Think not I love him, though I ask for him; 'Tis but a peevish boy; yet he talks well.
For if Lord Percy thrive not, ere the King Dismiss his power, he means to visit us, For he hath heard of our confederacy, And 'tis but wisdom to make strong against him.
My lord, 'tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
Tis but a distinction," put in Mr. Caryll suggestively.
Tis but a pretext to have them out of the room," said Rotherby.
At best 'tis but a forlorn hope, I confess; yet 'tis the only hope I see.
Tis but reasonable (as you say) that you should see me, and yet I know not now how it can well be.
Tis but an ague that he has, but yet I am much afraid that is more than his age and weakness will be able to bear; he keeps his bed, and never rises but to have it made, and most times faints with that.
For if you know not even what the thing is, 'tis but reasonable to conclude you have never known it in your own person.
Why, 'tis but five or six years since he was ready to marry his daughter to the Pretender, could they but have come to terms.
You gave us of the best while you had aught to give, and 'tis but fair we should do the same now.
You alway excepted; tis but melancholly; Prethee bestow a kisse upon me, love; Perchance that will expell it.
Tis but a desperat cast, and so hee'l find it, If it fall to me.
Tis but human he should make sly love to her, and her eyes wander after him despite herself wheresoever he goes.
Tis not his fault, poor young man, that women will set their hearts on him; 'tis but nature.
Jack Oxon never went in haste towards an honest deed; but to play some devil's trick 'tis but nature to him to go full speed.
Marry, your money flies, some one way, and some another; and therefore 'tis but a folly to make hue and cry after it.
Tis but because I am seated in your place, Which is frequented seldom with true mirth.
Tis but my countenance, for my heart is merry: Mistress, were you as merry as you are welcome, You should not sit so sadly as you do.
Tis but my fortune, I am born to bear it, And ev'ry one shall have their destiny.
Tis but one of Robin Lethegreve's fumes and frets, I'll be bound.
When thou standest without Aldgate, ready to pass within, 'tis but a full little turn shall take thee up to Shoreditch on the right hand, or down Blanche Chappleton on the left.
Let us move on,' said Block; 'tis but a little distance now to go, and the heat is past already.
He dropped down again with a look of relief, and said, ''Tis but a lad scaring rooks with a blunderbuss; we will not stir unless he makes this way.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tis but" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
