Do we say ere or err

ere 5547 occurrences

Deep were the conflicts of spirit which she endured ere she could yield to this solemn requirement, but "sweet peace" was, she says, as she records the sacrifice, the result of thus acknowledging her gracious Lord.

"Look-ee 'ere," said I: "I know you don't keer for me no more 'an I keers for you.

Well, you'll say, 'How do you know that 'ere, Sam?'

Why, it stands to reasondon't it, Mr. Orkins?it ain't the dorg you're payin' for, but your feelins as these 'ere wagabonds is tradin' on, Mr. Orkins; that's where it is.

This 'ere present one, in orferin' fourteen pun, you've let the cat out

When the officers came he opened the door in his night apparel, and said, "Hush! don't disturb him; poor Johnny ain't slept hardly for a week over this 'ere job.

It's a goodish pull over this 'ere bridge.

It was to this damsel that he addressed the stanzas beginning, Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh!

So when day grows dark and cold, Tear or triumph harms, Lead Thy lambkins to the fold, Take them in Thine arms; Feed the hungry, heal the heart, Till the morning's beam; White as wool, ere they depart Shepherd, wash them clean.

Ere this many a new project in religious belief has stirred up feeling, but as time has gone on, compromises have been welcomed.

Brothers to him ere long shall be my son By wedding this young girl: you are welcome both.

A day ere long Will bring him back, when one the other meets, At noon i'th' church, at night between the sheets.

And then he sets my name, and kisses it, Wishing my lips his sheet to write upon; With like desire (methinks) as mine own thoughts Ask him now here for me to look upon; Yet at the last thinking his love too slack, Ere it arrive at my desired eyes, He hastens up his message with like speed, Even as I break this ope, wishing to read.

Thus in this task for others' good I toil, And she, kind gentlewoman, weds herself, Having been scarcely woo'd, and ere her thoughts Have learn'd to love him that, being her husband, She may relieve her brothers in their wants; She marries him to help her nearest kin: I make the match, and hope it is no sin.

And, mistress, Be this some comfort to your miseries, I'll have thin cheeks, ere you shall have wet eyes.

I do not wish to kill thee like a slave, That taps men in their cups, and broach[es] their hearts, Ere with a warning-piece they have wak'd their ears; I would not like to powder shoot thee down To a flat grave, ere thou hast thought to frown: I am no coward, but in manly terms

I do not wish to kill thee like a slave, That taps men in their cups, and broach[es] their hearts, Ere with a warning-piece they have wak'd their ears; I would not like to powder shoot thee down To a flat grave, ere thou hast thought to frown: I am no coward, but in manly terms

I will outhumour you, [I will] Fight with you and lose my life, ere these Shall taste your wrong, whom you are bound to love.

There is, an' other minerals there are 'ere, too.

H'it's a rich land, an' now we're 'ere we'd make our fortunes if that daffy doctor wasn't 'eaded straight fer the Pole, an' nobody 'ere to stop 'im." "What do you make of it?"

H'it's a rich land, an' now we're 'ere we'd make our fortunes if that daffy doctor wasn't 'eaded straight fer the Pole, an' nobody 'ere to stop 'im." "What do you make of it?"

"Sure, there's a village, a 'ole 'eap of bloomin' 'eathen live up 'ere, h'only they hain't dull and stupid like them down below.

Them natives up 'ere 'ave got reindeer, 'erds and 'erds of 'em.

And yet so obvious to sense, so plaine, You'd scarcely thinke't allyd unto the braine: So sweete, it gained more ground upon the Stage Then Johnson with his selfe-admiring rage Ere lost: and then so naturally it fell, That fooles would think, that they could doe as well.

Ladies can't say Though Stephen miscarri'd that so did the play: Judgement could ne're to this opinion leane That Lowen, Tailor, ere could grace thy Scene: 'Tis richly good unacted, and to me Thy very Farse appears a Comedy.

err 381 occurrences

He made up his deficiency in education by irresistibly pleasing manners, remarkable energy, and a coolness of judgment that was seldom known to err.

The idea was fashionable in its day, especially by the disciples of Rousseau, who maintained that the majority could not err.

"'I don't think I often err in my estimate of my own countrymen,' continued M. Burgreneff; 'I have vast experience, you must remember.

Nor did they err in the supposition.

Therefore, as we may expect it to happen with those who err in the greatest matters, we convert natural confidence (that is, according to nature) into audacity, desperation, rashness, shamelessness; and we convert natural caution and modesty into cowardice and meanness, which are full of fear and confusion.

This is a very common error; and the fact that it is common is not without its advantage, for it means that people always err in unison; and hence the calamity which results from the error affects all alike, and is therefore easy to bear; whereas, if a philosopher makes a mistake, he is alone in his error, and so at a double disadvantage.

"I suppose none of us can hope to attain to perfect knowledge; but if there must be error, I would for myself rather err in excess of mercy than of justice.

2, 3, but all are corrupt, err.

The Pope is more than a man, as his parrots often make him, a demigod, and besides his holiness cannot err, in Cathedra belike: and yet some of them have been magicians, Heretics, Atheists, children, and as Platina saith of John 22, Et si vir literatus, multa stoliditatem et laevitatem prae se ferentia egit, stolidi et socordis vir ingenii, a scholar sufficient, yet many things he did foolishly, lightly.

Howsoever my lines err, my life is honest, vita verecunda est, musa jocosa mihi.

Err shall they not, who resolute explore Times gloomy backward with judicious eyes; And, scanning right the practices of yore, Shall deem our hoar progenitors unwise.

you do not err on that score.

Do what he may, they hold it to be done well, and that it is impossible for him to err; so that if their very fathers and mothers are suffering everlasting punishment, it does not disturb them an atom.

It is something that inspires me every moment, provided I hearken to it, and I never err or mistake except when I am not attentive to it.

When I err, it preserves its rectitude.

I am instructed by hearkening to it; whereas I err and go astray when I hearken to myself.

It is perfect, eternal, immutable, ever ready to communicate itself in all places, and to rectify all minds that err and mistake; in short, incapable of ever being either exhausted or divided, although it communicates itself to all who desire it.

Now, I experience the contrary of all these; for I forget, mistake, err, go astray, lose the sight of truth and the love of virtue, I corrupt, I diminish.

The way-faring men, though fools shall not err therein.

I admit it; never within my memory did you err on that side.

Princes should pause before they err, for they are a world's beacon.

"A writer who employs antiquated or novel phraseology, must do it with design: he cannot err from inadvertence as he may do it with respect to provincial or vulgar expressions.

"He who employs antiquated or novel phraseology, must do it with design; he cannot err from inadvertence, as he may with respect to provincial or vulgar expressions.

governed by prep., whether undetermined; err. of SANB.

Ye have the truest people in the world, and ye err when ye deem that the old, intelligent, trusty hound has suddenly gone mad, and snaps at your sacred calves!

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