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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.

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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.

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Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.

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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

To ~ one's self, to bethink one's self; to take counsel with one's self; to reflect; to consider.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.

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Thus, struck down in the hour of his pride and passion, Euphues becomes "a changed man," and bethinks himself of his soul, which he has so long neglected.

From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson

The performer announces that he is about to cut them all up, but before commencing to do so bethinks himself of his own good handkerchief which he removes and places in his pocket.

From Peerless Prestidigitation Being a collection of entirely new ideas and effects in the fascinating art of modern magic by Herbert de Caston

The father, if he be a sensible man, naturally bethinks him that, if his boy can do so creditable a thing, worthy of praise, so might he himself.

From Thrift by Samuel Smiles

Then Denise bethinks herself of some homely household duties.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas

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

At Houston, Tex., authorities bethought themselves that criminals are criminals, and abolished the "State Honor Farm," from which 49 "honor prisoners" have already escaped this year.

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Surfeited by whole years of public adulation, Signer Mussolini bethought himself suddenly last week of perhaps the most unnoticed and retiring woman in all Italy.

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Thus faced with a well-nigh desperate situation, Belgian royalty bethought itself of royal nieces.

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“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

Then bethinking herself, she added: "It seems so strange that a gentleman should do all those things for himself."

From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Eug?ne Sue

The danger quickened his faculties: he clung on with a tighter grip, bethinking himself to look whether his fishing spear, which he had stuck into the bark, was still safe.

From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang

Smith was leading his cohort to the attack, when one of the men, apparently bethinking himself, approached Armathwaite and touched his cap.

From The House 'Round the Corner by Louis Tracy

I sat in my saddle, gazing at the house silently, and bethinking me of what service it might prove in the enterprise on which I was embarked.

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

She smiled right into Victor's face to such a degree that she knew no way of escape but by bethinking herself of his destined chamber, which she directed to be opened and shown to him.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul