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Theo, if you'll give me your word never to tell it to any one, I cried like a baby; for Price looked for all the world like Stephen looked when they were stoning him.

From The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys by Manwell, M. B.

And sometimes you are St. Stephen, who, while they were stoning him, could see Heaven opened.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

This generally partook of the nature of the old fable concerning boys who were stoning frogs, which was “great fun for the boys, but death to the frogs.”

From The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats by Warren, George A.

"Yes, miss," said Ovid, "you know that's what your departed aunt always told you: partikaly when you were stoning reasons for plum-cake."

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

Not far away, the children were stoning the plums, cherries, and peaches.

From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Dickinson, Asa Don