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• But she was too strong a character to adapt herself complacently to a livelong, intimate association with a person so genuinely, so uncontrollably, physically repugnant to her as was Sprudell Psychologically, it was curious--no doubt there were women in the world who had, or did, or might, adore Sprudell; but for herself she understood clearly now that the single kindly feeling she had for him was the gratitude she felt she owed him I congratulate you," she said finally. —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
• Sometimes this test is made easier by dropping the apples into a tub of water and diving for them, or piercing them with a fork dropped straight down Green herbs called "livelong" were plucked by the children and hung up on Midsummer Eve. —  The Book of Hallowe'en
• A tub, a spoon, and a handkerchief red For to breast both calm and gale 5 So he sailed away, for a livelong day And the sun was warm and mild, And the small waves laughed as they seemed to play And the sea-gulls clamored wild 6 So he sailed away, for a livelong day Till the wind began to roar, And the waves rose high, and, to briefly say He never was heard of more H. PYLE Illustration FARMER GRIGG'S BOGGART Did you ever hear of a boggart? —  Pepper ; Salt or, Seasoning for Young Folk
• It had been better to pass hours in her sight, for previous separation made union more intense, and the passionate enjoyment of a fleeting instant was hoarded up, and became nourishment for the livelong day It was a soft rich afternoon in June, and chance made me the companion of Miss Fairman. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843
• How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog II I bring an unaccustomed wine To lips long parching, next to mine, And summon them to drink Crackling with fever, they essay; I turn my brimming eyes away, And come next hour to look The hands still hug the tardy glass; The lips I would have cooled, alas! —  Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete

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