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Yet neither did they beg so importunely as in other Places; nor did the Men ever beg any thing at all.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 by Blair, Emma Helen

The seeing-eye dog gnarled its mouth the best it was able to do and growled importunely.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)