harp upon
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Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, “I have looked over it. In Heaven’s name, don’t harp upon it!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
And he shattered the still vibrating harp upon the rocks at his feet.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
Do not harp upon your hollow Tales of Somewhere-by-the-Sea Patronised by Ph. Apollo; 'Tisn't good enough for me.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 by Various
What is there about Volney, please tell me, that you harp upon the name?
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
One of the two, with his harp upon his arm, after a prelude, proposed the subject of the dispute.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
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