43 Verbs to Use for the Word tis

JOHNSON has not told us, yet 'tis, manifestly, his opinion.

'Now first of all, my Lucy,' said he, 'you must know whither we are bound; 'tis to Calais, for there is Captain Maret due, and over-due, having come to Woolwich only for my sake, and yours, as it hath proved.

I will conclude with Epictetus, "If thou lovest a pot, remember 'tis but a, pot thou lovest, and thou wilt not be troubled when 'tis broken: if thou lovest a son or wife, remember they were mortal, and thou wilt not be so impatient."

I reckon 'tis.

How thinkest thou she will take such imprisonment?" "She will be angry, but so proud she will not petition for freedom; she may even brag 'tis to her liking to be so rid of thee.

No duell can be fayre, cause tis against The kingdomes lawes.

What these brave Spirits did Was like to this, I must confesse 'tis true, But not beyond it.

If he be courting tis for you, my liege.

To keep this promise, Hagen next tried to stir up the anger of Gunther, Gernot, and Ortwine, and to prevail upon them to murder Siegfried; but Giselher reproved him for these base designs, and openly took Siegfried's part, declaring: "'Sure 'tis but a trifle to stir an angry wife.'

No carpenter's rule, no rod and chain, will measure the dimensions of any house or house-lot: go into the house: if the proprietor is constrained and deferring, 'tis of no importance how large his house, how beautiful his grounds,you quickly come to the end of all; but if the man is self-possessed, happy, and at home, his house is deep-founded, indefinitely large and interesting, the roof and dome buoyant as the sky.

The women below say she hates me; she despises me!And 'tis true: she does; she must.

I warrant you, madam: I doubt 'tis in vain to run, by this they are all past overtaking.

"That's better for you than water, Jackson," said I. "I dunno but 'tis, Doctor; I dunno but 'tis; but there a'n't nothin' goes to the spot like that Simsbury water.

I grant 'tis even so; Extremity of passions still are dumb, No tongue can tell love's chief perfections: Persuade thyself my love-sick thoughts are thine; Thou only may'st those drooping thoughts refine.

If then they hate me 'tis because I hate not, If they rebel 'tis because I oppress not.

I hope 'tis so.

Why, that this place is death, As being thy Tent, environ'd with thy slaves, Where if I kill thee tis impossible To scape with life: this, Burbon, thou wouldst say.

Thus am I a fighter, and a good fighter, and a wise fighter, having learned 'tis better to live to fight than to fight to live.

From London to leeward 'tis utterly gone, To windward but little floats free.

If any creature be so fortunate That lives in grace of your all gracious selfe, Though I am well perswaded 'tis not I, I vow by all the rites of vertuous love, Be he ignoble, of the basest sort, To please you, Madame, Ile renounce my suite And be a speciall meane unto your father To grant your hearts affection, though I die.

[6108]"and though she kneel often, and pray devoutly, 'tis" (saith Platina) "not for her husband's welfare, or children's good, or any friend, but for her sweetheart's return, her pander's health."

He hoards up fair gold, and pretends 'tis to seethe in his wife's broth for consumption; and loves the memory of King Henry the Eighth, most especially for his old sovereigns.

Oye, Matilde, (Se la lleva a un lado del teatro) ¿no es cierto que lo que a ti te acomoda es vivir tranquila en un rincón como éste, y comer conmigo un pedazo de pan y cebolla? DOÑA MATILDE.

If then they hate me 'tis because I hate not, If they rebel 'tis because I oppress not.

And when my wind returned 'tis very like that I was trapped into an oath, which is sad enough for me, who am sexton, and so to say in small orders of the Church of England as by law established.

43 Verbs to Use for the Word  tis