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The symbols for various rests. For the crotchet, modern notation favours the left-hand one of the two alternatives.

In music, a silence, or the notation indicating a silence.



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We rest on Sunday, because the commandment requires it; the Germans rest on Sunday because the commandment requires it.
I read that God made man, and he made horses and all the other beasts, and as soon as He had made them He made a day of rest, and bade that all should rest one day in seven; and I think, sir, He must have known what was good for them, and I am sure it is good for me; I am stronger and healthier altogether, now that I have a day of rest; the horses are fresh too, and do not wear up nearly so fast.
She is tender, and not used to rough it like the rest of us.
 
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