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  • And he answered, “Needs must I go with you whitherso ye will and ye are as my own kith and kin.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • So he began buffetting his face for regret, and fell to following the other whitherso he went, to the intent that he might win what was with him, but he failed in this, because the Melancholist knew what was in his mind and was assured that he spied upon him; so he kept watch over himself.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • And he answered, "Needs must I go with you whitherso ye will and ye are as my own kith and kin."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • But still their hearts are in the hand bf the Lord, as the rivers of water; and he turneth them whitherso - ever he will; see Prov. xxi.

    Sermons, on doctrinal and experimental subjects Williston, Seth, 1770-1851 1812

  • A fisherman went forth to a river for fishing therein as was his wont, and when he came thither and walked upon the bridge, he saw a great fish and said in himself, ’Twill not serve me to abide here, but I will follow yonder fish whitherso it goeth, till

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • a great fish and said in himself, "'Twill not serve me to abide here, but I will follow yonder fish whitherso it goeth, till I catch it for it will relieve me from fishing for days and days."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • 'tis he who acquainted me with thy name and gave me the glad tidings of thy soon coming hither, saying to me, 'When he shall come to thee, entreat him with honour and obey his bidding and gainsay him not; but be thou to him wife and he shall be to thee man, and wend with him whitherso he will.'

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Then taking from his bag a ball he gave it her and said, "When thou art seated in saddle throw this before thee and follow it whitherso it lead thee; and when it shall stop at the hill-foot then dismount and climb the slope.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • That evening she at first refused to go to any public place, lest she should see St. Aubyn and mademoiselle Coulanges; but her delicacy being wounded at the idea that it was necessary for her to avoid St. Aubyn, she consented to the plan proposed, and neither at the Opera nor at Frescati did she behold him; while, had admiration been her passion, the admir - ing gaze which greeted her whitherso - ever ever she went, and the name of la belle Angloise which on every side met her ear, would have gratified her feelings to the utmost, and healed perhaps the wounds of secret and ill-requited love.

    Temper ; or, Domestic scenes : a tale in three volumes 1812

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