read here and there
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We read here and there in books, that very often angels came at the departure of good men, and with ghostly hymns led their souls to heaven.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
Open at random, read here and there, forward and back, wholly according to inclination; follow the practice of Johnson and all good readers, of 'tearing the heart' out of it.
From Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by Osgood, Charles Grosvenor
They had brought along a volume of Wordsworth's shorter poems, and Helen read here and there in the pauses.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.
And nevertheless in the books and sermons of the adversaries still more absurd things are read here and there.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp
The following days I read here and there.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by Boswell, James
