deign

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Deign, then, oh my lord, to rest in these arms of mine, and contemplate your victory from a safe coign of vantage.'

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

"Deign, though, to tell me, I beg you, when did the Count go?"

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

Deign from Thy Celestial Temple, from the realms of light and glory, to bless us in all the purposes of our present assembly.

From Masonic Monitor of the Degrees of Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft and Master Mason together with the Ceremony of Installation, Laying Corner Stones, Dedications, Masonic Burial, Etc. by Thornburgh, George

Deign, reader, to be taught, Whate’er thy strength of body, force of thought, In Nature’s happiest mould however cast, “To this complexion thou must come at last.”

From Curious Epitaphs by Various

Deign, then, to smile upon my suit, Nor heedlessly my vows refuse; But trust the honour of the brute Who seeks to win thee with his muse!

From The Adventures of a Cat And a Fine Cat too! by Elwes, Alfred