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  • Betake thee to Him who hath pardon for us all, and betake thee with confidence — for I pardon you as freely as if you had never wronged me — as freely as I desire my own pardon. —

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • Answered the hedgehog, “Betake thee to preparing for the next world and content thyself with a pittance of provision.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Betake thyself to Pope Urban with this commission from Me that he get all My brothers as quickly as possible to hasten to Jerusalem, in order to purge the city of unbelievers.

    Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm Daniel A. Goodsell

  • R. Nehorai said, "Betake thyself to a home of the _Torah_, and say not that the _Torah_ will come after thee; for there thy associates will establish thee in the possession of it; and lean not upon thine own understanding."

    Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers Joseph I. Gorfinkle

  • Betake thee quickly on a journey, and with thee lead thine only son.

    Codex Junius 11 Unknown

  • Betake yourself to your knees, when you have read this, and pray for us with all your might.

    The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss Prentiss, George L 1882

  • So said she, and the father of men and gods disregarded not; forthwith he spake to Athene winged words: "Betake thee with all speed to the host, to the midst of Trojans and Achaians, and essay that the Trojans may first take upon them to do violence to the Achaians in their triumph, despite the oaths."

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

  • Betake yourself to your castle of Winneburg, and hold yourself there in readiness to proceed to Treves on a day appointed by his Lordship the Archbishop, an Elector of this Empire, there to humble yourself before him, and crave his pardon for the offence you have committed.

    The Strong Arm Robert Barr 1881

  • 'Betake thee to preparing for the next world,' answered the hedgehog, 'and content thyself with a pittance of food.'

    The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879

  • Betake yourselves, as poor sinful creatures who know something of the corruption of your own hearts, to that dear

    Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII Alexander Maclaren 1868

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