This abrupt caress and departure rather startled Bess; for she felt with a girl's quick instinct that there was something in that kiss unknown before, and looked after him with sudden colour in her cheeks and new trouble in her eyes. — from Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott
kissing us both and laughing and
Rosa came forward, and I timidly did the same; but Paula dropping father's hand, rushed toward Rosa and then to me, kissing us both and laughing and crying at the same time. — from Paula the Waldensian by Eva Lecomte
keep us busy as long as
At last it was determined that we should retire behind the Chippawa; this we accordingly did, unfollowed by the enemy, who, when they saw us fairly gone, took themselves across the river, abandoning the fort they had defended so obstinately for three months; in fact it had served all their purposes, which evidently were to keep us busy as long as we could keep the field, preventing us doing mischief on their side by amusing us on our own. — from Recollections of the War of 1812 by William Dunlop
kept up by a low and
Now were the green shades owing to tropical vegetation, kept up by a low and dense atmosphere? — from The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
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