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The reverend gentleman, however, had not been unobservant of the charms of other maidens with whom he had been brought in contact, so, it may be presumed that his heart had "yearned" in vain for them; or, peradventure, these had not played with him so dexterously, when once hooked, as did the fair

She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.

And my heart has kind of yearned over that boy from the first, but just because he had Marthy's eyes he kept bringin 'up the past to me, and I never looked at him without rememberin' how hard and unforgivin 'I'd ben to her, and thinkin' if I'd petted and humored her a little and made life pleasanter, perhaps she'd never have gone away.

Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

I do not know by what fatality it has happened, but so it is; that I have thought more often of you, and I may say, "yearned" after your society more for the last three months than I ever before did, and yet I have not written to you.

Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

With her dream of motherhood coming true, Vera -- who "yearned" for a baby "more than anything" -- is spending her down time "on a little farm in Upstate New York" with her husband

Celebrity Baby Blog 2008

Out of that alchemy emerged a gift to all those who hated work, loved pleasure, and yearned to be as free as a child.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Fenway Sports Group has anointed Anfield's King, the one man capable of uniting a club beset by poisonous division and politicking in recent years and someone who yearned to retake his post within weeks of leaving it in 1991.

How Kenny Dalglish lifted the Liverpool mood and found the aura | Andy Hunter 2011

Million of Americans like me voted for President Obama because we yearned for a president who refused to accept that our great nation was too big to care for the less fortunate in our midst.

Pierce O'Donnell: Why Has President Obama Forgotten Katrina Victims? Pierce O'Donnell 2011

Million of Americans like me voted for President Obama because we yearned for a president who refused to accept that our great nation was too big to care for the less fortunate in our midst.

Pierce O'Donnell: Why Has President Obama Forgotten Katrina Victims? Pierce O'Donnell 2011

During the 450 years that Muslims ruled Jerusalem, Latin Christians by and large had not yearned to recover that city.

Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011

During the 450 years that Muslims ruled Jerusalem, Latin Christians by and large had not yearned to recover that city.

Jay Rubenstein: Myths About Crusade Myths: Were They Defensive Wars? Jay Rubenstein 2011