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Are we so credulous to men, and shall not we believe God, who is truth itself, who affirms it so constantly, and obtests us so earnestly?

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

Deputy Feraud, stretching out his hands, baring his bosom scarred in the Spanish wars, obtests vainly: threatens and resists vainly.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Experienced Nestor chief obtests the skies, And weeps his country with a father's eyes.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander