had grown they gave up one of them to the asses and those asses again gave up that sheep to the wolves and that sheep grew up among the wolves; And the Lord brought the eleven sheep to live with it and to pasture with it among the wolves and they multiplied and became many flocks of sheep; And the wolves began to fear them and they oppressed them until they destroyed their little ones and they throw their young into a river of much water but those sheep began to cry aloud on account of their little ones and to complain to their Lord; And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to the wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried and begged their Lord with all their might till that Lord of the sheep descended at the voice of the sheep from a lofty abode and came to them and pastured them; And He called that sheep which had escaped the wolves and spoke with it concerning the wolves that it should admonish them not to touch the sheep; And the sheep went to the wolves according to the word of the Lord and another sheep met it and went with it and the two went and entered together into the assembly of those wolves and spoke with them and admonished them not to touch the sheep from from now on; And thereon I saw the wolves and how they oppressed the sheep exceedingly with all their power; and the sheep cried aloud; And the Lord came to the sheep and they began to strike those wolves and the wolves began to make lamentation; but the sheep became quiet and immediately ceased to cry out; And I saw the sheep till they departed from among the wolves; but the eyes of the wolves were blinded and those wolves departed in pursuit of the sheep with all their power; And the Lord of the sheep went with them as their leader and all His sheep followed Him and his face was dazzling and glorious and aweful to see; But the wolves began to pursue those sheep till they reached a sea of water; And that sea was divided and the water stood on this side and on that before their face and their Lord led them and placed Himself between them and the wolves; And as those wolves did not yet see the sheep they proceeded into the midst of that sea and the wolves followed the sheep and those wolves ran after them into that sea; And when they saw the Lord of the sheep they turned to flee before His face but that sea gathered itself together and became as it had been created and the water swelled and rose till it covered those wolves; And I saw till all the wolves who pursued those sheep perished and were drowned
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But the sheep escaped from that water and went out into a wilderness where there was no water and no grass; and they began to open their eyes and to see; and I saw the Lord of the sheep pasturing them and giving them water and grass and that sheep going and leading them; And that sheep ascended to the summit of that lofty rock and the Lord of the sheep sent it to them; And after that I saw the Lord of the sheep who stood before them and His appearance was great and aweful and majestic and all those sheep saw Him and were afraid before His face; And they all feared and trembled because of Him and they cried to that sheep with those who was among them: 'We are not able to stand before our Lord or to see Him
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49 and led the little sheep; And those sheep grew and multiplied; but all the dogs and foxes and wild boars feared and fled before it and that ram butted and killed the wild beasts and those wild beasts had no longer any power among the sheep and robbed them no more of anything; And that ram begot many sheep and fell asleep; and a little sheep became ram in its stead and became prince and leader of those sheep; And that house became great and broad and it was built for those sheep and a tower lofty and great was built on the house for the Lord of the sheep and that house was low but the tower was elevated and lofty and the Lord of the sheep stood on that tower and they offered a full table before Him
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They aren’t lofty dreams, and the more I look
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“You would think that my lofty position and impressive credentials would offer some protection from such trials, but alas, they do not
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One theory was that he thought too lofty a title might dim the spotlight on his unique management image as chairman, president and chief executive officer
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7 And if they say at that time: 8 For how long? you will say to them: "you who have drunk the strained wine Drink you also of its dregs The judgment of the Lofty One who has no respect of persons
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2 And note! a forest of trees planted on the plain and lofty and rugged rocky mountains surrounded it and that forest occupied much space
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2 As you have seen the great forest which lofty and rugged mountains surrounded this is the word
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8 And as touching that which you have seen the lofty cedar which was left of that forest and the fact that the vine spoke those words with it which you did hear this is the word
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1 The tyrant Antiochus therefore sitting in public state with his assessors on a certain lofty place with his armed troops standing in a circle around him 2 commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews and to compel them to taste pigs's flesh and things offered to idols
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And, at that, the portion of the war they had been allotted was mostly controlled tactically and strategically by unknown persons of dubious ability situated over the horizon in lofty offices more attuned to political than military realities
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12 And when the Pharisees heard all this because of their love for wealth they scoffed at him; And Jesus knew what was in their hearts and said to them you are those who justify yourselves before men; while God knows your hearts: the thing that is lofty with men is base before God
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And the rock was more lofty than the mountains rectangular in shape so as to be capable of containing the whole world: and that rock Was old having a gate cut out of it; and the cutting out of the gate seemed to me as if recently done
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2 Through him we look steadfastly to the heights of the heavens; through him we behold as in a glass the immaculate and lofty countenance of God the Father; through him the eyes of our heart were opened; through him our foolish and darkened understanding springsup again to his marvellous light; through him the Lord has willed us to taste of immortal knowledge; who being the brightness of his glory is so far better than the angels as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they
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Their excuse: It was only misguided dictators like Stalin, Castro, and Mao who misused the lofty concepts of “to everyone according to his need, from everyone according to his ability” to detract from the ‘ideals’ of Socialism
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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place,
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He praised without modest his skills in this profession and emphasized the recognition granted by his counterparts, skin bleachers, during the time spent on such lofty task
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We began to go down and observed, astonished, the lofty collection of millennial birches whose trunks seemed to project their silhouette up to the infinite; a smell of wild cherry flooded the whole scenery
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With an accent and lofty demeanour worthy of Jeeves, I was soon in demand by Lady this, Marquise that and the Duchess of Dogsbodies whose long-suffering chauffeurs trailed behind carrying both purchases and lap-dog
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It was a stable structure, however what seemed merely high from below quickly became stomach churningly lofty the higher they climbed
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Compiling that type of information could be a lofty goal,
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Cliff regarded them with a lofty expression and shrugged his tail, as if to say they would have to figure out this part of the ceremony on their own
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And He is not so lofty that He doesn’t return the thanks; without everyone working as hard as they do, this grand life would not be possible
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branches of lofty trees
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They disembarked and walked swiftly in the only direction they could, down a brightly-lit corridor, emerging into a huge circular room with a lofty, domed ceiling
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Himself for this lofty post, an effort so stupendous that it is spoken of
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Whither shall I go from God's spirit? whither shall I flee from the divine presence? Thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: `I dwell in the high and holy place; also with him who is of a contrite heart and a humble spirit!' None can hide himself from our God, for he fills heaven and earth
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The lofty roof, flat and undomed, was upheld by thick columns, marching in rows down the sides of the walls
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The girls traversed the hallway, which seemed immense and eery in the light of the cressets along the lofty walls, and went down a stairway where Yasmela shivered at the blots of shadows which hung in the angles of the walls
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The ceiling was lofty, but it was not domed, and was of plain white marble, as were the walls and floor, the former with a narrow gold frieze running about them
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From the lofty gunwales, the black pirates drove down a volley of shafts that tore through the quilted jackets of the doomed sailormen, then sprang down spear in hand to complete the slaughter
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The streets converged like the spokes of a wheel into an octagon-shaped court in the center of the town which gave upon a lofty edifice, which, with its domes and towers, dominated the whole city
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He found himself in a wide hallway with lofty tapestried walls, where the light was the same twilight gloom
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The valley floor was still far below him when he reached a long and lofty ridge that led out from the slope like a natural causeway
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Floating shadows merely hinted at the lofty ceiling, and gloom that lent itself to illusion lurked in the corners
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And the globe burst with a noise like a thunderclap, raining fiery shards on the black marble, and the gold pomegranates, as if released from captivity, shot upward toward the lofty roof and were gone
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The sun was sinking toward the distant crags when Conan, his garments hacked to tatters and the mail under them reeking and clotted with blood, his knife dripping and crusted to the hilt, strode over the corpses to where Yasmina Devi sat her horse among her nobles on the crest of the ridge, near a lofty precipice
