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And on the flitting Air impose his pond'rous Chain.
Discourse on Criticism and of Poetry (1707) From Poems On Several Occasions (1707) Samuel Cobb
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'Till time shall close thee in his pond'rous wing,
Poetic Sketches Thomas Gent
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Though Commerce heaves no more the pond'rous load,
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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For, by her pond'rous press of sail, and by her consorts four,
Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Charles Haven Ladd Johnston 1910
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'Till all their pond'rous branches shake and thrill
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And they rent in twain his bowstring, and they cut his pond'rous mace,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Vainly Salya, king of Madra, threw with skill his pond'rous mace,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Hung round her neck, a millstone's pond'rous weight
The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes George Gilfillan 1845
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Drove through the yielding neck the pond'rous spear:
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834
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He threw the pond'rous mass; loud were the shouts;
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834
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