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Example sentences for "went forth"

  • So he went forth, according to his wont, in quest of a place where the folk might assemble together, and hired Galen's courtyard.

  • So he went forth and on the morrow she made ready bales and gear and presents and bestowed on him a great matter, all of which they loaded on the backs of camels.

  • One day, he went forth in quest of certain stray camels of his and fared on all his day and night till eventide, when he [came to an Arab encampment and] was fain to seek hospitality of one of the inhabitants.

  • One day he went forth to the chase and left Tuhfeh in her pavilion.

  • When the morning morrowed the King went forth, and sitting down on the throne of the Kingship, summoned the Lords of his land; whereupon the Chamberlains and Nabobs and Captains of the host went in to him and kissed ground before him.

  • Nephi 4:7 7 Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the house of Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before me, for he was drunken with wine.

  • Wherefore the Lord also was with him, and in all things, to which he went forth, he behaved himself wisely.

  • And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his borders: but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to Jasa and fought against them.

  • And of Zabulon such as went forth to battle, and stood in array well appointed with armour for war, there came fifty thousand to his aid, with no double heart.

  • And all the people, that had any question, went forth to the tabernacle of the covenant, without the camp.

  • And he went forth to meet him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.

  • And behold the angel that spoke in me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him.

  • When I went forth, there appeared the prince of the Greeks coming.

  • The poor dead shadow was laid to sleep in forgotten darkness, as the fiery power, mounting from heart to head, went forth in radiance.

  • We went forth gay, for all ancient stories Were told again in our hearts as we trod; Above were the mountain's dawn-white glories; We climbed to it as the throne of God.

  • His dream changed; he went forth no more but shut himself up in his palace with his wisest princes, and as he took counsel with them, the phantasmal and brilliant towers without faded and fell away as a butterfly droops its wings.

  • The master would have had me wait at San Lucar until he went forth again.

  • Alonso de Ojeda, three hundred men behind him, went forth on his black horse, to trumpet and drum, very gay and ready to go.

  • He talked of God's gain that we went forth upon, reaping in a field set us.

  • He passed his hand across his eyes, and glanced up at the top room where his son lay with aching head, and so went forth to teach light-hearted young creatures to sing festal rounds and catches.

  • The rest of us went forth to Saint Sebald's church, where that night there would be midnight matins, as there was every year, and a mass called the Christ mass.

  • Illustration] Shahriyar, rejoicing at the tidings of his approach, went forth to meet him, saluted him, and welcomed him with the utmost delight.

  • And caring no longer for him, she straight way shut fast the priuy doore whereat he went forth when he fell.

  • Panthea hauing nowe nothing to embrace, kissed the chariot seate, and so he went forth.

  • And then hauinge a sword vnder his garment, went forth.

  • And when they were come to went forth into a place called the place which is called the place of a skull, which Calvary, is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha.

  • And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

  • And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

  • Illustration] PART I The Chevalier of the Cart Here followeth the story of Sir Launcelot of the Lake, how he went forth to rescue Queen Guinevere from that peril in which she lay at the castle of Sir Mellegrans.

  • And when the gates were opened he went forth to where Sir Launcelot was.

  • So the King arose from where he sat, and he descended therefrom, and he went forth out of the hall, and all who were there went with him.

  • This afternoon, after I was weary in my business of the office, I went forth to the 'Change, thinking to have spoke with Captain Cocke, but he was not within.

  • Sir Piers," said she smiling, "went forth at sunrise with his men, and is even now upon the mountains in search of sport.

  • Then he went forth to meet him, and threw himself on his knees before him, for Lulach was a thrall, and it was his custom thus to pay homage to the sons of the brave lord of Bute.

  • If it went forth by night, it was from no capricious or sentimental desire to revisit the spots where it had led a happier life.


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