"Bestir" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Being obliged to bestir myself to get back to London, as the time drew near when the Hamburg captain, with whom I intend to return, had fixed his departure, I determined to take a place as far as Northampton on ...
— Travels in England in 1782 • Charles P. Moritz
... Roger, et en avant la grands scne! 'come, Roger, bestir yourself; now is the time for the ...
— Le Petit Chose (part 1) - Histoire d'un Enfant • Alphonse Daudet
... making yourself comfortable," the Doctor said; "and as the servants have an easy time of it generally, it does them good to bestir themselves now and then. The expense of one or two extra bullock carts is nothing, and it makes all ...
— Rujub, the Juggler • G. A. Henty
... of so many tongues in that dumb chamber staggered him. He began to bestir himself, going to and fro with the candle, beleaguered by moving shadows, and startled to the soul by chance reflections. In many rich mirrors, some of home designs, some from Venice or Amsterdam, he saw his face repeated and repeated, as it were an army of spies; his ...
— Short Stories Old and New • Selected and Edited by C. Alphonso Smith
... Ay, the lass is going to bestir herself. Only get the thing settled, and the Commune will bind itself to keep you all your life. See ...
— Fruits of Culture • Leo Tolstoy
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