bethink
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When a New Englander needs an image for swarming bees he may not bethink him of showered stars, yet sparks from a Fourth of July pinwheel are quite as effective and wholly permissible.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the head of the French department did not bethink himself in time to procure a bust of Ronsard to be duly "crowned," during the ceremony.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.
From Time Magazine Archive
And now I bethink me, kind lady, that it ill becomes me to have spoken of nothing but my own poor affairs on my first having the honor of meeting with you.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
But my thanks to you, dear lady——" "Nay, sir," said she, with a bright look of her eyes "bethink you you have not yet fairly made out the matter.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
She laughs, then bethinks herself in time to save the undesired blunder, and they float gracefully through the first figure.
From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas
He bethinks him on one occasion that a rich neighbour has daughters.
From Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues by John Morley
Meanwhile the refractory urchin, with no fear to stimulate his sluggish conscience, chuckles, rejoices and is glad, and bethinks himself of some uninvented methods of devilment.
From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton
Once more at halt, he again bethinks himself what is best to do.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
In his Discourse on Inequality, he lamented "the first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2017
Thus faced with a well-nigh desperate situation, Belgian royalty bethought itself of royal nieces.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his meditations he bethought him of the Hippocratic Oath which doctors swear.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Kuomintang high command had bethought itself; the Gimo had sent assurances that he stood for open competition.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Now. All night, I lay and I bethought myself—how to leave so I won’t be forgot? And behold.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
And then, suddenly bethinking himself, "Have you been there ever since?"
From White Fire by John Oxenham
While congratulating himself on the change of fortune, he was also bethinking him of what had led to it.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
Naturally in the course of my own work I have asked myself this question with qualms, bethinking myself of Tennyson’s phrase about swamping the sacred poets with themselves.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
Ben, bethinking himself of the drinking cup that was part of the auto’s equipment, filled it with water from a nearby spring, and under these attentions the ladies somewhat recovered from their terrifying experience.
From Bert Wilson at the Wheel by J. W. Duffield
Wogan turned away to the window and looked out into the street, bethinking him of what Lady Mary had told him.
From Parson Kelly by Andrew Lang
