harp upon
Example Sentences
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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
I mention about the division of the estate to you, dear Lizzie, because when it is done the papers will harp upon it.
From Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House by Keckley, Elizabeth
The great idea to harp upon is Union.
From Name and Fame A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
In his hand was a harp, upon which he played, while he sang an old song telling how Joseph of Arimathea came to that land.
From Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
Dryden's translation: The praise of artful numbers I resign, And hang my harp upon the sacred pine.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
