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«Widows are divided into two classes -- the bereaved and relieved.»
«We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.»
«Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; / To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! / And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? / Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.»
Author: Bible
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bow down, decree, desolation, Down Under, fall under, fatherless, needy, prisoners, rob, unrighteous, widows
«Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. (Matthew 23:14)»
Author: Bible
| About:
Christianity,
Hypocrisy,
Religion
| Keywords:
damnation, devour, house of prayer, hypocrites, Matthew, Pharisees, pretence, scribes, widows
«TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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American politics, Great Court, malefactor, malefactors, orphans, Public Enemy, public trust, similar, widows
«WIDOW, n. A pathetic figure that the Christian world has agreed to take humorously, although Christ's tenderness towards widows was one of the most marked features of his character.»
«When widows exclaim loudly against second marriage, I would always lay a wager that the man, if not the wedding-day, is absolutely fixed on.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
exclaim, exclaimed, exclaiming, exclaims, loudly, wager, wagered, wedding day, widows
«War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul.»
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