I need not say how many loves I sent her, nor what longings to be again beside her, to hold her hand, and hear her voice, and call her by that dearest of all the names affection cherishes.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
They always come back to him "respectfully declined," but he cherishes the hope that some day he will receive a more favorable answer.
"Andy Grant's Pluck"
Horatio Alger
She is what they call in this country a very interior character; which means one that cherishes the inward life.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley