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I hasped the window; I combed his long, black hair from his forehead; I tried to close his eyes--to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, lifelike exultation, before any one else beheld it.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
He advanced to the iron door and lifted its hasped bar.
From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen
Within, a tall wizened man, with dead fishy eyes, stalked nervously to and fro on a platform, beside which a hastily constructed coffin with a hasped cover stood on three sawhorses.
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Adams, Samuel Hopkins
The door was hasped and fastened with a stick; precaution enough in such a place, and for all that it contained, too.
From St. Patrick's Eve by Lever, Charles James
The screened doors were shut and hasped, but the windows were all open.
From Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted by Harriet L.
