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“Trust to a plank, draw precarious breath, At most seven inches from the jaws of death.”

Death Draws Breaths Seven Inches Precarious

Book:The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis,

Source: The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis,

“Huge knots of sea-weed hung upon the jagged and pointed stones, trembling in every breath of wind; and the green ivy clung mournfully round the dark and ruined battlements. Behind it rose the ancient castle, its towers roofless, and its massive walls crumbling away, but telling us proudly of its own might and strength, as when, seven hundred years ago, it rang with the clash of arms, or resounded with the noise of feasting and revelry.”

Source: Charles Dickens: The Complete Christmas Novels & Tales (Illustrated): 30 Classics in One Volume: A Christmas Carol, The Battle of Life, The Chimes, Oliver Twist, Tom Tiddler's Ground, The Holly-Tree, Doctor Marigold, The Pickwick Papers, Great Expectations and more

“I discovered is that I have a couple of valves that were leaky and had been giving, gave me a problem then. But I hadn't noticed anything up until then.A couple of incidents of shortness of breath and checked myself into a hospital, but that one in France really sat me down for a few minutes - a very few minutes, because seven days later I was in the studio, and eight days later, I was no the stage.”

Giving Problem Minutes Stage Couple Breaths Seven Studios Eight France Sat Hospitals Incidents Seven Days Valve Shortness

Author:Al Jarreau

“It is implanted in the Christian soul, by the side of the running waters, under the sky of the theological virtues, amid the breaths of the seven gifts of the Spirit. It is natural for it to bear Christian fruit.”

Soul Running Christian Spirit Sides Water Natural Virtue Sky Bears Breaths Fruit Seven Theological Running Water Gifts Of The Spirit

Author:Jacques Maritain

“At six o'clock we cleaned our cells, At seven all was still, But the sough and swing of a mighty wing The prison seemed to fill, For the Lord of Death with icy breath Had entered in to kill.”

Stills Lord Six Breaths Prison Wings Seven Cells Clock Swings Icy

Book:The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings

Source: The Soul of Man, and Prison Writings

“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.”

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea: Science Fiction Stories

“In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break through to the other side.”

Should Matter Spirit Sides Space Decision Break Dog Breaths Seven Determined Ghost Break Through Samurai

Author:Jim Jarmusch

“Seven half-bloods shall answer the call To storm or fire the world must fall An oath to keep with a final breath and foes bear arms to the doors of death”

World Fall Answers Half Fire Doors Blood Arms Bears Breaths Seven Finals Storm Foe Oath

Book:Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

Source: Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

“One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.”

Should War Space Decision Breaths Seven

Book:Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

“Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.”

Men Body Science Sound Knowledge Figures Cold Taste Speech Mouths Sight Hot Breaths Seven Hearing Smell Tongue Pleasant Visible Sensations Passages Taste And Smell

Book:Hippocrates

Source: Hippocrates