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She lay upon the altar-cushions of the church, like young Isaac upon his father's altar, and where the mourners knelt to pray for God's reconcilement, the cruelty of their law flashed over her like Abraham's superstitious knife.
The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times George Alfred Townsend 1877
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