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Kleist's word for pleading is bitten, which is etymologically related to both betteln and Bett.
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We moved easily from Bett to betten and from betteln to bitten, but dog — in
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"Lass sie betteln gehn wenn sie hungrig sind!" cries the grenadier, frantic over his Emperor's capture, when his wife and babes are suggested; and men pent into a burning theatre have been known to cut their way through the crowd with knives. [
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"Lass sie betteln gehn wenn sie hungrig sind!" cries the grenadier, frantic over his Emperor's capture, when his wife and babes are suggested; and men pent into a burning theatre have been known to cut their way through the crowd with knives. [
Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876
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