rend asunder
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The 1, 8, 4, 12 is to rend asunder.
From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, October 1878, No. 12 by Mary Mapes Dodge
It was said of Phidias's Jupiter seated in Olympus, that were he ever to stand erect the sudden uprising would rend asunder the vaulted roof.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heinrich Heine
One thing Hogni Had for answer, Fallen from his high heart, Full of all trouble: "More greeting yet, O Gudrun, for thee, If my heart the ravens Should rend asunder!"
From The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda by William Morris
The Minstrel's loud—though a little late; What he hopes to gain some wonder; But he swears that harp shall preserve the State, Which his foes would rend asunder.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
S: The heaven shall rend asunder thereby; His promise is ever brought to fulfillment.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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