methought
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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"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.
Methought I saw her then, my love, my fair, My beauty, my ideal; the dim clouds Lifted, methought, a little—or was it Fond Fancy only?
From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir
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
"I cry you mercy, Master Martin," quoth the other; "you did bring in impiety, and so methought piety should not be excluded."
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
As I left her, methought that her countenance relaxed and she looked like a tired old woman.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
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