methought
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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As I lay, I rose up: methought the house was all on fire, so brightly did it shine.'—Amphitruo, 1060-67.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
So early acquainted with the sweet Muse, who attuned my soul to pure harmonies, I won her, and methought was loved by her in return.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott
"But," said Judith, timidly, "methought you said you were going out with these same desperate men?"
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
Afterwards methought I heard my father address me in these words—'Daughter, trouble must first be borne by thee; afterwards thy fortune shall rise up again from the river.'
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
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
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