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her a little and kissed her and
Then I gave very strict directions to Annie, and praised her a little, and kissed her; and I even endeavoured to flatter Eliza, lest she should be disagreeable.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

her after luncheon and kissed her and
Lady Dimdale, who had entered with great enthusiasm into the Christmas plans, caught her after luncheon and kissed her, and held her hand like an elder sister as they walked away.
— from Betty Leicester's Christmas by Sarah Orne Jewett

him a lamb and kissed him and
Whereupon Felicia called him a lamb, and kissed him, and he submitted.
— from The Happy Venture by Edith Ballinger Price


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