read here and there
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They had brought along a volume of Wordsworth's shorter poems, and Helen read here and there in the pauses.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.
And nevertheless in the books and sermons of the adversaries still more absurd things are read here and there.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp
As he slowly and tremblingly moved along, he stopped to read here and there a gravestone; as mild, instructive conveyers of intelligence, to which he could attend with more resignation, than to any other reporter.
From Nature and Art by Morley, Henry
Skip a few pages," Bill Brown advised, "and read here and there.
From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack
As Edward read here and there a letter, it did seem as though his friends stood beside him, and spoke words of advice which conscience whispered should be heeded.
From Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us by Adams, John S. (John Stowell)
