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Much superior to the passages respecting the Battle of the Gods are those which represent the divine nature as it really is -- pure and great and undefiled; for example, what is said of Poseidon in a passage fully treated by many before ourselves: -- Her far-stretching ridges, her forest-trees, quaked in dismay,/And her peaks, and the Trojans 'town, and the ships of Achaia's array,/Beneath his immortal feet, as onward Poseidon strode.
Archive 2010-03-01 Hal Duncan 2010
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Much superior to the passages respecting the Battle of the Gods are those which represent the divine nature as it really is -- pure and great and undefiled; for example, what is said of Poseidon in a passage fully treated by many before ourselves: -- Her far-stretching ridges, her forest-trees, quaked in dismay,/And her peaks, and the Trojans 'town, and the ships of Achaia's array,/Beneath his immortal feet, as onward Poseidon strode.
On the Sublime Hal Duncan 2010
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As the machine purred along the two miles of road that wound up the side of Sonoma Mountain, Michael scarcely looked at the forest-trees and vistas of wandering glades.
CHAPTER XXXV 2010
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Mount Auburn has verdant slopes, and deep wild dells, and lakes shaded by forest-trees of great size and beauty; and so silent is it, far removed from the din of cities, that it seems as if a single footstep would disturb the sleep of the dead.
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Not many years ago the name of Illinois was nearly unknown, and on her soil the hardy settler battled with the forest-trees for space in which to sow his first crops.
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Over the roof of the house could be seen the orchard, on yet higher ground, and behind the orchard the forest-trees, reaching up to the crest of the hill.
The Woodlanders 2006
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A few very timid animals were seen under the forest-trees.
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A few very timid animals were seen under the forest-trees.
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It was his work to cut down forest-trees, and he had nothing to do with the subsequent cultivation of the land.
Phineas Finn 2004
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Among the forest-trees which line the banks of the rocky parts of the Leeambye several new birds were observed.
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