methought
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Rare instance this, methought, of the working of a high sense of honour!
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
"Yea, well," I cried; "and that I was so angered at her patience, which methought was foolish, yea, wicked in its excess, that it did throw me into a passion."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
When I read the words, The cruel words, methought my heart stood still, And when the ebbing life returned I seemed To have lost all thought of Love.
From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir
Despite the web, methought they saw, appalled, The stealthier weft in which all sound was still ...
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton
This youth that you see here, I snatch'd one half out of the jaws of death; And to his image, which, methought, did promise Most venerable worth, did I devotion.
From Twelfth Night or, What You Will by Kemble, J P
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