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But I have One Whom I ought to please, to Whom I ought to subject myself, Whom I ought to obey,
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But thus will the people best the voice of their leaders obey,
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But thus will the people best the voice of their leaders obey,
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Yet while I sat there, maintaining the expressionless face of a journeyman whose only will is to obey,
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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But thus will the people best the voice of their leaders obey,
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When, miracle of mercy! as they turned them to obey,
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Oh, civil life is fine and free, with no one to obey,
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 Various
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There being little hope that Fredrik would force the pirate to obey,
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa Paul Barron Watson
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But it pleased Him, whom the winds and the sea obey,
The Wreck on the Andamans Joseph Darvall
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Whence once they're thro'ly Conquer'd, they'll obey,
The Pleasures of a Single Life, Or, The Miseries of Matrimony Anonymous
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