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tarry over





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Long did bewhiskered Frenchmen tarry over their Amer Picon discussing the significance of the latest hitch in the "affaires" of the Rumanian romancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

We need not tarry over the painful, touching scene oft-told, and felt sooner or later in every home.

From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. (Augustine J.) O'Reilly

We will not tarry over imaginary incidents whilst terrible and thrilling scenes are before us.

From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by A. J. (Augustine J.) O'Reilly

He does not tarry over the foreign territory, nor does he hurry.

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe

Yet ofttimes do guests tarry over the Pascal cup until the hour grow late.

From The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock




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