Dread sovereign, I must needs confess I slew this captain in mine own defence, Not of any malice, but by chance; But mine accuser hath a further meaning.

They had undoubtedly seen and heard the great peopleI confess it amazed me to think how easily the men of mark can be exploitedbut

Though stumbled, yet not overthrown: Thou canst not draw my heart to mildness, Yet must I needs confess thou hast done well, And play'd thy part with mirth and pleasant glee.

She could not shake off the thought of the useless fancy dress which symbolized the other crowding expenses she had not dared confess to Ralph.

Their purpose, as thou didst thyself confess, Was to deprive me of Diana's image.

"I would fain confess," he said at length, "that America is not what I expected to find.

Bull scouted around, found out that the sheriff had done the killing himself and just saddled the blame on me, and then he makes the sheriff confess, gets me out of jail, and takes me out in the woods.

I don't mean confess, or anything like that.

Unless the body be found, the murder will not be proved, save the villain confess, which he will not do unless he hath sudden compunctions.

"Be assured of one thing, sire," said she, "that even if I loved you as no woman ever loved a man yet, I should rather spring from that window on to the stone terraces beneath than ever by word or sign confess as much to you.

Thee, Saviour, thee the nation's vows confess, 240 And, never satisfied with seeing, bless: Swift, unbespoken pomps thy steps proclaim, And stammering babes are taught to lisp thy name.

When her Piano-40 she did press, Such heavenly sounds did MN8, that she, Knowing her Q, soon I U 2 confess Her XLNC in an XTC.

In a cause of that kind those who are accused confess that they did the very thing for which they are blamed; but since they allege that they did it lawfully, it is necessary for us to explain the whole principles of law.

It wantsto confess and have done with itall the penetrating subtleties of insight, all the delicacies of interpretation, you would have brought to Dorothea's aid, if for a moment I may suppose her worth your championing.

As the incident had happened at the queen's side, some of her detractors accused her of the crime, and bade her confess, or prove her innocence by a judicial duel.

To thee all angels cry aloud'I confess I don't like the idea of heaven as a place of cheerful noisethat isn't attractive!