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But he knew this much, that, since he had begun to think about and talk to her, he longed -- yes, _longed_ -- with all his heart to have her come to Christ.

Tip Lewis and His Lamp 1841-1930 Pansy 1885

McCain longed for the media to love him like they always did when he would diss a republican, once he became the Republican nominee for president, every Democrat and their media hated him wish a passion that the right only has for Osama Bin Laden.

McCain reports over $2 million cash haul 2010

And now I am here and the time for which we longed is here, too.

A GIFT TO LEO TOLSTOY 2003

I had worked extra hours at the store so I could hunt between Christmas and New Year's, and as I stepped out of the car and looked at the snowy landscape, I again longed to be in the company of a bird dog.

The Gift 2002

Sir Peter, in short, longed for a son amply endowed with the combative quality, in which he himself was deficient, but which is the first essential to all seekers after renown, and especially to benevolent philosophers.

Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Sir Peter, in short, longed for a son amply endowed with the combative quality, in which he himself was deficient, but which is the first essential to all seekers after renown, and especially to benevolent philosophers.

Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Considering that more than sixteen hundred years have elapsed since Ptolemy put down the results of early explorers, and emperors, kings, philosophers ” all the great men of antiquity in short longed to know the fountains whence flowed the famous river, and longed in vain ” exploration does not seem to have been very becoming to the other sex either.

The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

Mitt Romney "longed" to be in Vietnam, but his "desire" was to be not in Vietnam.

Chris Kelly: Mitt Romney Lies About Vietnam 2008

Us darkies dat 'longed 'ud go and tell de white mens to come to de church.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

Folkses said dey would git you and beat you if dey cotch you off de plantation whar you b'longed 'thout no pass.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 Work Projects Administration