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They almost alarm me when I am dividing violas, and trifling with alpines.

From Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty

I have a class of seven boys, among whom I am dividing the year's subscription of Young People.

From Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

They almost alarm me when I am dividing violas, and trifling with Alpines.

From Last Words A Final Collection of Stories by Murphy, Hermann Dudley

For one thing I have my "Topical Quotations" to prepare, and am "dividing my swift mind" between the Georgics of Virgil and Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality" for a suitable selection.

From Mr. Punch's Country Life by Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander)