perpend
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"Lud—a mercy," quoth I, Thomas, "I will perpend, Master Conscience" and I set myself to eschew the evil deed, with all my might.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
Read it, thou self-satisfied Mammon, and perpend; for it is both a prophecy and a doom!
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to read thus; therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
“Let the reader therefore perpend how great and what manner of man this same blessed personage was, who, having so great prophetic knowledge, could command, by invoking the name of Christ, the winds and ocean.”
From The Hermits by Kingsley, Charles
So I do, madonna; but to read his right wits is to read thus: therefore perpend, my princess, and give ear.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
