read here and there

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Konrad searched for the bread he needed, turned over the leaves of the books, began to read here and there, but always put them down sadly.

From I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Rosegger, Peter

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

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

As he slowly and tremblingly moved along, he stopped to read here and there a gravestone; as mild, instructive conveyers of intelligence, to which he could attend with more resignation, than to any other reporter.

From Nature and Art by Morley, Henry

"Katie Peck," and was not easy to read, here and there.

From Lin McLean by Wister, Owen