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In dust and ashes

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with humble expression of grief or repentance; - from the method of mourning in Eastern lands.
See under Ashes.

See also: Ashes Dust



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I, for instance, was triumphant over everyone; everyone, of course, was in dust and ashes, and was forced spontaneously to recognise my superiority, and I forgave them all.
Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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