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Examples
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For rain and mountain storms, the like thou need'st not fear;
Phebe, the Blackberry Girl Edward Livermore
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Would'st thou the god of those white flowers repay? then purity need'st thou observe.
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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(Antonio) Nor need'st thou much importune me to that
English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard
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Thou need'st not waste on me those gracious looks.
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I am thy husband -- nay, thou need'st not shudder!
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Nay, thou need'st not shrink from me -- for I have sworn by Satan to taste thy ripe charms within this very hour! '
City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston George Thompson
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Because thou must not dream, thou need'st not then despair.
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Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?
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Thou, heaven's consummate cup, what need'st thou with earth's wheel?
Robert Browning: How to Know Him William Lyon Phelps 1904
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Thou art a very innocent soul, and surely need'st no occasion to be afraid.
State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902
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