bethink
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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.
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
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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Further, you brothers and sisters of the north ought to bethink yourselves and keep in mind how we regard them.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
Lady, what unlucky accident should bethink you of the garment?
From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby
Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Newmarket Houghton meeting is over, Mr. Bookmaker bethinks him of billiards, and he goes daily and nightly among interesting gatherings of his brotherhood.
From Side Lights by Grant Allen
After dinner he bethinks himself of some opportunity to procure supper, and with the night come new cares.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
In this dilemma, Anne of Austria bethinks her of the man to whose address and courage she had, twenty years previously, been so deeply indebted; D'Artagnan is called in to her assistance.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various
So when an untaught and uncorrupted mind looks upon a new scene and bethinks itself of a name to fit it, the name is almost certainly full of charm or rugged power.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Sir Hall Caine
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
Far away in Doorn the ex-Kaiser, too, bethought him of the Battle of Tannenberg and recalled that if Hindenberg and Ludendorff were its heroes, it was only because he had sent them there.
From Time Magazine Archive
After these practical matters had been attended to, Cleve bethought himself of form, and sent a telegram offering the fish to the Queen.
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
Then bethinking him of his French, he added, with dignity, "Welcome to Miaw-lins—Miaw-lins-lay-Tower."
From Dorothy and other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson
Yet he rallied himself, bethinking him, I fancy, that there were many spectators.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
I rose to my feet, grasped it, and, suddenly bethinking myself for the first time, uncovered my head.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Alexander Johnstone Wilson
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
As Otto said, I had set the traps myself, and bethinking me of this, I recalled a phrase which I had spoken to Count Lukstein.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
