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Example sentences for "sayst"

Lexicographically close words:
sayn; saynge; saynte; sayntes; says; sayth; saythe; sbirri; sbirro
  1. Rejoined her mistress; "Thou sayst sooth, thou art indeed happy, and happy is he who hath bought thee.

  2. Quoth the Kazi to me, 'And what sayst thou, O Ali?

  3. Quoth Ahmad, "What is the remedy here, O Hasan Shuuman, and what sayst thou of this?

  4. So she rose and made sweet music; and the Caliph said to Ala al-Din, "What sayst thou of this damsel's voice?

  5. When the Khalif heard my words, he laughed and said, 'Thou sayst sooth, O Silent One!

  6. How sayst thou, but pyde Iris got Into great Iunos Chariot, I spake with one that saw her.

  7. Who art thou, Master Devereaux, that thou sayst do this, or do that, and expect me to obey?

  8. Sayst thou that thy mother is from that shire?

  9. And thou sayst that none of the queen's men have passed thee?

  10. What Thou sayst is true; Assyria will be humbled, perhaps even with thy hands, but not immediately not immediately.

  11. And Thou sayst that he complains of the priests?

  12. O my son,' said the old man, 'what sayst thou to a thousand dinars and a suit of clothes and a mule worth other two thousand?

  13. O Hassan Shouman,' said Ahmed, 'What sayst thou of this?

  14. So she rose and made rare music; and the Khalif said to Alaeddin, 'What sayst thou of this damsel's voice?

  15. Then said the Cadi to me, "And thou, what sayst thou?

  16. Thou sayst sooth, O sage," answered Er Rebya; "but apply thy skill to the consideration of his state and case and acquaint me with the whole thereof and hide nought from me.

  17. Quoth the Cadi to me, "And what sayst thou, O Ali?

  18. Thou sayst sooth," replied the Khalif, "I did indeed give judgment as thou sayst, and I use not to go back on my word.

  19. Thou sayst well, O Commander of the Faithful,' rejoined Ahmed; 'most like the thief is one who had been reared in thy household or that of one of thy chief officers.

  20. What thou sayst is true; Assyria will be humbled, perhaps even with thy hands, but not immediately--not immediately.

  21. And thou sayst that he complains of the priests?

  22. But what thou sayst hath to my memory Given now such aid, that to retrace your forms Is easier.

  23. But resolve me this Who that Gherardo is, that as thou sayst Is left a sample of the perish'd race, And for rebuke to this untoward age?

  24. When thou prayest, look not how much thou sayest, but how well: that the love of thine heart be aye upward, and thy thought on what thou sayst as much as thou canst.

  25. If thou sayest a thing of thyself that seems to thy praise, but thou sayst it to the praise of GOD and help of another, thou dost not unwisely for thou speakest truth.

  26. What sayst thou to tickling to death with bodkins?

  27. And again Sir Lamorack smiled very kindly upon him and said: "Sayst thou so?

  28. But sayst thou, it is given to every man.

  29. It is the next way for him to lose his way, and not only so, but if he run for heaven, as thou sayst thou dost, even to lose that too.

  30. Then he turned to the woman and said to her, 'And thou, what sayst thou?

  31. The Khalif was amazed at his speech and said to him, 'What sayst thou?

  32. Sayst thou this to me," asked she, "and thou captain of men?

  33. Her verses pleased the kings of the Jinn and they said, 'By Allah, thou sayst sooth!

  34. By Allah, O my lord,' answered she, 'thou sayst sooth.

  35. Quoth Sir Percival: "Brother, what thou sayst is true, and I am greatly ashamed that it should be so long a time since I have beheld our mother.

  36. Who art thou who sayst such words as these I hear?

  37. Now, if thou wilt cause this maiden (who hath verily bewitched my poor cousin Stephen) thus to love the man she is to marry, as thou sayst thou canst, I will give thee whatsoever thou wilt ask me in due measure.

  38. What sayst thou, jolly Cook, wilt thou go with me to Sherwood Forest and join with Robin Hood's band?

  39. Then Robin said, "Thou sayst thou hast no friends, Sir Richard.

  40. But what sayst thou, Little John, to a merry adventure this fair day?

  41. What sayst thou to our seeking adventures, each one upon his own account?

  42. Fye, thou dishonest sathan: I call thee by the most modest termes, for I am one of those gentle ones, that will vse the diuell himselfe with curtesie: sayst thou that house is darke?

  43. Thou sayst trouth (quod the scoffer), nowe thou arte a south sayer; and therefore paye me my money.

  44. So whan the sentence was gyuen, the man of lawe drewe the dettour asyde, and said: Lo, howe sayst thou nowe?

  45. Turpin, quod he, thou sayst trouthe, and hereon I haue thought many a tyme; I wyll tell the, what thou shalt do.

  46. Then he went out and calling his Wazir, said to him, "O Wazir, such and such things have happened; what sayst thou now of this affair?

  47. The cadi turned to Firouz and said to him, "What sayst thou, O youth?

  48. Quoth she, 'Thou sayst truly; but how shall we do with him?

  49. Doubtless, he was from the Devil, and I, O my mother, even as thou sayst truly, am Aboulhusn el Khelia.

  50. Quoth she, 'The case is even as thou sayst and thou speakest truly; but, provided I know that my son is alive, let him be in these parts pasturing sheep and let me not see him nor he me.

  51. By Allah," cried the king, "thou sayst sooth and I will cause fetch him this day and slay him before me.

  52. Q "What sayst thou of the words of the Most High, 'O true believers, forbid not yourselves the good things which Allah hath allowed you?

  53. Albeit thou sayst that never did any know of thine amours, save thy maid and myself, thou knowest it ill and believest awry, an thou think thus.

  54. Accordingly he came down and his master said to him, 'Now, what sayst thou thou sawest?

  55. The maid turned back into the house and betook herself to bed, whilst the lady said to her gallant, 'Well, how sayst thou?

  56. Whereupon the black turned to her and cried angrily, "What sayst thou, O damsel?

  57. Q "What sayst thou of the means of seeking one's fortune?

  58. Quoth the master to the Boy, "What sayst thou?

  59. Q "Thou sayst truly and I approve thy reply; but I would have thee tell me, how knowest thou that one of Allah's manifestations is this world and the other the world to come?

  60. FN#77] Answered all the fishes with one voice "Thou sayst sooth, O our lord: Allah requite thee for us with weal!

  61. I am minded to go to my country: what sayst thou?

  62. Thou knowst not what thou sayst to challenge us Of any such inferiour priviledge.

  63. Thou sayst well; The thought of honor is a perfect greene, And greene is good for th'eie syghte.

  64. He said: "Thou sayst well, mother, and settest me well to school.

  65. Indeed thou sayst the thing: Such a wealth I had in my storehouse that I feared the Kings of men.


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