great heavens
Americaninterjection
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The great heavens Seem to stoop down upon the scene in love,— A nearer vault, and of a tenderer blue, Than that which bends above our eastern hills.
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard
We have masks, but great heavens, Mac!—there must be a million of those brutes.
From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Harry Bates
On the first page of the catechism which she places in the hands of the little child is a decisive, authoritative answer to the heart-piercing cry of modern doubt: "Whence, and great heavens, whither?"
From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various
But, great heavens, I didn't receive any money from William Weedham.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
But, great heavens, is the ideal marriage a Holland!
From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner
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