They do this because, say they, the woman has had a hard bout of it, and 'tis but fair the man should have his share of suffering.
NOTE 9] The people are Idolaters, and many of them worship the ox, because (say they) it is a creature of such excellence.
We shadow out the objects of our faith, say they, in sensible types and images, and render them more present to us by the immediate presence of these types, than it is possible for us to do, merely by an intellectual view and contemplation.
All definitions, say they, are fruitless, without the perception of such objects; and where we perceive such objects, we no longer stand in need of any definition.
The motions of our body, and the thoughts and sentiments of our mind, (say they) obey the will; nor do we seek any farther to acquire a just notion of force or power.
If the sceptical reasonings be strong, say they, it is a proof, that reason may have some force and authority: if weak, they can never be sufficient to invalidate all the conclusions of our understanding.
I have injured, say they, the constitution; and I have abandoned the Whig party and the Whig principles that I professed.
I have been deceived, say they, by Titius and Maevius; I have been the dupe of this pretender or of that mountebank; and I can trust appearances no longer.
They may change it, say they, from a monarchy to a republic to?
P: Or say they: He hath invented a lie concerning Allah?
Peter Stuyvesant, on the contrary, say they, by conducting himself with dignity and loftiness, was looked up to with great reverence.
Such was the case, say they, with William the Testy.
It is certainly of the first importance, say they, that a country should be governed by wise men; but then it is almost equally important that the people should think them wise; for this belief alone can produce willing subordination.
But as he is, say they, he is loved wherever he is known.
No wonder, say they, that England produces so many great geniuses; people there may think as they please, and publish what they think.
Why," say they, "should we adopt an imperfect thing?
Hence, say they, as the Constitution has established the trial by jury in criminal cases, and is silent in respect to civil, this silence is an implied prohibition of trial by jury in regard to the latter.
Or shall we say they may be continued as long as the danger which occasioned their being raised continues?
This, say they, was a necessary precaution against an abuse of the power.
The genius of republics (say they) is pacific; the spirit of commerce has a tendency to soften the manners of men, and to extinguish those inflammable humors which have so often kindled into wars.
They say they will not bend; I say they shall; now they 'shall know whose words shall stand, Mine or theirs.
Tush," say they, "they talk of being born again; what good shall a man get by that?
Then speak they, say they, tell they the Tale: Nicolete was in prison, as ye have heard soothly, in the chamber.
So speak they, say they, tell they the Tale: Aucassin was armed and mounted as ye have heard tell.
We did not allow our drivers to make any bodily punishment in the field, and I am happy to say they showed no desire to do so.
You came in," say they, "and took possession, but we did not give up to you.
We have," say they, "lived among these negroes all our days.
Public opinion necessitates them to say they believe in a God, but almost every one has his own private opinion as to what it is.
Thou art a wise man, Thorhall," say they, "and we will take thy counsel.
There were some men," say they, "who were sure that no one would dare to fight his horse with ours.
He'd say they didn't have any business off the farm and to git back there and stay there.
Old doctor didn't have no spinning and weaving niggers 'cause he say they don't do enough work and he buy all the cloth he use for everybody's clothes.
Jest as I gitting able to walk 'round here come some soldiers and say they come to git Master Bill for the War.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "say they" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
