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I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer away.

From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Houston, Thomas

Obtesting Deputies obtest vainly; Respect the President; approach not the President!

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

I obtest you by the glory of heaven, and by the crowns which believers put on His head, that ye slight not this offer.

From The Life of James Renwick A Historical Sketch Of His Life, Labours And Martyrdom And A Vindication Of His Character And Testimony by Houston, Thomas

Deputies, putting forth head, obtest, conjure; Saint-Antoine rages, "Bread and Constitution."

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Oh, we obtest those 025broken window-panes whether it be not cruel to expose new furniture to such perils!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various