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
My dear Adalbert, I beg of you, do not again harp upon the same old string about her being my own flesh and blood!
From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann
I mention about the division of the estate to you, dear Lizzie, because when it is done the papers will harp upon it.
From Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House by Keckley, Elizabeth
They disembarked and formed a long procession, Kothner going ahead bearing the banner, which had the portrait of King David and his harp upon it.
From Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces by Bacon, Mary Schell Hoke
She should particularly harp upon that fault or that failing by which the wife may appear to be the most affected.
From The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
