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Example sentences for "speake"

Lexicographically close words:
spayed; speach; speache; speaches; speak; speakee; speaker; speakers; speakership; speakes
  1. So I away home, and was there sat up for to be spoken with my young Mrs. Daniel, to pray me to speake for her husband to be a Lieutenant.

  2. Here they are again talking of the prizes, and my Lord Duke did speake very broad that my Lord Sandwich and Pen should do what they would, and answer for themselves.

  3. Here was her brother come to see her, and speake with me about business.

  4. And letting passe to speake of the insolent greatnes of the Piramides of memphis, those writers at large would haue bente them selues to this description.

  5. There Logistica beganne to speake vnto me, saying, by these Figures are discribed, so farre as mans reason can shewe, the celestiall harmony.

  6. I may speake it) the workmanship of the heauens, such and so mightie weights should be transported and carryed into the skyes?

  7. And yet desirous to be resolued in whatsoeuer I stood in doubt, and seeing that I might speake boldly, I made this third question.

  8. For our purpose we haue the example of Godd himself / which dyd speake vnto the Iuishe people in their naturall tongue.

  9. Go and stande and speake in the temple to the poeple all the wordes of this lyfe.

  10. And Peter / whom Paule did thẽ withstõd / did not speake agaynst this doctrine.

  11. Now will I speake of those princes and Rulers / which ar vnder these chief Rulers.

  12. This nowe remayneth / that I sholde peculiarlie speake of the Iues / and heretikes.

  13. And yet I do not speake this / as though I dyd condemne the counsell of many good prĩces / which haue cast the Iues owt of their countrye / for good iuste and laufull causes.

  14. James Hudson sayeth, that standing at his maisters doore he did hear Paget speake to his dogg in a straunge language, but what language he knew not.

  15. One William Poyser, yeoman, sayeth, that he harde Paget saye that he wold make his dogg speake as good frenche as any of them.

  16. Edward, a grosser, is to be deposed that he harde Paget say, I will teache my dogg to speake frenche, and was talking with his dogg in frenche.

  17. He being gone, I to the office, where much business and many persons to speake with me.

  18. After dinner I took leave and by water to White Hall, and there spent all the afternoon in the Gallery, till the Council was up, to speake with Sir W.

  19. After dinner to the office again and thither comes Mr. Downing, the anchor-smith, who had given me 50 pieces in gold the last month to speake for him to Sir W.

  20. However, I made him take it, and away he went, and I glad to have given him so much cause to speake well of me.

  21. After dinner to Mr. Debasty's to speake with Sir Robert Viner, a fine house and a great many fine ladies.

  22. Behold where stands Th' Vsurpers cursed head: the time is free: I see thee compast with thy Kingdomes Pearle, That speake my salutation in their minds: Whose voyces I desire alowd with mine.

  23. With this strange vertue, He hath a heauenly guift of Prophesie, And sundry Blessings hang about his Throne, That speake him full of Grace.

  24. Doe not bid me speake: See, and then speake your selues: awake, awake, Exeunt.

  25. My Noble Partner You greet with present Grace, and great prediction Of Noble hauing, and of Royall hope, That he seemes wrapt withall: to me you speake not.

  26. Be not offended: I speake not as in absolute feare of you: I thinke our Country sinkes beneath the yoake, It weepes, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds.

  27. So should he looke, that seemes to speake things strange Rosse.

  28. Were such things here, as we doe speake about?

  29. He chid the Sisters, When first they put the Name of King vpon me, And bad them speake to him.

  30. I pray you speake not: he growes worse & worse Question enrages him: at once, goodnight.

  31. I haue no tongue but one; gentle my Lord, Let me entreate you speake the former language Ang.

  32. Yes truely; I speake not as desiring more, But rather wishing a more strict restraint Vpon the Sisterhood, the Votarists of Saint Clare.

  33. Oh pardon me my Lord, it oft fals out To haue, what we would haue, We speake not what we meane; I something do excuse the thing I hate, For his aduantage that I dearely loue Ang.

  34. In very good time: speake not you to him, till we call vpon you Luc.

  35. What (but to speake of) would offend againe Luc.

  36. Vertue is bold, and goodnes neuer fearefull: Haue you not heard speake of Mariana the sister of Fredericke the great Souldier, who miscarried at Sea?

  37. It may be right, but you are i'the wrong To speake before your time: proceed, Isab.

  38. Theeues for their robbery haue authority, When Iudges steale themselues: what, doe I loue her, That I desire to heare her speake againe?

  39. You are pleasant sir, and speake apace Luc.

  40. And she will speake most bitterly, and strange Isab.

  41. First, let her shew your face, and after, speake Mar.

  42. I am Thy God, giue eare; I will against thee speake and witnes beare.

  43. O that my thoughts were words, or could I speake The tongue of Angells, to expresse my mynde: For mortall speach is far too faint and weeke to utter passion of so high a kynde.

  44. I speake nothing of Saint Thomas Hospital and other howses about this Citye, wherein an infinite multitude are dayly in cure.

  45. I may speake boldely, because I speake truely: and yet I speake it with very griefe of hart.

  46. When the Frenchmen had knowledge hereof (they not being made priuie hereto) began to conceive an heart burning against the English souldiers, and could not speake well of them after that.

  47. Of which londes and iles, I schall speake more pleynly hereaftre.

  48. Moreover heaven designes the intelligible world, the earth the sensible: Each of them is subdivided into two, (in every case I speake not but after Zohar and the ancient Rabbins.

  49. But of this more plainely hereafter in its owne place, when we shall speake of Salt.

  50. Although I should speake with the tongue of Angels, and have not charity in me, I am as sounding brasse, and as a tinkling cymball.

  51. But here it would be too much to speake of the effects of strong waters, one of the principall and short instruments of Alchymie, and the Art of fire and Salt, with infinite fine allegories, which thereby may be appropriated upon Holy Writ.

  52. The Lord speake unto me saying, Assemble the people there below, that they may heare my words, and learne to feare me: Then came you neare to the foote that burned even to heaven, and the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of fire.

  53. Go to him, Madam, speake to him, Hee's vnqualitied with very shame Cleo.

  54. Madam, I had rather seele my lippes, Then to my perill speake that which is not Cleo.

  55. Forsake thy seate I do beseech thee Captaine, And heare me speake a word Pom.

  56. For not alone The death of Fuluia, with more vrgent touches Do strongly speake to vs: but the Letters too Of many our contriuing Friends in Rome, Petition vs at home.

  57. The Auguries Say, they know not, they cannot tell, looke grimly, And dare not speake their knowledge.

  58. Bid you Alexas Bring me word, how tall she is: pitty me Charmian, But do not speake to me.

  59. You wrong this presence, therefore speake no more Enob.

  60. Speake not against it, I will not stay behinde.

  61. This is my Treasurer, let him speake (my Lord) Vpon his perill, that I haue reseru'd To my selfe nothing.

  62. Swoonds rather, for so bad a Prayer as his Was neuer yet for sleepe 1 Go we to him 2 Awake sir, awake, speake to vs 1 Heare you sir?

  63. Giue me some Wine, and let me speake a little Cleo.

  64. Do so, wee'l speake to them, And to night Ile force The Wine peepe through their scarres.

  65. The Queene would sometymes speake freely of our King, but could not endure to heare anie other use such language.

  66. Caesars, shee gave his wife a checke, because in hir widdowhood she refused to speake with a courtier whom hir Majesty had commended to hir.

  67. Relligion of the Turk more towards their Alcoran then our[s] to the Scripture; speake but against that there it is death.

  68. Sir Robert Gardner mislikes him for it, as an unsosiable quality (Hadsor); but great wisdome in soe captious a presence, especially being such a man as desyres to speake wisely.

  69. He would not speake against the good use of riches.

  70. His organs now so like theirs hee doth finde, That why he cannot laugh, and speake his minde, 455 He wonders.

  71. Then as a mother which delights to heare Her early child mis-speake halfe uttered words, Or, because majesty doth never feare Ill or bold speech, she Audience affords.

  72. For this time I must speake only to you: at another, Readers may perchance serve my turne; and I thinke this a way very free from exception, in hope that very few will have a minde to confesse themselves ignorant.

  73. Here dead men speake their last, and so do I; Love-slaine, loe, here I lye.

  74. Shee chang'd our world with hers; now she is gone, Mirth and prosperity is oppression; For of all morall vertues she was all, The Ethicks speake of vertues Cardinall.

  75. Where, because Faith is in too low degree, 10 I thought it some Apostleship in mee To speake things which by faith alone I see.

  76. But for my Brother, not a man would speake, Nor I (vngracious) speake vnto my selfe For him poore Soule.

  77. Heare me a word: For I shall neuer speake to thee againe Rich.

  78. Giue me some litle breath, some pawse, deare Lord, Before I positiuely speake in this: I will resolue you herein presently.

  79. Foole, of thy Selfe speake well: Foole, do not flatter.

  80. Ah Buckingham, now doe I play the Touch, To trie if thou be currant Gold indeed: Young Edward liues, thinke now what I would speake Buck.

  81. I cannot tell, if to depart in silence, Or bitterly to speake in your reproofe, Best fitteth my Degree, or your Condition.

  82. O Dorset, speake not to me, get thee gone, Death and Destruction dogges thee at thy heeles, Thy Mothers Name is ominous to Children.

  83. Will not King Richard let me speake with him?

  84. You speake as if that I had slaine my Cosins?

  85. Was instant with the olde Gentleman that he should speake of my Lessons to none, the more so (I did say) that my father would not have these papers known to any, great matters hanging on it.

  86. But this seemeth to be an enuious report vttered by those that were giuen to speake no good of him whome they inwardlie hated.

  87. For as John was 32 yeares old, so Arthur duke of Britaine was but a babe to speake of.

  88. But now to returne and speake of the kings affaires in the parts beyond the sea.

  89. The archbishop Anselme also was quite out of fauour, for that he ceased not to speake against the K.

  90. Spanish Curate: --this soul I speake of, Or rather salt, to keep this heap of flesh From being a walking stench.

  91. Is my Lord well, that he doth speake so wide?

  92. You speake this to fetch me in, my Lord Pedr.

  93. If your leisure seru'd, I would speake with you Prince.

  94. And by my two faiths and troths, my Lord, I speake mine Clau.

  95. I know not: if they speake but truth of her, These hands shall teare her: If they wrong her honour, The proudest of them shall wel heare of it.

  96. Yea, and a case to put it into, but speake you this with a sad brow?

  97. No, I pray thee speake in sober iudgement Bene.

  98. All tongues speake of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him.

  99. Daughter, speake you: He cares not for your weeping.

  100. In earnest it's true; I heard a Senatour speake it.

  101. It then remaines, that you doe speake to the People Corio.

  102. Speake to me Son: Thou hast affected the fiue straines of Honor, To imitate the graces of the Gods.

  103. For the Gods know, I speake this in hunger for Bread, not in thirst for Reuenge 2.

  104. Speake breefely then, For we are peremptory to dispatch This Viporous Traitor: to eiect him hence Were but one danger, and to keepe him heere Our certaine death: therefore it is decreed, He dyes to night Menen.

  105. If Iupiter Should from yond clowd speake diuine things, And say 'tis true; I'de not beleeue them more Then thee all-Noble Martius.

  106. Beate thou the Drumme that it speake mournfully: Traile your steele Pikes.

  107. For I would not speake with him, till after dinner 1 You are a Roman, are you?

  108. Why do you speake to me, I neuer hurt you: You drew your sword vpon me without cause, But I bespake you faire, and hurt you not.

  109. Speake to me, I shall answer for her: your will Vio.

  110. If all the diuels of hell be drawne in little, and Legion himselfe possest him, yet Ile speake to him Fab.

  111. I bad you neuer speake againe of him; But would you vndertake another suite I had rather heare you, to solicit that, Then Musicke from the spheares Vio.

  112. Say I do speake with her (my Lord) what then?

  113. La you, and you speake ill of the diuell, how he takes it at heart.

  114. Tell him, he shall not speake with me Mal.

  115. Ile serue this Duke, Thou shalt present me as an Eunuch to him, It may be worth thy paines: for I can sing, And speake to him in many sorts of Musicke, That will allow me very worth his seruice.

  116. To one of your receiuing Enough is shewne, a Cipresse, not a bosome, Hides my heart: so let me heare you speake Vio.

  117. Madam, yond young fellow sweares hee will speake with you.

  118. Thou dost speake masterly, My life vpon't, yong though thou art, thine eye Hath staid vpon some fauour that it loues: Hath it not boy?

  119. Madam, there is at the gate, a young Gentleman, much desires to speake with you Ol.


  120. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "speake" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    speake somewhat; speake vnto