harp upon

Example Sentences

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Some sense of the grimly-ludicrous moved me to a fretful laugh, as I replied, “I have looked over it. In Heaven’s name, don’t harp upon it!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

And why did he harp upon this name Gessner, Richard Gessner!

From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir

Is it not made in the paradise you harp upon, the paradise we are coming to?

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

I harp upon that date," said Carlton, "because, as I have already remarked, it seems to have been a fatal date for me.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

And he shattered the still vibrating harp upon the rocks at his feet.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix