Methinks thou art more honest now than wise; For by oppressing and betraying me Thou mightst have sooner got another service; For many so arrive at second masters Upon their first lord's neck.
If thou couldst please me with speaking to me, thou mightst have hit upon it here.
Would all those flatterers were thine enemies then, that then thou mightst kill 'em, and bid me to 'em.
Honour enough had we from you last night, and far in excess of our desires; wherefore thou mightst very well have left us to go our own road.
Did I not tell thee to say never a word, no matter what thou mightst see?
Thou mightst have built thy throne Where it had stood even now: thou didst prefer 5 A frail and bloody pomp which Time has swept In fragments towards Oblivion.
And could my prayers avail, All my joy should be Dead, and I would live to weep, 25 So thou mightst win one hour of quiet sleep.
Worthiness, if thou as pharaoh would limit thyself to commanding the army, thou mightst take part in ceremonies a few times a year merely, for on other occasions the high priest would be thy substitute.
Thou mightst have asked me about those things instead of talking nonsense.
A number of times the lord spoke explicitly, saying that he would leave no command to thee, so that thou mightst govern Egypt as thy wishes indicate.
Besides that then thou mightst assure thyself, Through counsel of our Sanhedrim, what crimes Worthy of death are proved upon this Paul.
But thou mightst take it somewhat heedfully, Trying it drop by drop at first to prove Its virtue and its fitness to thy case.
Now, O Lord Jesus, in Gethsemane And on the bitter cross of Calvary Thyself so anguished once in that frail flesh Thou worest for our sake--that Thou mightst suffer!
If ever the fair sovereign of his breast Should in aught wish him more amenable, Thou mayst trust me, and I should not despair To move his mind as thou mightst signify.
Whether that thou mightst plunder any of the dead bodies, or did Hector send thee forth to reconnoitre everything at the hollow ships?
Thus, O Jove-nurtured Menelaus, were thy shining eyes turned round in all directions through the band of thy numerous companions, if anywhere thou mightst behold the son of Nestor, yet living.
It is that thou mightst give to the Greeks the doubtful victory of battle, for thou dost not pity the Trojans perishing.
Assuredly thou art youthful, and mightst be my youngest son for age, yet thou speakest prudent words to the kings of the Greeks, for thou hast said aright.
Thou mightst have done this without thy beard and gown: he sees thee not.
An thou let part so, Sir Andrew, would thou mightst never draw sword again.
I gat thee A stranger to fear, That against heroes Thou mightst uphold me.
MIME 'Twas thus that thy mother Told me to name thee, That thou mightst grow To be strong and fair.
Thee mightst know well enough who 'tis I'd like t' ha' wi' me.
She'll ne'er marry thee; thee mightst as well like her t' ha' thy brother.
Thy figurin' books might ha' tould thee better nor that, I should think, else thee mightst as well read the commin print, as Seth allays does.
Think how thou mightst have gone up the river on a wedding journey, and a handsome young husband such as falls to the lot of few maids, with money in plenty and furs fit for a queen.
Ah, child, if thou hadst listened to the good father and been confirmed, then thou mightst have partaken of the mass.
He said: "Now won is all our fight, And now meseems all were but good If thou mightstbring us from the wood.
Ay, there, within that hollow tree, Will Shakespeare, mightstthou truly see The Imperial City of the Bee, In Chrysomelan splendour!
Will, couldst thou use Thy talents with discretion, and obey Classic examples, those mightst match old Plautus, In all except priority of the tongue.
O Sea, O Sea, mightst thou but be The violet thou hast been to-day!
A number of times the lord spoke explicitly, saying that he would leave no command to thee, so that Thou mightst govern Egypt as thy wishes indicate.
Worthiness, if Thou as pharaoh would limit thyself to commanding the army, Thou mightst take part in ceremonies a few times a year merely, for on other occasions the high priest would be thy substitute.
Harken now and I will tell thee how thou mightst give him the deathly stroke through the coils of his mail.
With a good sword thou mightst slay him and win for thyself more renown than ever thy fathers had," Regin whispered.
Jove knows what man thou mightst have made; but I, Thou diedst, a most rare boy, of melancholy.
XXXI " `How well thou mightst have given, and without stain Of thine own honour, what I sought of thee!
My want that thou mightst have, would be rich possession.
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