hadst
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
Jonson assures the dead playwright that his artistic reputation is secure, “though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2015
Iustly, great Nature, didst thou brag, and tell How ev'n th' hadst drawn that faithfull parallel, And matcht thy master-piece.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Richard Crashaw
Then in the vision love sublime, immortal, Encircled all my soul with its pure stream; And though I saw thee not through dreamland's portal, I knew thou only hadst inspired the dream.
From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various
Thou hadst been my guardian angel, thou hadst saved me from destruction.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
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