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But Cerberus himself could not have stopped John Pike; his conscience backed him up in trespass the most sinful when his heart was inditing of a trout upon the rise.

From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

R. L. S. Eructavit cor meum My heart was inditing a goodly matter about Adela Chart.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

I am not avised of her ever having let him feel her Sympathy, save when he was inditing to me his third Book, while she sate at her Sewing.

From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne

His military fever was slowly burning itself out, though he was able to fan the embers into flame when, later, he was inditing the adventures of "Maurice Tiernay."

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund

While Wilkinson was inditing these misleading missives to the President, he was preparing the way for his entry at New Orleans.

From Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Johnson, Allen