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“Silly boy,” at length said Sir John, who had for some time forborne the stripling, “take, then, thy death from a noble hand, since thou preferrest that to peace and length of days.”

Castle Dangerous 2008

Thou art a lover of the chace, and often preferrest the pastime of hunting the deer, and the bear, and the panther, through the wild forest, to reposing in the arms of thy

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

Darius, when he heard the reply, was astonished, and sent again, saying, 'Lady, the king bids thee tell him why it is that thou passest by thy husband and thy children, and preferrest to have the life of thy brother spared.

Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler

"And so thou preferrest the earth to the sky; sensibility to insensibility; a humble Teton warrior to the mighty Spirit of the clime over which thou wast created to exert thyself a wondrous influence?"

Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) James Athearn Jones

And is thy Penelope so rare a dame, that thou preferrest her to me!

Stories from the Odyssey

If so be thy father’s calling liketh thee not, choose another that thou preferrest.

Appendix. The Story of ‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 1-24. 1909

"Do not lose time," interrupted the genie; "all thy chattering shall not divert me from my purpose; make haste, and tell me what kind of death thou preferrest?"

The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales Unknown 1889

'O my lord, I know by rote many stories of various kinds; so which of the kinds preferrest thou, and wilt thou have a story of mankind or of Jinn kind?'

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Shouldst thou neglect this warning, then every night will the rival whom thou preferrest to her be torn from thine arms, and be devoted as food for the fishes.

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf 1846

"Silly boy," at length said Sir John, who had for some time forborne the stripling, "take, then, thy death from a noble hand, since thou preferrest that to peace and length of days."

Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801