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  • Whipped by longing, stung and half numbed by a jealousy he must not show, and unwishful to wound her, he waited for a sign, feeling as if she must know why he was waiting.

    Swan Song 2004

  • Kazimoto wrapped an enormous mound of cold mtama pudding in a cloth and went his way, prophesying darkly of murder and sudden death lurking behind rocks and trees, as unwishful to be alone as a terrier without a master, but much too faithful to refuse duty.

    The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • Kazimoto wrapped an enormous mound of cold mtama pudding in a cloth and went his way, prophesying darkly of murder and sudden death lurking behind rocks and trees, as unwishful to be alone as a terrier without a master, but much too faithful to refuse duty.

    The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

  • The Lamb was furiously unwishful to be dressed in his warm clothes again, but Anthea and Jane managed it, by force disguised as coaxing, and he never once whooping-coughed.

    The Phoenix and the Carpet 1891

  • Through these blind streets, unwishful to be spied,

    The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations Emma Lazarus 1868

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