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Of late CBS has been hearkening to the heartland again, with Dallas and Dukes of Hazzard and, next Tuesday, a two-hour Return of the Beverly Hillbillies.

From Time Magazine Archive

I checked her, I did; but my poor girl she said, said she, 'Never mind; the little one has been hearkening to yourself.'

From The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

Dagont," cried Birse, "it's Wearywarld, and he has been hearkening.

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)