read here and there
Example Sentences
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"Katie Peck," and was not easy to read, here and there.
From Lin McLean by Wister, Owen
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
As Edward read here and there a letter, it did seem as though his friends stood beside him, and spoke words of advice which conscience whispered should be heeded.
From Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us by Adams, John S. (John Stowell)
Her husband took it up again, and read here and there a passage from it.
From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean
And nevertheless in the books and sermons of the adversaries still more absurd things are read here and there.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp
