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"Belike," suggested Billy Priske, scratching his head, "Eve was expecting, and he invented it to keep her spirits up."
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"Belike," said I, scrambling over the gunwale, "the man has lost his bearings in this fog, and mistakes Helford for Falmouth entrance."
Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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"Belike," quoth the said chieftain, "thou wouldst wish to show me some token, whereby we may wot that thou art that Friend of the Well and of our kinsman concerning whom he sent us a message."
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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"Belike," said Charlotte, "that is some holy relic, to which, maybe, you owe your present recovery.
A Monk of Fife Andrew Lang 1878
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"Belike," said Kenton, "there's an old stone pile, a mere hovel, down below, where my grandfather said he remembered an old monk, a hermit, or some such gear -- a Papist -- as lived in hiding.
Under the Storm Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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"Belike the White Witch has cast a spell on this road," says Ricia.
The Clique 2010
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"Belike had the Thugs been Jesus-worshippers, they would have been roaming yet - especially if they had chosen Hindoo victims."
Fiancée 2010
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‘Belike your honour is going to take the command yourself, then?’ he said, after a pause.
Redgauntlet 2008
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Then said Regin, “Belike thou art well content therewith, hard master though thou be in smithying.”
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“Belike her husband will return to her by the blessed influence of thy prayers, O Háfizah; so do thou pray for her, O my sister, for thou art a day faster and a night prayer.”
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