bethink
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Do you never bethink you, Judith, what your father would say were he to discover?" her friend said, glancing at her, as they walked along the highway.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
But bethink thee of the doom that awaits thee at the end of it.”
From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.
From Time Magazine Archive
In such a state of mind one bethinks one's self of one's relations—those friends not always congenial, but whom one looks to instinctively, when one is young, in the crisis of life.
From The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
At last he bethinks him of his old craft.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
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
After dinner he bethinks himself of some opportunity to procure supper, and with the night come new cares.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
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
In his meditations he bethought him of the Hippocratic Oath which doctors swear.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Smith College bethought herself, or was reminded, of Poet Pierre's 400th birthday last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
“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
Yet he rallied himself, bethinking him, I fancy, that there were many spectators.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
I changed my mind, however, bethinking me that the couple were poor, and that if I acted on the inclination, I should be punishing not merely the husband but the wife as well.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
"But meanwhile Mr. Jervas Rookley must shift for himself," I added, bethinking me of the condition.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
Ben, bethinking himself of the drinking cup that was part of the auto’s equipment, filled it with water from a nearby spring, and under these attentions the ladies somewhat recovered from their terrifying experience.
From Bert Wilson at the Wheel by J. W. Duffield
“Bless me!” exclaimed Mr. Webster suddenly bethinking himself of his duties.
From Jane Lends A Hand by Shirley Watkins
