ashes

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"And whilst he considers, London burns to ashes!" cried the young nobleman in impetuous scorn.

From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn

All-daring dust and ashes! only you30 Of all interpreters read Nature true.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Now, by our fathers' ashes! where's the spirit Of the true-hearted and th' unshackled gone?

From No Compromise with Slavery An Address Delivered to the Broadway Tabernacle, New York by Garrison, William Lloyd

"It's all dust and ashes!" said the old lady unexpectedly.

From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

Fancy an enthusiastic bibliomaniac suddenly brought into the midst of the famous Alexandrian library burnt by Omar and restored by a miracle from its ashes! just such a crazed enthusiast was my uncle, Professor Liedenbrock.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules