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Example sentences for "but thou"

  • But thou on many an errand, to many a field dost wend Where the bow at adventure bended, or the fleeing dastard's spear Oft lulleth the mirth of the mighty.

  • Our errand is no light one," said Geirbald, "but thou, why art thou so merry?

  • But thou, Caesar, though losing of thy best, dost know The gods do favour thee.

  • But thou, Caesar, to what gods of ill Didst thou appeal?

  • Not by my advice I fain would have dissuaded thee; but thou, Swayed by the promptings of a lofty soul, Didst to our bravest wrong dishonoring him Whom ev'n the Immortals honor'd.

  • I did so: but thou strik'st me Sorely, to say I did: it is as bitter Vpon thy Tongue, as in my Thought.

  • Tis well that thou hast cause: But thou should'st please me better, would'st thou weepe La.

  • Thou comst to the Lady Oliuia, and in my sight she vses thee kindly: but thou lyest in thy throat, that is not the matter I challenge thee for Fa.

  • So I have given up all hope of safety; but thou, why hast thou come hither to perish?

  • But thou, O valorous Prince, hast delivered mine honour and my life from the hands of the Abyssinian and hast shown me such favour that 'twould ill become me to conceal from thee my history.

  • I will not tell thee that I shall thereby fall into danger of death, for 'twill not only be I but thou likewise.

  • But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face; 6:18.

  • But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

  • Now when the young lion heard these words he envied the lynx and said to the carpenter, 'By my life there is no help for it but thou make me a house with these planks ere thou make one for Sir Lynx!

  • My very foes have mercy on my case and moan therefor; * But thou, O heart of Indian steel, all mercy dost decline.

  • But thou, attentive, what we order heed: This hapless stranger to the city lead: By public bounty let him there be fed, And bless the hand that stretches forth the bread.

  • But thou, when morn salutes the aerial plain, The court revisit and the lawless train: Me thither in disguise Eumaeus leads, An aged mendicant in tatter'd weeds.

  • But thou'st got ten times her brains, lad, and thou ought'st to ha' given in.

  • But thou'lt get better o' that,' said Dan.

  • Aye, but thou hasna' made use o' 'em tonight.

  • But thou, carle, who art thou, who knowest the inside of our Burg so well, though I know thee not, for as well as I know our craftsmen and vavassors?

  • But thou, Swain of Upmeads, wilt thou deem it hard to lie anear the horses, to watch them if they be scared by aught?

  • Said Richard: "Yea, but thou wilt be, or thou mayst call me a fool else.

  • But thou, O Lord, Aid all this foolish people; let them take Example, pattern: lead them to thy light.

  • But thou, while kingdoms overset, Or lapse from hand to hand, Thy leaf shall never fail, nor yet Thine acorn in the land.

  • But sometimes in the falling day An image seem'd to pass the door, To look into her eyes and say, "But thou shalt be alone no more".

  • But thou, whereon I carved her name, That oft hast heard my vows, Declare when last Olivia came To sport beneath thy boughs.

  • But thou shalt go to my father's house, and shalt take a wife of my own kindred for my son: 24:39.

  • Neither shall thy name be called any more Abram: but thou shalt be called Abraham: because I have made thee a father of many nations.

  • But thou shalt be clear from my curse, when thou shalt come to my kindred, if they will not give thee one.

  • Ay, but thou talk'st as if thou wert a king.

  • Ay, but thou canst do what I mean to ask.

  • Ay, but thou usest to forswear thyself; 'T was sin before, but now 't is charity.

  • Thou wert mistaken; a madness possessed thee; but thou, I knew, wouldst choose the way of honour.

  • But thou--beast of the slime--hear thy sentence.

  • But thou--wilt thou not come also to the lord Mahomet's tomb?

  • Then, with a sudden change of manner, he added: "But thou hast a Christianity the like of which I have never seen.

  • But thou must be of the race of the pygmies, and therefore useless.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but thou" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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