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
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)
Do not harp upon your hollow Tales of Somewhere-by-the-Sea Patronised by Ph. Apollo; 'Tisn't good enough for me.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 by Various
She laid her harp upon the shrine, and to her surprise the strings began to quiver of their own accord!
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
My harp upon the willows, grave, In weeping days is sadly hung, For, Lord, the joy Thy presence gave, Is from my soul in anguish wrung.
From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by Brownlie, John
