come-at-able

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Poor girl! she was barely fifteen, and without this consent her little amount in the funds was not come-at-able until five immeasurable summers had “dragged their slow length along.”

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Our country spirit at home is perhaps the most entirely wholesome; but as that is not come-at-able, Rhenish or a white wine of Burgundy will be next best.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Poor girl!—she was barely fifteen, and without this consent, her little amount in the funds was not come-at-able until five immeasurable summers had "dragged their slow length along."

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan

But the old knight, look you, is not come-at-able.

From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)

I shall begin immediately after the holy week, for until the forestieri, of which there are a fabulous number, have gone to their respective summer quarters, neither piano nor masters are in any way come-at-able.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell