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While Foote was cogitating in this way, Browne's cab was rolling along westward.

From The Red Rat's Daughter by Boothby, Guy

In another corner of the room the haberdasher's wife, with whom Mrs. Peter was not on speaking terms, was cogitating thoughtfully on what the will might and might not contain.

From John Marsh's Millions by Hornblow, Arthur

I was meditating," said Mr. Brimberly, busied with the bottles and glasses, "I was cogitating calling hup Mr. Jenkins, the Stanways' butler across the way.

From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Farnol, Jeffery

Quite a number followed at a respectable distance, and I was cogitating how to double on them when I came to the gateway of the town cemetery, through which I hastily entered.

From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin

While he was cogitating over this he heard a shrill whistle from below.

From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Hemyng, Bracebridge