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  • Around half-past ten we saw an airplane fight that was almost worth the forenoon's discomfort.

    A Yankee in the Trenches Robert Derby Holmes

  • On this short forenoon's journey I had my first taste of the disordered state of the country.

    The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson

  • These Comitties thus appointed, we brake up the first forenoon's assembly.

    Colonial Records of Virginia Various

  • After some time the firing ceased, and at the usual time we had the forenoon's preaching, in all stillness; the only service kept in the city.

    The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

  • The next day I felt certain both from Mr.. Flaxman's manner and Mr. Winthrop's, that some disturbing element was in the air; and finding Mr.. Flaxman more inclined to solitude than society, after my forenoon's work was ended -- for what with the reading Mr. Winthrop appointed, and the time appointed by myself for painting, the entire morning until luncheon I found quite short enough.

    Medoline Selwyn's Work Hattie E. Colter

  • Capitol little harm that a corporal's guard of Biddies with mops and tubs could not repair in a forenoon's campaign.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

  • I should say 200 species could be picked up in a forenoon's walk.

    The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson

  • Within two hours the skins were ready, packed on the skid, and delivered at the raft, and after a hard forenoon's work the Cataract was reached shortly after noon.

    The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island Roger Thompson Finlay

  • Meek in name and in nature, there was not a day that she did not overwork, and when the forenoon's tasks were completed, she would lie back exhausted in the big old chair, only to be reprimanded if her husband chanced to come in, for "havin 'so little energy."

    Randy and Her Friends Amy Brooks

  • Mr.B. beckoned to the superintendent, a black man, to come to him, and gave him some directions for the forenoon's work, and then, after saying a few encouraging words to the people, took us to another part of the estate, remarking as we rode off, "I have entire confidence that those laborers will do their work just as I want to have it done."

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

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