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For a weary look on the proud face hung, While the music clash'd and swell'd, And the restless child to the silk skirt clung Unnoticed tho' unrepelled.

From Poems by Adam Lindsay Gordon by Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop

That any day, however far, Would find me holding, unrepelled, The place that Doctor Johnson held!

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean

I gave my mind to acquiring his craft also, although I found it very difficult; and, unrepelled by the trouble which it gave me, I went on zealously upon the path of profit and improvement.

From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Symonds, John Addington

And I caught At the flying robe, and unrepelled Was lapped again in its folds full-fraught With warmth and wonder and delight, God's mercy being infinite.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald