Betook

Examples

• Bishop then betook himself up-stairs, and the other magnates gradually floated up after him until there was no one left below but Mr Merdle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• When at last she left you, you lapsed at once into deep reverie: you betook yourself slowly to pace the gallery. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He betook himself to books with ardour, and reposed from study in the society he best loved, that of his sister and myself. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Having arrived at this conclusion, he betook himself to the tap. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Arthur Clennam, with the card in his hand, betook himself to the address set forth upon it, and speedily arrived there. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Wamba stopt short in the midst of a jest, and betook himself to sword and target. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The kitchen visited and soothed, Moore betook himself to the parlour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Those who modestly betook themselves to the smaller craft, for the most part achieved their watery journey in safety. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The business--a little letter-writing--was soon dispatched after the yard gates had closed on the carriage; Miss Keeldar betook herself to the garden. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Leaving Madame Walravens' inhospitable salon, I betook myself to her cold staircase; there was a seat on the landing--there I waited. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was not meal-time, so they did not come into this dining-room, but betook themselves, when their boots were changed, to the Reunionsaal. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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