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  • Then he went stumblin ''long, with somebody holdin' his arm, an 'he was took into a big, bright room, an' the doctor was lookin 'at him an' astin 'him questions.

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

  • Then he went stumblin ''long, with somebody holdin' his arm, an 'he was took into a big, bright room, an' the doctor was lookin 'at him an' astin 'him questions.

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, by Alice Caldwell Hegan. 1902

  • Stid o 'astin' questions, yer tells me all 'bout what happened.

    Taken Alive Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • It might be that he owed his life to what he called astin.

    The Dark Tower King, Stephen 2004

  • The medicine you brought me from your world'the astin-is wonderful stuff, Eddie, but there are fevers beyond the power of any medicine to cure, and this was one of them.

    The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

  • He found himself staring at Eddie, whom he had first met in the frightening but wonderful air-carriage of that strange other world where the gunslingers wore blue uniforms and there was an endless supply of sugar, paper, and wonderful drugs like astin.

    The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

  • Then he took the other three astin, and lay next to Eddie, and took him in his arms as well as he could, and after some difficult time, both of them slept. shuffle The time following that night was broken time for Roland, time that didn't really exist as time at all.

    The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987

  • No magic here; only trivialities-although there was astin, and a few other reme'dies which sounded as if they might be useful.

    The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987

  • We should have brought some astin, too, he thinks, and then tries to laugh: all the drugs for him, none for Eddie.

    The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987

  • He wished for some of the astin from Eddie's world.

    The Drawing of the Three King, Stephen, 1947- 1987

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