bethink

When a New Englander needs an image for swarming bees he may not bethink him of showered stars, yet sparks from a Fourth of July pinwheel are quite as effective and wholly permissible.

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Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.

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But the head of the French department did not bethink himself in time to procure a bust of Ronsard to be duly "crowned," during the ceremony.

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I have heard as a truth that the King of France would have pardoned him his crime, had he confessed at once; therefore, bethink yourself, madame!’

From Memoirs of Leonora Christina Daughter of Christian IV. of Denmark; Written During Her Imprisonment in the Blue Tower at Copenhagen 1663-1685 by Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

I'll bethink me of the gown I must wear that shall best please my cavalier, and lay it down, to smooth out the folds.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.

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He bethinks him on one occasion that a rich neighbour has daughters.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol 2 of 3) Essay 1: Vauvenargues by John Morley

The president bethinks himself of a "patriot" architect, Citizen Palloy, who generally makes his appearance whenever there are "patriotic" demolitions to be accomplished.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand

Cyril is dining with some bachelor friends near Truston: so Lady Chetwoode, who is always thoughtful, bethinks her there is no one to bring Lilian down to dinner except Guy.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

Thus, struck down in the hour of his pride and passion, Euphues becomes "a changed man," and bethinks himself of his soul, which he has so long neglected.

From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson

In his Discourse on Inequality, he lamented "the first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2017

Prince George, mistaking the crowd for a normal one, sat up with his usual cheery smile, soon bethought him of his top, put it on without anyone's having mentioned it to him.

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At Houston, Tex., authorities bethought themselves that criminals are criminals, and abolished the "State Honor Farm," from which 49 "honor prisoners" have already escaped this year.

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Thus faced with a well-nigh desperate situation, Belgian royalty bethought itself of royal nieces.

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“Now. All night, I lay and I bethought myself—how to leave so I won’t be forgot? And behold.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"Oh, that was merely a side-issue,--only an after-piece," said Frau von Leskjewitsch, bethinking herself.

From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin

Yet he rallied himself, bethinking him, I fancy, that there were many spectators.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman

At any rate, as though bethinking himself of something half forgotten, he changed his mind of a sudden.

From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Norman Duncan

The intercessor would not be baffled, and, bethinking himself to appeal by the tenderness of birth and of death to the king, wrote four lines of verse which he left on the table.

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

Naturally in the course of my own work I have asked myself this question with qualms, bethinking myself of Tennyson’s phrase about swamping the sacred poets with themselves.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin