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in Occurrences 1630%

It was very late when we rosenearly midday; for the greater part of the night had been spent in reading the MS.

on Occurrences 257%

She seemed in a fainting condition; but I had no time then to spend on her.

with Occurrences 217%

"How long I could have withstood the corrosive effects of my hopeless passion, irritated as it was by my being in the vicinity of its objectby hearing perpetually of her beauty, and sometimes catching a glimpse of it,I know not; but the Omrah, after a few months spent with his father-in-law, returned with his bride to his castle in the country.

at Occurrences 211%

By far the greater portion of our lives is spent at the desk or the counter, in the office, shop, or field; so that it is of the first importance we should keep the strictest watch on our actions in our work as well as in our leisure moments.

for Occurrences 71%

I said that with Pap so old and all, we hadn't money to spend for slippers.

under Occurrences 22%

Evadne was constantly busy, either at private or hospital nursing, and very short were the furloughs which she spent under her uncle's roof.

among Occurrences 21%

So much of his youth had been spent among the criminal classes that he still retained the feeling that there was an indelible stigma attached to those individuals described as narks.

from Occurrences 21%

Every penny I have spent since I moved into this apartment, I have spent from my earnings.

as Occurrences 21%

CHAPTER XLII LAST THOUGHTS ON LEAVING ITALY On the 3rd of December I passed out of Italy, after eighteen months spent as a soldier within her borders.

without Occurrences 17%

It has not been uncommon for money, granted by the senate, to be spent without producing any of those effects which were expected from it, without assisting our allies, or humbling our enemies; and, therefore, there is reason for suspecting that money has sometimes been asked for one use and applied to another.

within Occurrences 16%

We left it for a big reason; but we drive by it often just to see it; for it is still ours in the precious memory of the years we spent within its walls.

amid Occurrences 12%

Anxious though the situation was, crucial though many of the problems he had to solve undoubtedly were, yet the statement may be accepted as approximately true that the last three or four years of Lorenzo's life were spent amid profound peaceat least as far as Florence was concerned.

over Occurrences 12%

" To obtain uniform results practice had to come before actual performance, and many weary hours were spent over drill in reading, drill in number, drill in handwork, drill in needlework.

to Occurrences 12%

I humbly trust this day was spent to mutual comfort.

during Occurrences 11%

Stafford looked round the large, superbly furnished room, with its book-cases of ebony and wedgewood, its costly pictures and bronzes, and recalled the Villa with its luxury and splendour, and the vast sums which Sir Stephen had spent during the last few months.

before Occurrences 9%

With the same number of milliards, most of which were spent before the European War, Italy could have put in order and utilized her immense patrimony of water-power and to-day would be free from anxiety about the coal problem by which it is actually enslaved.

above Occurrences 9%

We spent above an hour in examining these curious habiliments, and in inquiring the purposes and uses of the several parts.

out Occurrences 8%

Referring to my notes of the winter and spring of 1868-69, every day of which I spent out of doors, on that section of the plain lying between the Tuolumne and Merced rivers, I find that the first rain of the season fell on December 18th.

near Occurrences 6%

When totally ruined, having spent near 150,000 l., a friend gave him a guinea to keep him from starving; and he was found in a garret soon after roasting an ortolan with his own hands.

around Occurrences 6%

The remainder of the evening was spent around the camp, and Horace, who remained there, entertained us with several interesting chapters of his experiences.

about Occurrences 5%

They say he consulted some fortune teller a couple of years ago, who told him he would some day discover a gold mine on his property that would make him a millionaire; and ever since the farmer has spent about all his time digging here and there, but up to now without any success at all.

after Occurrences 5%

"I have paid some of my debts, and contracted others," Byron writes to Moore, on September 15th, 1814; "but I have a few thousand pounds which I can't spend after my heart in this climate, and so I shall go back to the south.

like Occurrences 4%

The money dad sent me I spent like water, lent to the boys, threw away.

beside Occurrences 4%

It is the opinion of many wise and busy people that the hill-folk pass the ten-month interval between the end and renewal of winter rains, with no drink; but your true idler, with days and nights to spend beside the water trails, will not subscribe to it.

between Occurrences 4%

The rest of the day, I spent between the tower and my study.

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