Usage examples for sackcloth
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He
gave
a
deep
sigh,
and
keeping
the
sackcloth
over
his
head
he
got
inside
the
sledge
and
lay
down
in
the
place
where
his
master
had
been.
– Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy
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Her
sisterly
warmth
surprised
the
woeful
spotted
beauty
with
a
reflection
that
this
martial
Janey
was
after
all
a
woman
of
feeling,
one
whom
her
husband,
if
he
came
to
know
it
and
the
depth
of
it,
the
rich
sound
of
it,
would
mourn
in
sackcloth
to
have
lost.
– The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith
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The
mother,
who
had
lost
all
her
sons,
and
that
by
an
ignominious
death,
sat
upon
the
rock
days
and
nights,
and
she
spread
sackcloth
upon
it,
and
she
slept
not
by
night,
and
she
rested
not
by
day,
but
drove
away
the
birds
of
the
air
and
the
beasts
of
the
field,
and
verily
she
had
her
reward;
their
bones
were
gathered
together
by
the
King's
command,
and
they
buried
them
there.
– Ellen Middleton--A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton