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Pippa's fancy has been aspiring to three separate existences, which would each in its own way have been wrecked without her.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.

We mean, of course, his prospects for securing the civil and social equality to which he has been aspiring.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.

From the earliest times of which we have any record man has been aspiring toward God.

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Indeed, I know that his men have been rebellious of late, and this very Jake has been aspiring to the leadership of the gang.”

From Charlie to the Rescue by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)