ascribe
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Ascribe not to any soul that which thou wouldst...30:
From The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
Ascribe this simile to a father's heart, and you will understand the blow that fell on Peyrade; the tears started to his eyes.
From Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Balzac, Honoré de
O Heaven, thy arm was here; And not to us, but to thy arm alone, Ascribe we all!
From King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre by Kean, Charles John
I fought, Sir, Like a good fellow, and a Souldier too, But men are men, and cannot make their fates: Ascribe you to my Father what you please, I am born to suffer.
From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis
Ascribe the origin to any cause you will, it does not alter the revolting facts, nor lessen the repulsiveness of the absurdity, nor the enormity of the crime.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.
Vocabulary lists containing ascribe
The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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Jane Eyre
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