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Letter "W" » wont to
«Carolus V, Emperor of Rome, was wont to say that the Hispanic tongue was seemly for converse with God, the French with friends, the German with enemies, the Italian with the feminine sex.»
Author: Mikhail Lomonosov
| Keywords:
converse, emperor, Emperor of Rome, feminine, German, Hispanic, Italian, Rome, seemly, the French, The Italian, wont, wont to
«He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face.»
«And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; / To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, / And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, / And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, / And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, / And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.»
«But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.»
«He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.»
«And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. (Acts 16:13)»
«Fear and dull disposition, luke warmness and sloth, are not seldom wont to cloak themselves under the affected name of Moderation.»
«A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.»
«He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose, like an honest man and a soldier.»
«I have not that alacrity of spirit,Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
alacrity, cheer, wont, wont to
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