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As has been said before, the personal labors of Mrs. Fenn were unintermitted as long as a sick or wounded soldier remained in any hospital.

From Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience by Bellows, Henry W.

Chess was recommended as a relief to these unintermitted, though desultory studies; and he engaged eagerly in the game which had found favor with so many of his Paladins.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

For many weeks the saloons of the Louvre and the Tuileries resounded with unintermitted revelry.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

For twelve years Henry, with his illustrious minister, labored with unintermitted zeal for the good of France.

From Henry IV, Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

For a distance of nearly six miles from the Louvre the streets were lined with armed citizens, who greeted her with almost unintermitted applause.

From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)