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1. The workmen, accordingly, very seldom derive any advantage from the violence of those tumultuous combinations, which, partly from the interposition of the civil magistrate, partly from the superior steadiness of the masters, partly from the necessity which the greater part of the workmen are under of submitting for the sake of present subsistence, generally end in nothing but the punishment or ruin of the ringleaders
2. These people trusted in her to keep them safe from the MacDougals, to store their grain for the tumultuous winter, to celebrate the delights of the sultry summer
3. The salty ocean-scent grounded her, made the tumultuous rate of change she was enduring seem solid and real
4. The only sounds reaching them were the intermittent thrashing sounds of rock flung against the walls, mingled with the tumultuous and disarrayed yells of the men defending the city and the bristling fires that had engulfed it once more, for what seemed to be the last time
5. and of the tumultuous Tiamat (salt water) were mingled together
6. Jer 48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones
7. tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts musters the host of the battle
8. and with his tumultuous power
9. In the tumultuous infinite ocean of hate and injustice
10. With quite a tumultuous past, Nassau is now celebrated for its mild sun and renowned beaches as well as for its smooth and perfumed breezes
11. Any authentic visit to Manila must include, needless to say, the hustling and tumultuous Makati Center, the most important commercial district in the country
12. Fortunately for Chad and Manuel, and perhaps for Josie herself, Agatha and her two sons moved out of their house after two tumultuous months which was for them like an eternity
13. The political uses of the frank were illustrated during the tumultuous 1992 elections,
14. A quick look around revealed Youssaf trying to appear too busy with some detail of their arrival to have noticed his friend’s tumultuous reunion
15. 16 Now at the time that Eleazar had ended his prayer the king came along to the hippodrome with the wild beasts and with his tumultuous power
16. of their arrival to have noticed his friend's tumultuous reunion
17. news, those tumultuous years were an education and a half, I kid you not
18. It had been a tumultuous couple of days
19. tumultuous anxiety invading her sanity was the imagined outcome if
20. “The Ghastly Fens have been a tumultuous place since the invasion of the Lykanthros
21. The noise of the Lykanthros in melee with the fighters was tumultuous
22. It was no more than a dumpy, glistening mound, but the trumpeting chorus was swallowed at once by the crashing waves created in the island’s tumultuous rise
23. As we search for escape from life’s tumultuous sea; They’ve removed God from schools, city and state, But we cry out to him when we recognize our fate
24. no matter how loud I yelled, I would be unheard above the tumultuous claps of thunder;
25. Exhausted, unable to sustain erections, most of the men sagged onto seats, the ground, or low walls, content to be caressed, massaged, sucked and fingered in vain efforts at arousal by cheerful women intent on achieving ever more tumultuous orgasms
26. A tumultuous trip into the uncharted
27. This is a tumultuous kind of month with many shocks and surprises (many of them good, but good things can be as stressful, and time consuming, as bad things)
28. “After the dust settled down, I began to analyze the import of the events of my tumultuous life
29. Though the month ahead is tumultuous for the world (we have two eclipses) you still manage to have fun
30. By bedtime the Master's cleverness in staging the tumultuous entry into Jerusalem had begun to make a somewhat humorous appeal, and he was much cheered up by this reaction
31. If this spectacular event had occurred the day before, at the time of Jesus' triumphal arrival at the temple at the termination of his tumultuous procession through the gates of the city, all the while loudly acclaimed by the multitude, they would have been ready for it, but coming as it did, they were wholly unprepared to participate
32. About halfway across the tumultuous river the
33. of him after the tumultuous election of Hap Dunnavant
34. Win, lose, or draw, I got completely caught up in the watching, the pounding hooves of the horses on the track, and the tumultuous roar of the crowd
35. tumultuous years of the 1980s, a decade during which many of
36. This day had produced two pies and several hard thought-provoking discussions which felt like they had taken years off her already tumultuous life
37. This alone should send me into a tumultuous panic
38. tumultuous with ungoverned grief, is blown about by anxiety
39. It was such a tumultuous and intemperate invasion that during the first days it was impossible to walk through the streets because of the furniture and trunks, and the noise of the carpentry of those who were building their houses in any vacant lot without asking anyone’s permission, and the scandalous behavior of couples who hung their hammocks between the almond trees and made love under the netting in broad daylight and in view of everyone
40. As one the whole Fairy nation answered with a tumultuous ‘Yes’
41. They are not in the Arrivals Hall because the wind raged, forcing tumultuous seas through barren lowlands to mercilessly drown the gasping unprepared; the anguished turmoil of racing rivers did not obliterate intruding infrastructure; land long poisoned and saturated from decades of denuding did not lasciviously swallow enslaved creatures, nor did it cruelly crush the explosively emboldened who had mined its underpinnings for glitter
42. Enthralled by the changing of colour of the ocean from a lovely bluish green to a dank, depressing grey as the weather phenomenon passed and entrenched itself for the rest of the day, Faye smiled as the sun managed briefly to sneak through a clearing in the thick cloud cover and reflect brilliantly off the tumultuous surface of the water; it was indeed a sublime sight for those not accustomed to viewing such occurrences and one that far surpassed anything written in books or magazines or those fancies that the imagination could produce when invoked to do so
43. Mitchell felt time to be irrelevant, each second they shared reflected a sort of new beginning within his tumultuous life
44. The priests where dragged away amid tumultuous applause from the villagers and warriors, a hush fell over the crowd when Coatl raised his arms
45. We came out of the tunnel and there before us was the whole Toltec nation, the hidden valley was exactly as Coatl had described it to me there was enough space in the valley bottom to accommodate four or five tribes and to see my people waiting for our entrance was a sight that almost brought tears to my eyes, we made our way down the valley towards the canopied dais that had been erected earlier, people bowed as we passed, at the dais the heap of captured weapons was very impressive, the captains from all the different settlements were waiting to report, I poured a drink for Coatl and myself we then sat to hear from the captains, Tulancingo’s report was very brief, twenty one enemy engaged, twenty one enemy killed, five Toltec slaves freed, no Toltec dead or wounded, he bowed and stepped back, the Tolteca went wild with joy, Jodas then stepped forward for Xocanti, sixteen enemy engaged, sixteen enemy dead, six Toltec slaves freed, no Toltec casualties, next came Santaros, nineteen enemy engaged, nineteen enemy dead, six Toltec slaves freed, no casualties, then Vincoso, nineteen enemy engaged, nineteen enemy dead, seven Toltec slaves freed, no casualties, finally our captain rose and gave our report, twenty one enemy engaged, twenty one enemy dead, nine Toltec slaves freed, no casualties, he then added that Coatl had himself dispatched the captain of the tax collectors in hand-to-hand combat, the applause was tumultuous, with people dancing and laughing, releasing all the tensions and stress that they had lived through recently, all their fears had been magically washed away by the numbers, ninety six enemy dead, thirty three Toltecs returned to the tribe, all without a single Toltec so much as stubbing his toe, it was more amazing than anyone had imagined or hoped for, today’s result would dispel any lingering doubt about Coatl’s god-head or the unusual way he waged war, with everyone in this holiday mood there was no point holding a planning meeting, so before we joined in the fun, Coatl paraded the freed slaves, there is no feeling more gratifying than to see the joy of a family who find a relative they thought lost forever, the people filed past, some with whoops of joy, others with a look of disappointment as they reached the end of the line, I heard one old man say to his wife
46. ” Since he had not really been paying close attention to Lowell’s remarks but had rather been focusing on the issue of breaking the news to Charles’s family, Feltus largely disregarded the last comment his friend had made, but suddenly the words seemed to penetrate his mind that was as tumultuous as the ocean during this hurricane and ignite a spark that could lead to an explanation of this murder
47. Braving the wind, the light rain, and the dark skies that continued to appear menacing, they had roamed the grounds as well as the beach in search of treasures conjured from the deep by the tumultuous seas, though many had still preferred the comfort and luxuries of the lobby and its environment where they enjoyed tea or coffee as well as socializing
48. The day finally came for Coatl’s departure, this would be the first time for years that I wouldn’t have him to lean on, I promised I would follow him as soon as mother was up and about, I arranged for runners to keep me up to date with Coatl’s progress towards Chichen Itza and I eventually heard of his arrival and the tumultuous welcome that he received from the Itza people, despite the celebrations that went on for days Coatl managed to visit the coastal town of Jaina where his stockpile of green timber was seasoning
49. They shared the same tumultuous emotions over
50. In a moment of dread and disbelief, he looked towards the area where his family‘s fruit stand was, and there was a gigantic explosion of orange flame, followed by a tumultuous cloud of pitch black smoke and soot