If he were not there, thou couldst not be there; for in him thou livest, and movest, and art.
Our Lord told Pilate when he boasted of his power to take away his life or save it, "Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above," John xix.
Wherefore she asks if thou couldst spare a daughter to go thither for a while to help her by waiting on the young damsels.
Thinkest thou that if I were to leap into the well and dive to the bottom, thou couldst give me the rope when I reappeared, and with the aid of the ass pull me forth again?
Truly, officer, because he hath some offences in him that thou wouldst discover if thou couldst, let him continue in his courses till thou know'st what they are.
If thou couldst, doctor, cast The water of my land, find her disease And purge it to a sound and pristine health, I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again.
How much more praise deserved thy beauty's use, If thou couldst answer 'This fair child of mine Shall sum my count, and make my old excuse' Proving his beauty by succession thine.
If thou couldst trust, poor soul, In Him who rules the whole, Thou wouldst find peace and rest: Wisdom and sight are well, but Trust is best.
His voice was soft and pleading as he answered: "Anything thou wouldst ask of me thus, thou couldst have it without the asking.
Thou wouldst keep me here, that I might soon die, so thou couldst have my estates.
Thou wouldst have me die, so thou couldst live luxuriously and use as much of my wealth as thou couldst, leaving behind a paltry residue for the Crown.
If thou couldst do what thou hadst desired, could this calamity befall us?
Or, if thou couldst choose in thy heart Varuna amongst the Lokapalas, do so unhesitatingly.
Thou couldst be consoled, then, by thy pride of woman, for the loss of an unworthy lover?
Thou couldst carry it home in a parcel, and the serving man who goes with thee will think that it is something from Denmark.
If thou couldst, I would pay him down five hundred pounds of good red gold on his wedding day.
After many words that are flung into the wind by thee my adversary, in the first and second page of thy book, thou couldst not be contented therewith, as being too few to vent thyself withal; but thou breakest out in page 3.
Methinks it should; yea, thou couldst not do otherwise, didst thou but see thy condition: look behind thee, take a view of the path thou hast trodden these many years.
If thou couldst see, when the wrong-doers reach the pangs of death and the angels stretch their hands out (saying): Deliver up your souls.
Or, if thou couldst choose in thy heart Varuna amongst the Lokapalas, do so unhesitatingly.
T is as good schnapps as ever came through a still," said Standish wistfully; "and if thou couldst stomach it must surely do thee good.
Put not thy wit to further distress, good friend, for it needs not; I see all and more than all thou couldst tell me.
Thou hast not loved her, hast not as thou couldst!
Thou hast not loved her, hast not as thou couldst.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thou couldst" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
