considerable time
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.
I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.
There was only one thing of which he could be certain now. Boredom would not be a serious problem for a considerable time to come.
He spent considerable time at his clubs; his favorite was the Stuyvesant, because, as he explained to me, its membership was drawn largely from the political and commercial ranks, and he was never drawn into a discussion which required any mental effort.
If you really come down to any large story that interests people – holds the attention for a considerable time ... human stories are practically always about one thing, aren't they? Death. The inevitability of death.
Regrets are like a child, They come some considerable time after event.