On this, I came to the, rather Quixotic, resolve that I would go and learn coopering at Strassburg, and then betakemyself to Master Martin's workshop.
I must betake myself for aid to our patron, Serapion," said Theodore; "for the story of the miner really came to my fancy exactly as I have told it.
He said, "I will betake me to a mountain that shall secure me from the water.
I betakeme to Thee, against the promptings of the Satans: And I betake me to Thee, O my Lord!
So when ye shall have separated you from them and from that which they worship beside God, then betake you to the cave: Your Lord will unfold his mercy to you, and will order your affairs for you for the best.
But Lot believed on him,6 and said, "I betake me to my Lord, for He truly is the Mighty, the Wise.
Forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist?
It was their Method in these polemical Debates, first to discharge their Syllogisms, and afterwards to betake themselves to their Clubs, till such Time as they had one Way or other confounded their Gainsayers.
Whoever wants to know the height of a steeple, the length of an aisle, or the number of arches in a bridge, must betake themselves to Murray and his compeers.
For an answer to this question we must betake ourselves to the history of our connexion with India.
Hopes were entertained many would betakethemselves to farming.
If we must betake ourselves to such symbols, let us have those which inspire lofty thoughts.
Hill stations have become very accessible by rail, and to these Europeans betake themselves in great numbers for the hot months.
Bitter quarrels were the consequence, and he found it necessary to leave the army and betake himself to Italy, which had been his original destination, in order to negotiate with the Genoese for a supply of money.
God will dispose of my life, and of how long it shall be; but I shall never betake myself to flight.
Kerely-bonto, sir, betake thee to thy faith, for seventeen poniards are at thy bosom.
Come, knock and enter; and no sooner in But every man betake him to his legs.
Do not repent these things, for they are heavier Than all thy woes can stir; therefore betake thee To nothing but despair.
It was but ten o'clock when all was ready, yet the young men deemed it most prudent to betake themselves at once to their outlook, since there might possibly have been some change in the plans of the enemy.
His mind glanced towards Calphurnius, whom he had heard of as in some way or other protecting her on the evening of the riot, and to him he determined to betake himself.
So I determined to betake myself to Germany, there to study medicine and, as opportunity offered, other sciences also.
But this joy did not last long; before a half year was ended, the chief rabbi had to betake himself to his fathers, and I was left like a sheep without a shepherd.
Let the shepherds abide by the flocks; but let the evangelists betake themselves hither and thither, to gather the sheep.
And people of this sort, when they betake themselves to politics or business, are as ridiculous as I imagine the politicians to be, when they make their appearance in the arena of philosophy.
And when we have practised virtue, we will betake ourselves to politics, but not until we are delivered from the shameful state of ignorance and uncertainty in which we are at present.
The bereavement which he had suffered was known to be bitter, and it was reported that he might betake himself to some foreign land.
She would betake herself to some Connecticut village and there wait for death.
Why will they not betake themselves to counsel, that is, take counsel: comp.
His second object was to provide beforehand for destroying all traces of the destination to which he might betake himself when he left Aldborough on the wedding-day.
And the Winds went back again to betake them home over the Thracian main, and it roared with a violent swell.
Thou therefore, if indeed thou canst, guard thine own son; betake thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou ever didst make glad his heart.
Then the assembly was broken up, and the tribes were scattered to betake them each to their own swift ships.
But go now, run swiftly by the ships, and summon Aias and Idomeneus, but I will betake me to noble Nestor, and bid him arise, if perchance he will be fain to go to the sacred company of the sentinels and lay on them his command.
This did not suit his designs, and he would betake himself to his further schemes.
Next day the wind continuing off the sea, with vapour and rain, the children were compelled to remain within doors, and betake themselves to books and playthings.
The tower is a kind of refuge to which they betake themselves.
Should the traveller not meet with the comfort and consideration of a conak, he is compelled to betake himself to a khan, or a caravansary.
Hence, therefore, I resolved instantly to follow the Prior's injunctions, and betake myself to Italy; thus breaking out at once from that dangerous circle into which I had been seduced by the malicious powers of darkness.
Betake yourself now to your cell--pray with fervour for the welfare of your soul.
So, betake thee to thy rest, nor grieve thee for my sorrows past and done--mayhap they shall be things to smile upon one day.
So, an you would have a happy world, lay by that great sword and betake thee to a little pipe, teach men to laugh and so forget their woes.
Aye me, betake thee to thy little brush, 'twere better fitted to thee than a noble sword, thou daubing boy!
He had had a piece of University education, and might have pursued that career with honour, but in his second year at Oxford his father died insolvent, and he was obliged to betake himself to the trade which he always detested.
Nay, sir, you have ties which must render your life more than ever valuable and dear to you, and duties to which, I know, you must be anxious to betake yourself.
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