He kissed her again and again.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
[5099] Aretine's Lucretia, when she would in kindness overcome a suitor of hers, and have her desire of him, took him about the neck, and kissed him again and again, and to that, which she could not otherwise effect, she made him so speedily and willingly condescend.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
When his fellow-generals were put to death on the plea that they had marched with Cyrus against the king, he alone, although he had shared their conduct, was exempted from their fate.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon
Epei d' hoi men palaioi kalôs hyper autôn apophênamenoi parelipon agônisasthai tô logô, mêd' hyponoêsantes esesthai tinas eis tosouton anaischyntous sophistas, hôs antilegein epicheirêsai tois enargesin, hoi neôteroi de to men ti Pg 278 Greek text nikêthentes hypo tôn sophismatôn epeisthêsan autois, to de ti kai antilegein epicheirêsantes apodein moi poly tês tôn palaiôn edoxan dynameôs, || 179 dia touth', hôs an ekeinôn autôn, eiper et' ên tis, agônisasthai moi dokei pros tous anatrepontas tês technês ta kallista, kai autos houtôs epeirathên syntheinai tous logous.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen
She was as he had known her almost as a child and later on as Prince Andrew’s fiancée.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
“Keep her away a point,” sings out Mr. Riach.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
exclaimed Mistress Deane, who, knowing him at a second glance, threw her arms round his neck.
— from John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston
An envoy from Kotan has arrived at Cashmere....
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume II) by Augustus F. Lindley
From nine of the morning till nine at night, we keep hammering away at the metal, iron or gold, till we produce a most beautiful article.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
I do not know him at all.
— from French Idioms and Proverbs A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties" by de (Vinchelés Payen-Payne) V. Payen-Payne
They told me you were keeping house alone, and I said I should just walk over to bid you and Davie good-by."
— from The Laurel Bush: An Old-Fashioned Love Story by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Raife kissed her again and again, and through the kisses said: “How do you know she likes you?”
— from The Broken Thread by William Le Queux
In his death the country lost a valuable citizen, the army a good soldier, and his family a kind husband and affectionate father.
— from A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information by W. H. (William Henry) Gray
So saying, she threw her arms about his neck, and lovingly kissed him, as Anichino her.
— from The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni Boccaccio
I talked most arrogantly; and in reality I know hardly anything about it.
— from The Case of Richard Meynell by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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