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Dr. Johnson first inserted this production in the Universal Chronicle, or Weekly Gazette, April 15, 1758, four years after he had desisted from his labours as an essayist.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Johnson, Samuel

We had desisted from rowing, and hand over hand were now hauling in upon the rope attached to the breaker, which we soon lifted into the boat, instantly resuming our oars.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

For a time Ann Veronica's family had desisted from direct offers of a free pardon; they were evidently waiting for her resources to come to an end.

From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

They had desisted, however, from this custom, after the publication of my edict, by which, in accordance with your orders, I had forbidden fraternities to exist.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

For this reason, more than for any other, he had desisted from saying anything that might have lessened Anderson in her regard.

From The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution by Barrett, James Francis