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  • In Anthony and Cleopatra, a Soothsayer gives advice to Mark Anthony about Caesar: " If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and, of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds: thy lustre thickens, When he shines by: I say again, thy spirit Is all afraid to govern thee near him; But, he away, 'tis noble."

    Archive 2008-03-01 2008

  • In Anthony and Cleopatra, a Soothsayer gives advice to Mark Anthony about Caesar: " If thou dost play with him at any game, Thou art sure to lose; and, of that natural luck, He beats thee 'gainst the odds: thy lustre thickens, When he shines by: I say again, thy spirit Is all afraid to govern thee near him; But, he away, 'tis noble."

    Shakespeare on Games 2008

  • He said unto him, “Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool;” for “the Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek,” Ps. cx.

    The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 1616-1683 1967

  • And Thou, willing first to show me how Thou resistest the proud, but givest grace unto the humble, 7 and by how great an act of Thy Mercy Thou hadst traced out to men the way of humility, in that Thy WORD was made flesh, and dwelt among men: —Thou procuredst for me, by means of one puffed up with most unnatural pride, certain books of the Platonists, translated from Greek into Latin.

    The Seventh Book 1909

  • "That thou, holiness, art insane, that Thou hast not the ordination of high priest, that Thou art not even made pharaoh, and that 'it is possible to exclude thee from the throne."

    The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879

  • And God, if thou art God, Thou art a better father than I. '

    A Beleaguered City Being a Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the City of Semur, in the Department of the Haute Bourgogne. A Story of the Seen and the Unseen 1862

  • A thief thou faw'ft no fooner, but Thou did'ft with him confent:

    The Psalms of King David Paraphrased, and Turned Into English Verse, According to the Common ... 1668

  • _thou me more than these_? 'let thine answer be his, ` _Che, Lord, Thou woost that I loue Thee_!'

    Mistress Margery Emily Sarah Holt 1864

  • But until Thou dost so, bear with me, for _Thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild_ (_Enarr. in Ps. _ lxxxv.

    On Prayer and The Contemplative Life Aquinas Thomas 1907

  • "Do thou, O our God," he said, in conclusion, "spread Thy guiding hand over him whom in Thy great mercy Thou hast brought to us again, and do Thou guard him through the perils which come unto those that go down to the sea in ships.

    A Window in Thrums 1898

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