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dust and ashes

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dust and ashes

“I am become like dust and ashes.” [O.T.: Job 30:19]

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Oh, sir, he's past saving--he's dust and ashes by this time

The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context

This bit of the ferment we call 'Johnson,' when he is no longer a bit of the ferment, only dust and ashes, will have no more nobility than any dust and ashes, while I shall still be alive and roaring.

The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context

I stopped, and looked at the dust and ashes, at the broken crockery and the old iron.

Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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