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Meanings of long tarrying in English

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Usage of long tarrying in English
1
Without any long tarrying the bird came flying at her will.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
2
Repent, repent, for Death cometh swiftly and maketh no long tarrying.
The Gathering of Brother Hilarius
3
Without any long tarrying the king acted on his purpose.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
4
Any who looked at the Admiral saw that he would make no long tarrying here.
1492
5
With no long tarrying the battle was joined.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
6
We discussed the weather, which was worth discussing, for the spring, after long tarrying, had come.
Simon the Jester
7
They made no long tarrying at Southampton, nor wasted the day in fair words and idle courtesies.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
8
Wherefore, if you want your part in what is toward, you do well to make no long tarrying here.
A Monk of Fife / Being the Chronicle Written by Norman Leslie of...
9
Arthur made no long tarrying.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
10
The Count, her father, took to himself another wife with no long tarrying, a dame of gentle race and breeding.
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
11
But now go again, and do as I bid thee, for thy long tarrying putteth me in jeopardy of my life.
Bulfinch's Mythology
12
So spake Athene, daughter of Zeus, and Telemachus made no long tarrying, when he had heard the voice of the goddess.
The Odyssey of Homer
13
But now go again lightly, for thy long tarrying putteth me in great jeopardy of my life, for I have taken cold.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2
14
In that place they chose Constantine as their king, with no long tarrying, none being so bold as to say him nay.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
15
Without long tarrying, for they were sick now for land of their own, they sailed on up the great bay, the Chesapeake.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
16
He went from town to town, with no long tarrying in any place, so that the Britons might not make him their captive.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
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