"Abye" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Antiochus on steed leap, Of none woundes ne took he keep, And eke he had foure forde All ymade with speares' ord.[6] Tholomeus and all his felawen[7] Of this succour so weren welfawen, Alysander made a cry hardy, 'Ore tost aby aby.' Then the knightes of Achay Jousted with them of Araby, They of Rome with them of Mede, Many land.... Egypt jousted with them of Tyre, Simple knights with riche sire: There n'as foregift ne forbearing Betweene vavasour[8] ne king; Before men mighten and behind Cunteck[9] seek and ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan
... faith thou dost not know, Lest, to thy peril, thou aby it dear.— Look where thy love comes; yonder ...
— A Midsummer Night's Dream • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]
... dear] i.e. thou shalt dearly pay for this. Though this is sense, and may well enough stand, yet the poet perhaps wrote thou shalt 'by it dear. So in another place, thou shalt aby it. So Milton, How dearly I ...
— Johnson's Notes to Shakespeare Vol. I Comedies • Samuel Johnson
... persistence, endurance; durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservation; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish. V. let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet [copy editing]; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby[obs3], dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good. Adj. stable &c. 150; persisting &c. v.; permanent; established; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus
... Nannie," said the old man, "I mus' recapitulate back to de house; dey needs me pow'ful all de time. Good luck to you! Gawd bless you!... Dass ow ba-aby, Mr. Gyuard—Oh, Lawd, Lawd, de days I's held dat chile out on one o' dese ole han's!" He had Flora's feeling ...
— Kincaid's Battery • George W. Cable |
