If thou rememberest aught, ere thou cam'st here, Then how thou cam'st thou mayest remember too.
And I have thought over my father's lore, and have tried to learn it; Day, thou mayest smile, but it is thy absence that has taught me superstition.
But thou mayest take hence with thee all that booty which I won for thee in battle, save only the portion of these lordly men, of Aner, and of Mamre, and of Eshcol.
Thou mayest rule the heart of Adam, if thou incline to do it and he doth trust thy words, if thou wilt tell him truly what law thou hast in mind, to keep God's precepts and commandments.
I give thee My pledge, dearest of men, that thou mayest go thy way, thou and the seed of every living thing which thou shalt ferry through the deep water for many a day in the bosom of the ship.
Now mayest thou behold, most worthy Eve, nor need I tell thee, how fair thy beauty and thy form how changed, since thou didst trust my words and do my bidding.
But if thou, woman, wilt hearken to my words, thou mayest devise good counsel.
Take now from me the city and the shining home which I will give Thee in the heavenly kingdom, that Thou mayest truly be the King of men and angels, as Thou hast thought.
Prove first the physician, * * * that so in fine then mayest do and follow whatever he shall have said, whatever counsel he shall have given.
Thou however dost not set before us the hope that thou wilt send an army, except thou have the leadership of Hellas; and thou art striving how thou mayest become commander of the armies of Hellas.
But if there by any means, go thou and try to unsettle that which has been resolved, if perchance thou mayest persuade Eurybiades to change his plans, so as to stay here.
Now therefore thoumayest make thy way home quite undisturbed.
Next to these Kilikians are the Armenians, whom thou mayest see here, and these also have great numbers of sheep and cattle.
Thou mayest live as best pleases thee, my son," said Priam, "and I will give thee many goodly flocks and herds of cattle for thine own.
Give me the cup, then, and I will fill it, and bear it to the mountain-foot, that thou mayest carry it back in safety.
Yet, though I have no power to give thee back Eurydice, thou mayest win her thyself if thou hast the strength.
Then mayest thou cross with safety and win a lock from the golden herd.
Thou mayest get thee back to thy bed," she said, "and sleep out thy sleep in peace.
Mayest thou have peace in the world below and such joy as may be in those sunless places!
Come along, thou mayest as well drink; for weeping will not mend thee.
I am not so much afraid of the Naraka thou art speaking of, nor of this noose, nor of any troubles I may undergo, nor of any punishment thou mayestinflict on me as I am afraid of doing anything for which good people will blame me.
Then the Mukaddam repaired to the house where the She-thief had bespoken him and standing at the door knocked thereat when those inside asked, "Who mayest thou be?
Well mayest thou fare," she says, "and thou shalt not do this deed for nothing.
Thou speakest of what thou mayestalways be forgiven for asking, for help in the blood-feud after such connections as thou hadst.
Thou mayest stand excused," says Asgrim, "for thou art not in our debt for any service.
Yet it will be hard to take care that thou mayest not seem to be a truce-breaker, or peace-breaker, and yet carry out thy point.
Then thou shalt fly at him, though it is not thy wont, but mind and spare thy strength, that thou mayest not be found out.
He is here at the Thing, and his daughter too, and thou mayest see her if it pleases thee.
That thou mayest well have," says Thangbrand, "only give thyself over to him by God's help this very day.
If thou like, thou mayest reckon me thy proper Guardian Angel, since the other has not acted to thy satisfaction.
And when thou art governing a Province as its Bey, thou mayest confidently raise thy eyes to the throne: the Sultan will not reject the son-in-law whom the Prophet has appointed for his daughter.
Who knows but thou mayest earn the merit of saving the pure maiden's soul, and leading it to the Heaven for which it was intended?
From this thou mayest perceive what a service thou hast done me by thy help, and what gratitude I owe thee.
I was forgetting to tell thee that thou mayest expect the "Persiles," which I am now finishing, and also the Second Part of "Galatea.
It is good to set thy face toward the light, that thou mayest advance; but it is good also to turn thy face from the light, that thou mayest see whither thou hast advanced.
Then said Elishah the son of Solomon, 'Is it not written, The young thou mayest take to thyself, but the mother thou shalt surely let go, that it may be well with thee and that thou mayest live many days?
Howbeit thou must needs wait till the Day of Atonement: for until that day thou mayest not be forgiven.
And if thou conceive the sin, and misery, and judgment, thou mayest go up also to his holy counsels, for the glory of his name, and silence thyself with them.
Repentance is in Christ, and no repentance so pleasing to God as the mournings and relentings of a pardoned sinner; but thou seekest it far from him, yea, refusest him for want of that which thou mayest have by choosing him.
Thou mayest get what thou seekest, perhaps some more satisfaction in thy own condition, but it shall plunge thee more in the issue.
Thou mayest indeed dance, who hath rejoiced in his salvation, or who hath mourned at his lamentation, thy dancing is but yet coming, for his piping is but yet coming.
Thou mayest abate the fury of it, or put it off for a season.
There may be peace with God, but no peace in thy conscience, as long as the whoredoms of thy heart are to the fore, thou mayest be secure, but security is worse than fear.
It cannot be saved with thee, but thou mayest be condemned with it.
But be of good courage; I will look after thee, and tell thee how thou mayest discover the horse.
Thou wilt never repent of thy good nature," replied the fox, "and in order that thou mayest travel more quickly, get up behind on my tail.
The common, the terrestrial, thou mayest see, With serviceable cunning knit together The nearest with the nearest; and therein 95 I trust thee and believe thee!
Thou mayest reclaim him, though he goeth now astray, And bring him again, of thy abundant grace, To the fold of faith, he acknowledging his trespass.
Being thy subject he is underneath thy cure, Correct him thou mayest and so bring him to grace.
Briseis I will take, that thou mayestknow how far stronger I am than thou, and that another may shrink from deeming himself my equal, rivalling me to my face.
My son, I pray thou mayest be happier than thy sire, but like him otherwise, then thou shalt be no churl.
If thou art a god, I will not fight with thee; but if thou art one of those who eat the fruit of the earth, come near, that thou mayest the quicker get thee to the gates of death.
Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
Mayest Thou then deal differently with my successor than Thou hast dealt with me, and permit him not only to lead the people in the desert, but to take them into the promised land.
People would declare that the generation of the desert has no share in future world, therefore stay with them, that at their head thou mayest after the Resurrection enter the promised land.
Rise up from the Throne of Justice, and seat Thyself upon the Throne of Mercy, so that in Thy mercy, Thou mayest grant me life, during which I may atone for my sins by suffering that Thou shalt bring upon me.
If thou wilt not eat of our sacrifices or what we have cooked, here are calves and fowl that thou mayest slaughter in accordance with thy law.
It is my wish that thou mayest be honored as much as I have been and that all Israel be honored like thee.
Thou mayest not be seated when God's words are spoken.
Rejoice that thou hast three sons left, whose arms thou mayest pray God and his saints to prosper, and over whose graves, if they fall, thou shalt shed no tears of shame!
Thou hast chosen the right course, my son; and we will retire at once, and elect those with whom thou mayest freely confer, and by whose judgment thou mayest righteously abide.
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