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Busied, like other officers of his rank, in collecting those under his command, Lord Crawford, at the turning of one of the streets which leads to the Maes, met Le Balafre sauntering composedly towards the river, holding in his hand, by the gory locks, a human head with as much indifference as a fowler carries a game pouch.

Quentin Durward 2008

Busied myself by taking the little man to have his hairs cut, and spending too much money at the co-op.

weapons of massdistraction › Abandon The Search For Truth; Settle For A Good Fantasy 2005

Busied myself by taking the little man to have his hairs cut, and spending too much money at the co-op.

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Busied in arrangement for the collection and forwarding of stores, and in making trips to Antietam,

Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan

Busied with public affairs, the council would sit for hours smoking and watching the smoke curl from their pipes to the ceiling.

Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg

Busied with the trap, he had utterly lost all sense of direction.

Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

Busied with these reflections, she noticed the familiar figure of

The Spoilers Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Busied with these fancies and romantic thoughts, I lost count of streets and passages, turning this way, that and the other, through many narrow and tortuous byways and alleys, until I realized I was hopelessly lost.

The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Harris Dickson 1907

Busied in preaching and in acting as secretary and diplomatic agent to the Congregation as he was, he must also have begun in or not much later than August 1559, the part of his “History” first written by him, namely Book II.

John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905

Busied with the multitude of details attending my installation, I was called upon by another press chap, representing a Spokane sheet, who wished me to elaborate my views concerning the most probable cause of appendicitis, which I found myself able to do with some eloquence, reciting among other details that even though the metal dust might be of an almost microscopic fineness, it could still do a mischief to one's appendix.

Ruggles of Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson 1903