bethink
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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.
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
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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My poor Francesco," said he "bethink thee that I have had a life of controversy, and am sick on't, sick as death.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
She would seem to stop in her play, and bethink her how and why she was there, and then, with a cry of joy, bound away after her companions in wild delight.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once more at halt, he again bethinks himself what is best to do.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid
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
But while she is preparing herself for this fate, she bethinks her of Antonio.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
The elder hunter bethinks him of a solution for this problem.
From The Singing Mouse Stories by Emerson Hough
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
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
But Smith College bethought herself, or was reminded, of Poet Pierre's 400th birthday last week.
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
“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
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
And then, suddenly bethinking himself, "Have you been there ever since?"
From White Fire by John Oxenham
Avoiding word-painting and description, like the born poet he is, he begins by calling up for comparison visions of other fanes or palaces of enchantment, and then, bethinking himself of Milton’s cry to Lycidas,
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
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
I exclaimed, bethinking me of Jervas Rookley's threat.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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