"Over and over" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... every day she had prayed for an hour, some days she had prayed for several hours, in the cathedral, kneeling upon a harsh hassock that hurt her knees. Even in her prayers she could not argue nor vary. She prayed over and over again many hundreds of times: "Bring him back, dear ...
— Soul of a Bishop • H. G. Wells
... mention for the sake of the friend who is writing down these Notes that it was among the fine Scotch firs near Ambleside, and particularly those near Green Bank, that I have over and over again paused at the sight of this image. Long may they stand to afford a like gratification to others! This wish is not uncalled for—several of ...
— The Prose Works of William Wordsworth • William Wordsworth
... was at work, sitting at the old desk, which, deprived of its sheltering greenery, was shabbier than ever, making out bills. There was still money owing to her father, and it was important that it should be collected. Over and over again she wrote her neat "Acct. rendered," while she added as a postscript in every case: "Please remit. ...
— The Side Of The Angels - A Novel • Basil King
... mass of muslin. Effie watched with shrewd, speculative silence, like a pet cat. Then suddenly she rose and went close to Annie, with her little arms around her neck, and the poor dumb mouth repeating her little speeches: "Thank you, I am very well, thank you, I am very well," over and over. ...
— The Copy-Cat and Other Stories • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... horrified woman repeat over and over, as she swayed to and fro with closed eyes and Cynthia on ...
— A Son of the Hills • Harriet T. Comstock
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