Example Sentences

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Still a rapid walk, a trot which varies from six to ten miles, and a well-collected canter suffice for any of our Eastern needs.

From Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle by Dodge, Theodore Ayrault

They exert themselves with their thoughts well-collected, they do not tarry in their abode; like swans who have left their lake, they leave their house and home.

From Sacred Books of the East by Various

They depart with their thoughts well-collected, they are not happy in their abode; like swans who have left their lake, they leave their house and home.

From Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)