At length a line of barges snatched him from the sight of the lingerer; and Ned, slowly turning away, muttered,-Yes, I have always heard that Dame Lobkins's was the safest asylum for misfortune like mine.
"Paul Clifford, Volume 7."
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
But I am content no longer to be an idle lingerer among its pleasant groves; for I have ceased to feel the inspiration of its loveliness."
"The Good Time Coming"
T. S. Arthur
One, two, three days went by, and still Mr. Lyon was a lingerer at Woodbine Lodge; and during most of that time he was alone and in earnest conference with Mr. Markland.
"The Good Time Coming"
T. S. Arthur