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"Methought," he says, "that it was my own childish soul which thus broke out in the weeping of my son."
Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903
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"Methought," she said, "methought that thou wast dead at the hand of Skallagrim."
Eric Brighteyes Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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"Methought," he says, "the very sun that shineth in heaven did grudge to give me light."
Old Portraits, Part 1, from Volume VI., The Works of Whittier: Old Portraits and Modern Sketches John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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"Methought," he says, "the very sun that shineth in heaven did grudge to give me light."
The Complete Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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"Methought," he says, "the very sun that shineth in heaven did grudge to give me light."
Old Portraits, Modern Sketches, Personal Sketches and Tributes Complete, Volume VI., the Works of Whittier John Greenleaf Whittier 1849
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"Methought," said Lucia, "that the Lord Giovanni Orsini seemed very devoted to my Lady."
Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Methought," said the lady, as they rode on, "yonder fool stared at me as if he had some remembrance of me; yet I kept my muffler as high as I might."
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
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They were these that follow: -- "Methought," says he, "I carried three baskets upon my head; two were full of loaves, and the third full of sweetmeats and other eatables, such as are prepared for kings; but that the fowls came flying, and eat them all up, and had no regard to my attempt to drive them away."
Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709
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"Methought," he cried, "that I dealt with men of honourable mind, not with cheating tricksters.
Eric Brighteyes Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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"Methought," continued Horace, "that I was in the temple of
Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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