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  • An he be not diverted by this, and seeks to ravish thee regardless, call to the nearest other male gob and cry 'Canst stand by and watch me be ravished by this dullard, when thou dost be the one I hanker for?'

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • "Canst not answer?" the mare demanded, taking Tania's silence for guilt.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • "Canst thou accept me in lieu, since I be first to receive thee in this guise?"

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • “I fear me,” replied the father, “we shall find our guide, who has been growing hourly more stupid since he left his own valley, as useless as you suppose the compass would be among the hills of this wild country. — — Canst tell, my boy,” said he, addressing Antonio in bad Italian, “if we be in the road we purposed?”

    Anne of Geierstein 2008

  • Canst thou not see that this gallant Caesar is willing to avoid the risk of encountering with this lady, while he earnestly desires to be supposed willing to meet her husband?

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • Canst thou tell me who helped the Cardinal to a palfrey? —

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • Canst thou tell where Peer Gynt has been since we parted?

    Peer Gynt 2008

  • Canst thou not perform these rites well enough without

    Helen 2008

  • Canst thou tell where Peer Gynt has been since we parted?

    Peer Gynt 2008

  • Canst thou not comprehend,” said the Countess, “thou man of many words, but of few honourable thoughts, that a heart like mine, which has been trained in the feelings of reliance upon my own worth and valour, must be necessarily affected with shame at being obliged to accept, even from the sword of a husband, that safety which I would gladly have owed only to my own?”

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

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