tarry at

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Philip, apparently, used one pretext after another to delay the prince, and once on his way Don Juan had to tarry at every stage of the journey to witness ceremonial fêtes held in his honor.

From A History of Sea Power by Stevens, William Oliver

I am permitted to tarry at none of them.

From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

"Come," Jesus said, "I must abide And tarry at thy house with thee."

From The Mountain Spring and Other Poems by Glass, Nannie R.

Anxious to return to Quebec as soon as possible, with the tidings of their glorious achievement, they made no tarry at the many villages which were scattered along the banks.

From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

But we must pass on to other waters, and not tarry at this glorious cataract until we are carried away by our subject.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Stockton, Frank Richard