drew

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O'Toole caught the courier by the arm and with a polite speech in French drew him again down into his chair.

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  • The source from which he drew was a mystical school which considered parables unnecessary The part played by ostensibly historical facts and parables in the first three Gospels is clearly shown in the narrative of the cursing of the fig tree. —  Christentum als mystische Tatsache und die Mysterien des Altertums. English
  • We had a little sledge which we ourselves drew, and which was laden with provisions for three days and some meteorological and hydrographical instruments At 6 o'clock A.M. we reached Rirajtinop, where we found Notti, a serviceable, talented, and agreeable youth. —  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
  • The wagon he drew was a soapbox fitted with a pair of wheels from a go-cart Let me carry her, Elizabeth--she's too heavy for you," Olga said after a few minutes; but the child clung to Elizabeth, refusing to be transferred, and at the pressure of the little yellow head against her shoulder, Elizabeth smiled I can carry her," she said. —  The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story
  • But without doubt one of the most successful cartoons Leech ever drew, and the most humorous portrait of Brougham, represented him as a clown at Astley's, going up to the splendid ring-master, the Duke of Wellington (as Mr. Widdicomb of Astley's Amphitheatre) and saying "Well, Mr. Wellington, is there anything I can do for you--for to run, for to fetch, for to carry, for to borrow, for to steal?" —  The History of "Punch"
  • Keene, as I have already stated, re-drew or touched up the earlier of his sketches, which dealt for the most part with military life on foreign service. —  The History of "Punch"
 

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