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No, reply'd Mecos, though thou deservest Death, yet I will not be thine Executioner, being a Wretch more wicked than thy self; and as Wolves and Serpents agree amongst themselves, it is but natural for thou and I to live in good Intelligence; therefore tell me whither thou would'st go, and I will conduct thee, or what other

Exilius 2008

If I could'st but work my will like a veritable nymph on the pill would'st the uncouth have their fill of verse and meter and prose n'er shrill verily to forgo the Blogsphere's usual swill

Archive 2007-03-01 Ann Althouse 2007

No, sad one, thou would'st rather in God's time join him there.

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Mary, we little thought thou would'st be first to die!

Poems of the Heart and Home J. C. Yule

And say would'st thou recall him, earth's proudest throne to share?

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Thou would'st not point our love to earth's frail treasure,

Lays from the West M. A. Nicholl

Then would'st thou murmur not, but bless the Providence, which in so short a span, made thee the instrument of wide and spreading blessings, to the helpless and oppressed!

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

If thou would'st careful tend those fragrant lovely flowers, close of

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

-- Oh! but if that comrade was at thy prison gate, and should there be told -- thy fellow-soldier dies at sunset, yet thou shalt not for a moment see him, nor shalt thou bear his dying blessing to his poor children or his wretched wife, what would'st thou think of him, who thus could drive thy comrade from the door?

The Canadian Elocutionist Anna Kelsey Howard

If thou would'st screen Selene's beauteous sheen, thou'lt find it hard.

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao