sought


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being searched for

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370: And Apollodorus says that Hesiod already knew that the whole people were called both Hellenes and Panhellenes, as when he says of the daughters of Proetus that the Panhellenes sought them in marriage.
16-19) And the two sons of Amphiaraus the lord, Oecleus' son, sought her to wife from Argos very near at hand; yet....
21-27) And from Ithaca the sacred might of Odysseus, Laertes son, who knew many-fashioned wiles, sought her to wife.
28-30) And....on's son sought her to wife (and brought)
But at length he grew weary of the gentle birds, and wild-flowers, and sought new pleasure in destroying the beauty he was tired of; and soon the friends who had so kindly welcomed him looked upon him as an evil spirit, and shrunk away as he approached.
"Through sunlight and summer air I have sought for thee long, Guided by birds and flowers, And now by thy song.
On he went, thinking of Lily-Bell, and for her sake bearing all; for in his quiet prison many gentle feelings and kindly thoughts had sprung up in his heart, and he now strove to be friends with all, and win for himself the love and confidence of those whom once he sought to harm and cruelly destroy.
"I sought one youth, and I have found many evil spirits." And he looked at the wolves tearing their prey, and shuddered.
"Say, captain," quoth Umslopogaas, drawing back his hood of wolf's hide so that the moonlight fell upon his face, "is this the face of that youth whom you sought?"
"Ah!" cried Umslopogaas, "you sought a youth to slay him, and have found an axe to be slain by it!
And by-and-by, having no other friends, he sought their company, and sat by while they devoured their prey, and they grew to know him, and gave him food.
Thou mayest conceal it, too, from the ministers and magistrates, even as thou didst this day, when they sought to wrench the name out of thy heart, and give thee a partner on thy pedestal.
I think your tired soul sought rest in a woman's arms, and when you found no rest there you hated her.
"Perhaps I should not have sought this interview, Mr.
Harvy was among the guests at the wedding; and he sought her out in a rare moment when she stood alone.