invyin

Updated: May 13, 2025

But he reads whin he is be himsilf. He reads in bed. He reads with his meals. He is a secret reader. He nips in second-hand book stores. He can't go on a thrain an' have anny fun lookin' at th' other passengers or invyin th' farmers their fields an' not invyin' their houses. Not a bit iv it. He has to put a book in his pocket.

Finley Peter Dunne - Mr. Dooley Says

"Consaitin' that it was because I was invyin' him, that's what he's thinkin' agin me," he said to himself as the days went by, and he perceived, or fancied, that Nicholas in his disconsolate moping about had no other aim than to keep away from wherever Dan might be. But Dan's unhappiness took an acuter phase in a fortnight or so, when Nicholas began to resume his mathematical studies.

Jane Barlow - Strangers at Lisconnel