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A hush of expectancy descended in the chamber as all waited to hear the request. What treasure could he want? Laren inventoried in her mind… — Kristen Britain
Christ walked the path every mortal is called to walk so that he would know how to succor and strengthen us in our most difficult… — Jeffrey R. Holland
Upon him the contempt of three planets descended. — Philip K. Dick
At the moment they vanished they were everywhere, the cool benediction of the night descended, the stars sparkled, and the whole universe was a hill. — E. M. Forster
The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Dear Habicht, / Such a solemn air of silence has descended between us that I almost feel as if I am committing a sacrilege when… — Albert Einstein
While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats. — Mark Twain
Stock prices have been quoted in fractions for two centuries, based on a system descended from Spanish pieces of eight. Each dollar was cut into… — Charles Jaffe
It is one thing for the living water to descend from Christ into the heart, and another thing how-when it has descended-it moves the heart… — George Wigram
All Modern Men are descended from a Wormlike creature but it shows more on some people. — Will Cuppy
For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the… — Charles Darwin
Snicker on hearing his name: 'the gentleman who thinks we are descended from the apes.' — Gustave Flaubert
Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others. — Kin Hubbard
The main conclusion arrived at in this work, namely that man is descended from some lowly-organised form, will, I regret to think, be highly distasteful… — Charles Darwin
We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an… — Charles Darwin
The peace and beauty of a spring day had descended upon the earth like a benediction. — Kate Chopin
The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually descended from both… — Jim Piddock
In 1927, my father descended the heights and took his place as the newly appointed water boy for his beloved New York football Giants. — Jane Leavy
October of 2011, Occupy protestors descended upon McPherson Square, and they decided to stay. Despite the clear language of the law, these protestors camped at… — Trey Gowdy
It was August 28th, 1963, and the greatest civil rights coalition in modern history had descended upon Washington. Hundreds of thousands of protesters trekked through… — Yvette Clarke
When people from organizations like the World Bank descended on Third World countries, they always tried to remove obstacles to development, to reduce economic anxiety… — Malcolm Gladwell
It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. — H. L. Mencken
Oh no, I am descended from the important Carters. — Henry Carter Stuart
We remained at our encampment of this day until the morning of the 7th, when we descended ten miles lower down and encamped on a… — William Henry Ashley
When I got the money, the whole burden descended on me, and the realization of what I had done. And it led me then to… — Aldrich Ames

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