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
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
Judith," said she, "even if he be not of that fearful kind—even if he be a real man, and such as he represents himself, bethink you what you are doing!
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
The spear I threw but now,—God be praised it failed of its mark, sir! and I bethink me 'tis still sticking in the tree—has served me in good stead many a time and oft.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
It meditates no question of political economy or of trade, but bethinks it how streets are best defended, and how towns are fortified against themselves.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
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
The president bethinks himself of a "patriot" architect, Citizen Palloy, who generally makes his appearance whenever there are "patriotic" demolitions to be accomplished.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
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
But Smith College bethought herself, or was reminded, of Poet Pierre's 400th birthday last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
The line was that Britain, at least, had bethought herself, after hearing and acceding to Joseph Stalin's blunt demand for land action on the Invasion Coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his meditations he bethought him of the Hippocratic Oath which doctors swear.
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
Yet he rallied himself, bethinking him, I fancy, that there were many spectators.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
Then, bethinking himself of the serious business which he had in hand, he picked it up and trotted off to a dry spot which he knew of, just on the fringe of the island.
From Hoof and Claw by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
I could have informed her who had possessed the key, but refrained, bethinking me that the knowledge might only add to her distress and yet do no real service to me.
From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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
I changed my mind, however, bethinking me that the couple were poor, and that if I acted on the inclination, I should be punishing not merely the husband but the wife as well.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
