read here and there
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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
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.
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
The following days I read here and there.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by Boswell, James
We read here and there in books, that very often angels came at the departure of good men, and with ghostly hymns led their souls to heaven.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
