Those who shall be a lamp unto themselves shall betake themselves to no external refuge but holding fast to the truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the truth as their refuge they shall reach the topmost height. From LearnThat.org. [Buddhist Wisdom Quotes/ http://www.sapphyr.net/buddhist/buddhist-quotes.htm]
Verb (used with object), : She betook herself to town. From Dictionary.com.
Trees do not betake themselves into the form of houses. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
"Liberator," has no business to betake himself to Ireland. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
Only go on, and betake thee hence to the courts of the queen. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
So the Vaudois betake themselves to united prayer for guidance. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
Inside the huts the amazons betake themselves to arts of peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Wealthy citizens pack their trunks and betake themselves to places of safety. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Bread] Reference
Thither she would betake herself after supper, to the delight of the old lady. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Africa, or to any other part of the world to which he chose to betake himself. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.] Reference
New England Brahmins to betake themselves to their beds for the rest of the day. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866] Reference
About 10 we found we had had enough of it and were glad to betake ourselves to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
We must betake ourselves to copyright, be the inconveniences of copyright what they may. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
The educated commoner, therefore, has to betake himself to manufacture, trade, or commerce. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
Venice early next morning, and betake himself to a quieter and less frequented neighbourhood. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
If interesting enough from any quarter, another of us would betake herself off for more details. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
Having completed our perambulations of the town, let us betake ourselves once more to the country. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Indeed, we need not betake ourselves to science to have an illustration of this method of procedure. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
They had to betake themselves to unaccustomed food, and to clothing such as they had never worn before. From Wordnik.com. [From Slave to College President Being the Life Story of Booker T. Washington] Reference
Desiring to devote himself totally to his love, he determined to betake himself to the great St. Antony. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
I durst not betake myself to the high - road, fearing I might fall again into the hands of these robbers. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
Sorrow hides her Gorgon head, care may betake itself to any dreary recesses, for Christmas must be a gala!. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference
You leave Boston somewhat snubbed and subdued, and betake yourself to the more cosmopolitan regions of New York. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
But now, my lord, quickly ye must betake yourself and all your army from this fruitless and wrongful War against Sir. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
There came a time, however, when the Governor had of necessity to betake himself to the Fort; it was the time when the. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Madras] Reference
He caused the old knight to have his lands again, and bade the others that they should betake themselves to the court of King. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
We could only stay there till sunrise, and then had to betake ourselves to our suffocating room, to find the flies wide awake. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
Then he told them to betake themselves to a privy place in a wood beyond the city walls to the north, and there in a little while came. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Their function is, on the whole, a rather cruel one, and suggests that those who betake themselves to it are men of austere character. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
"Oh yes she will, Madame," said Schillie, "so betake yourselves off girls, wherever you choose, provided you don't come and bother us.". From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
On returning, they thought they had been tracked in the snow, and so decided to betake themselves to a new place of refuge in La Biava. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
It shows best of all that art is to betake itself on its own way blandly, despite the wish of its so ardent supporters and suppressors. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
If we would know what a University is, considered in its elementary idea, we must betake ourselves to the first and most celebrated home of. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
He might betake himself to some "obsequium," and rise high in the service of the king, or of some great baron or bishop, and become, like one of. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Medieval University] Reference
Argamasilla and Covachuelo could no longer evade the performance of their duty, and were compelled to betake themselves to the place pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
As Cæsar was compelled to betake himself to Nepi she accompanied him thither, and on the election of Piccolomini she returned to the papal city. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Democritus says, "men form new ideas for the day," and betake themselves to their various pursuits with mutual impetuosity, as if drawn by a strong impulse. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Why did these people leave their homes in the fertile plains and betake themselves to the less temperate climate and the rugged soil of a mountainous region?. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
If it got too nerve-racking I could always betake myself to my chair and, trusting in the eight sturdy legs of my bearers, abandon myself to enjoying the sights along the way. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
The former sight of his immoralities did somewhat distress him, and make him betake himself to his own good deeds to ease his conscience; wherefore this was his prop, his stay. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
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