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I smiled, glad to see that beneath his gruff exterior, dwelt a real person who appreciated good literature.
And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
The presentation dwelt on coaching aspects such as receiving the ball, off-the-ball running and strategies.
I was sure that the Graymen had not built it, and was haunted by the thought that at one time, normal people had dwelt here peacefully.
Avarii never dwelt in these lands, and our relationship with them, on their infrequent visits, was always friendly.
The clearing had not emptied as usual, but instead grew more crowded, as news of a visitor spread to those that dwelt nearby.
She pleased the many tourists that flocked to see the gypsy caravan that dwelt in the forest.
They believed that he dwelt far beneath the earth, forever sustaining the lush growth that surrounded his followers.
She and her grandson dwelt in the attic of the building, which had been converted into a fairly modern little apartment for them.
High demand of the magazine has been reported, and newspapers and broadcasters dwelt at length on the Indonesian issue of the magazine.
The foregoing sections of this article have dwelt briefly on musical issues that are critical in developing musicianship.
Interspersed with anecdotes, he dwelt at length on a variety of core themes of management.
They have dwelt heavily on the idea that human nature is out of date, having evolved to meet conditions remote from our modern way of life.
He dwelt with fastidious detail on her figure and the cleanliness of her fingernails.
Then at the same time the Tathagata dwelt together with bodhisattvas and others in the great stupa, in the mandala of the sphere of phenomena.
But the serpent was as subtle and cunning as ever, more than any other beast who dwelt within the garden which the Gods had made.
They also dwelt on a lengthy paternity suit in which he was declared the father of the actress' child.
He was deaf and dumb, and not surprisingly the Court's statement dwelt on matters of cognition and understanding.
While the setting evoked an escapist fantasy, the conversation dwelt obsessively on the harsh, inescapable realities of the moment.
He was a figure who, in a sense both literal and figurative, dwelt on the fringes.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He dwelt on their coltish doings, their adventures sought and wrought in the perfect fellowship of youth.
He dwelt in a two-story house so weatherproof that, for him, the tempest remained an external matter.
The Blackfeet dwelt in the country drained by the headwaters of the Missouri.
This nation, Diodorus tells us, originally dwelt on a large island called hesperia, on the western coast of Africa.
An aged hermit named Sergius dwelt in the wilds of Arabia, addicting himself to the pursuit of religion and alchemy.
The assertion of the rapid obsolescence of ships of war will be dwelt upon, in the hopes of contravening it.
Miss Lizzie was the grim and terrible ogress who dwelt in her lonely castle.
Then there were a number of baptists, who also now dwelt in peace, under the King's protection.
That dragons dwelt in mounds was a common Germanic belief, to which the cottonian Gnomic verses testify.
I dwelt with rapture on the piny hills of Phrygia, on the gorges of Taurus, on the beechen solitudes of Olympus.
I dwelt not on the oddness of its contents, thoroughly characteristic of the writer.
So neas and Achates plunged into the primeval forest near which the Sibyl dwelt.
But the inexplicability of the general's conduct dwelt much on her thoughts.
He believed that a new spirit dwelt there, expelling the crudities of youth.
All the factors were present to him and he dwelt upon them with intentness.
He invoked the aid even of those Ainos who dwelt in the land of the Japanese.
After this he loved a woman, who dwelt in the valley of Sorec, and she was called Dalila.
When therefore Jeroboam had built him a palace in the city Shechem, he dwelt there.
In hope that she would be deterred by exaggeration, he dwelt on the subject.
It may also have been that his mother at home dwelt too fondly on the days when she herself was a queen in directorial Paris.
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