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quiver
«When the people stare at the sky and dream of blessedness, or when they quiver with fear for hell after death, their eyes get blinded so they can't see their own right of primogeniture»
Author: Gerrard Winstanley
| About:
Death and dying,
Dreams,
Fear,
People
| Keywords:
after death, blessedness, blinded, own right, primogeniture, quiver, quivering, quivers, stare
«We and the cosmos are one. The cosmos is a vast body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great gleaming nerve-centre from which we quiver forever. Who knows the power that»
«And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; / And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.»
«Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.»
«Into thy womb shall enter a male germ, as an arrow into a quiver! May a man be born there, a son ten months old!»
«QUIVER, n. A portable sheath in which the ancient statesman and the aboriginal lawyer carried their lighter arguments.He extracted from his quiver, Did the controversial Roman, An argument well fitted To the question as submitted, Then addressed it to the liver, Of the unpersuaded foeman. --Oglum P. Boomp»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Aboriginal, addressed, ancient Romans, extracted, fitted, foeman, lighter, lighters, portable, quiver, quivering, quivers, roman, sheath, statesman, submitted, unpersuaded
«And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: / Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; / And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.»