Example Sentences

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I, in my private litany, am beseeching the Lord, that he may contract none of my Lord Stair's alertness.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 by Cunningham, Peter

"Nay," replied the youth, "I am beseeching God to let me find favor in thine eyes."

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Szold, Henrietta