"Over and over" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in that bright circle, in which the present commemorator has often since moved, and heard members of it over and over again describe its happy scenes; sometimes, the younger sister, my own especial friend; at other times the animated brother. The revered father has long been in his respected grave; and the elder sister, after an early marriage with ...
— Thaddeus of Warsaw • Jane Porter
... What would be the good of it if it wasn't air-tight? It's under the water all the time, upside down, over and over a hundred times. There's air in it enough to last 'em for three minutes, and it's calculated that it can be brought ashore in less time. I've seen husbands put their wives into it, and mothers their little ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876 • Various
... mightily, and she nodded good-bye to them, saying, "Lemons, eggs and extract," over and over ...
— A Sweet Little Maid • Amy E. Blanchard
... recovered himself, and he again came in full fly at the buck's face with wonderful courage; again the buck rushed forward to meet him, and once more the pointed antlers pinned the dog, and the buck, following up his charge, rolled him over and over for ...
— The Rifle and The Hound in Ceylon • Samuel White Baker
... Hesperus, the Evening Star, and, together with a dragon, guarded the golden tree in a beautiful garden. Hercules made a long journey, apparently round by the north, and on his way had to wrestle with a dreadful giant named Antaeus. Though thrown down over and over again, Antaeus rose up twice as strong every time, till Hercules found out that he grew in force whenever he touched his mother earth, and therefore, lifting him up in those mightiest of arms, the hero squeezed ...
— Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 • Various
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