Great Throughts Treasury

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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City.

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Giving | Little | Nations | Size |

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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.

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Day | Giving |

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Italian Proverbs

You must grease the wheels if you would have the car run.

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Absolute | Giving | God | Good | Nothing | Paradise | Talking | God |

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J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark could outmatch in battle.

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Humanity | Slavery | Truth |

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