bestir

Example Sentences

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Bestir yourself; get the cobwebs out of your head; brush off the brain ash.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

"Bestir yourself, then, and lay out the table, for the coach can't stay long," cried the virago, seizing a frying-pan from the wall, and preparing it for the reception of eggs and ham.

From Roughing It in the Bush by Moodie, Susanna

Bestir thee, Jenni, haul the boat on shore.

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich

Bestir thee now, and with thy speech ornate,   And with what needful is for his release,   Assist him so, that I may be consoled.

From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

"Bestir yourself! do as I bid you," he muttered.

From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine