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"I intend to hew to the line, let the chips fall where they may," the statement said.

We will mark a straight line on the log and hew to that line.

I guess I can wait till they've begun to hew out their underpinnin'.

The astounded brothers were dragged away to hack and hew and carry.

They draw their long scalping-knives, and hew off broad steaks.

After this, we had to hew a path for ourselves through the forest.

Then it took him but a short time to hew his way through the rock.

The knives of his warriors will hew the living flesh from your bones.

"Hew down the tree instantly, knaves," he added to the woodmen.

They two were strong enough to hew and build alone their own Palace of Delight.