How To Use Thrice In A Sentence

Thrice a day, the performers have been taking to the stage under the massive fireproof tents, which can accommodate up to 2,500 viewers.
Same advt. twice even thrice which I find not interesting And I am sure noone will find it interesting. The medium and large rectangle square off
After her 19th birthday her thrice - divorced manager, afraid that her encroaching adulthood might impede her careerist progress, began to woo her.
One is a stay-at-home mom who lives in the house where she grew up, while the other is a thrice-married, childless woman of the world.
Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed And drunk the milk of Paradise.

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Then he arose and clomb the mast to see an there were any escape from that strait; and he would have loosed the sails; but the wind redoubled upon the ship and whirled her round thrice and drave her backwards; whereupon her rudder brake and she fell off towards a high mountain. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
And thrice in the time that I did go, there did be a running of feet amid the darkness; and odd whiles strange and horrid cryings in the night; so that I put a force upon my despair, and hid me; for, indeed, I had no right to lose care of my life, if there did be any chance yet that I find the Maid. The Night Land
Measure thrice before you cut once.
His room is thrice the size of mine.
The wife has even caught me once or thrice mamboing around the condo.
The result of this admixture of the real and the unreal is confusion thrice confounded. The Somnambulists
No harder than your heart, nor colder is the hard, cold ersite of this thrice happy bench which supports your divine and fadeless form! Thuvia, Maid of Mars
I'm a thrice damned fool - lucky he has a well developed sense of humour eh?
He had been, though a much younger man, acquainted with the late Sir Hildebrand; and whenever Mrs Rayland and Lord Carloraine met, which they did in cumbrous state twice or thrice a year, their whole conversation consisted of eulogiums on the days that were passed, in expressing their dislike of all that was now acting in a degenerate world, and their contempt of the actors. The Old Manor House
I called you thrice last night
And I say in the book, Grant would no more use the word thrice than Huck Finn would say the Lord ` s prayer. Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America
He is to skip three times while repeating thrice the following sentence, and after repeating three times forwards and backwards: thus (_forwards_) -- 'Fear and dread shall fall upon them by the greatness of thine arm; they shall be as still as a stone'; thus (_backwards_) -- 'Still as a stone may they be; by the greatness of thine arm may fear and dread fall on them'; he then is to say to his neighbour three times, 'Peace be unto you,' and the neighbour is to respond three times, 'Unto you be peace.' Moon Lore
Thrice he the sword assayd, and thrice the flood; The Tenth Book of the Aeneis
Must you pester me now even after we're out of that thrice damned school and make my life more miserable?
Thefe bails may be given hint twice or thrice a day, with three or fojur hoenfuis of the peroral infu*. ft on. Sporting Magazine
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
Then take some finely powdered fluate of lime (fluor spar,) strew it even over the glass plate upon the waxed side, and then gently pour upon it, so as not to displace the powder, as much concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with thrice its weight of water, as is sufficient to cover the powdered fluor spar. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827
Rangers have thrice stuck three goals past Dundee this season, though that 3-1 win at Ibrox in January was initially a lot closer than it turned out.
An inferior sort of tea, with a leaf twice or thrice as large as that of Bohea, grows wild in the hilly parts of Quang-ai, and is sold at from 12s. 6d. to 40s. the picul of 133lbs. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, o
It was a deep black and similar to a Christian cross, except that the top half of the cross had been intersected thrice more, each line smaller than the last.
Weave a circle round him thrice.
His room is thrice the size of mine.
The Athenian right made a better stand, and though Cleon, who from the first had no thought of fighting, at once fled and was overtaken and slain by a Myrcinian targeteer, his infantry forming in close order upon the hill twice or thrice repulsed the attacks of Clearidas, and did not finally give way until they were surrounded and routed by the missiles of the The History of the Peloponnesian War
Thrice happy Duck, employ'd in threshing Stubble!
Back before either one of us was twenty Cooper Renner coined the incantation “thrice — and it is so”. Alert | Revamped Site | Terrorkitten | clusterflock
Altars are reared around, and the priestess, with hair undone, thrice peals from her lips the hundred gods of Erebus and Chaos, and the triform Hecate, the triple-faced maidenhood of Diana. The Aeneid of Virgil
Later, of course, the email chain clattered about whether the expense would affect the thrice-yearly profit-sharing bonus.
So saying, he hent in hand a stick 190 and flourishing it thrice in the air, was about to come down with it upon the lame ape, when the creature cried out for mercy and said to him, I conjure thee, by The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Measure thrice before you cut once.
The word "bend" is thrice repeated: "Against him that bendeth let him that bendeth bend," to imply the utmost straining of the bow. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
But a person (as I have shown before, Chapter thirteen) is he that is represented, as of as he is represented; and therefore God, who has been represented (that is, personated) thrice, may properly enough be said to be three persons; though neither the word Person nor Leviathan
One witch said, “Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed.” Something Wicked
Thrice I parted company with otherwise good friends because I perceived impure motivations.
Measure thrice before you cut once.
a gorge and they drove a cyclist into a patch of maize, they narrowly missed a goat and jumped three gullies, thrice the horse stumbled and was jerked up in time, there were sickening moments, and withal they got down to Piedimulera unbroken and unspilt. The Research Magnificent
In the 25 years I've known her, I have only seen her drunk once and tipsy thrice.
So "spake," thrice repeated (1Ki 4: 32, 33), refers not to written compositions, but to addresses spoken in assemblies convened for the purpose. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Anyway, I have a reliable stay-out kasambahay who reports thrice a week and a laundrywoman who does the ironing. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? « MommyFiles
By then at the end of his active career as a lover, intriguer at the court of the regency of Louis XIV, and soldier who had thrice chosen the wrong side in the civil wars known as the Fronde, La Rochefoucauld clearly exceeded all others at this game. Puncturing Our Pretensions
And ABC has the breakaway hit Millionaire airing thrice weekly throughout the summer.
But alas, we are at the far north end of NJ-and our younger daughter has the thrice curst SATs on Saturday. Big, Broad, Flexible Religion
Sydney flights, via Bangkok, will become thrice weekly on March 27, becoming daily on May 1.
Evening batches will be held thrice a week for four weeks throughout the year between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Ramsay, daughter and heiress of David Ramsay, our horologer, and a cadet only thrice removed from the ancient house of Dalwolsey. The Fortunes of Nigel
Did you know that papal death is officially determined by the Cardinal Chamberlain by gently tapping the late Pope's head thrice with a silver hammer?
1944Men in great place are thrice servants, servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. Quotations
She was thrice widowed, and she claimed to possess the gift of augury.
We mention these things at the mair length, because we would have you all to know, that it is not without due consideration of the circumstances of all parties, that we design, in a small and private way, to honour with our own royal presence the marriage of Lord Glenvarloch with Margaret Ramsay, daughter and heiress of David Ramsay, our horologer, and a cadet only thrice removed from the ancient house of Dalwolsey. The Fortunes of Nigel
A lifeless man, lying outstretched on a certain hearthstone, might be found once in a house and awaken no special comment; but when this same discovery has been made twice, if not thrice, during the history of a single dwelling, one might surely be pardoned a distrust of its seemingly home-like appointments, and discern in its slowly darkening walls the presence of an evil which if left to itself might perish in the natural decay of the place, but which, if met and challenged, might strike again and make another blot on its thrice-crimsoned hearthstone. The Filigree Ball
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
They were perfectly sized and so accurately rendered as to be bitable twice or thrice without collapse. Times, Sunday Times
She plays tennis thrice weekly.
Yes, thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd. Times, Sunday Times
The great plain of white sand which is enclosed between the blue lake-like expanses of the two meeting rivers is the Plain of Alms. In truth, there are three rivers which unite here -- the Ganges, the Jumna and the Saravasti -- and this thrice-hallowed spot is known in the Hindu mythologic system as the Triveni. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876
NSW, traditionally the bread basket of Aussie cricket, are the T20 champions, but Victoria won the title thrice in succession before the last edition. Daily News & Analysis
Rabotkina brought refreshing restraint and imaginative, often poetic musical shape to the thrice familiar Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso.
But instead of Big Macs and large fries, thrice daily, I was to concentrate on the healthier offerings.
He came not once, but twice or thrice. Times, Sunday Times
That is what I call whistling," said he, after he had repeated the signal thrice; "and now to cover, to cover, or Whitefoot will not be shod this day. Kenilworth
When you have carried the bandage twice or thrice round at the seat of the fracture, it is to be carried upward, so that the afflux of blood into it may be stopped, and the bandage should terminate there, and the first bandages ought not to be long. On Fractures
The 42 year-old man's life was spared thrice on January 14, when he survived electrocution, an oncoming train and being hit by a lorry
The thrice married Young had a high - profile romance with Spencer Tracy.
And thus our Saviour meets with the arrogance of Peter, foretelling him that he should not have the courage he so confidently assumed to himself, but should within the time and space of cockcrowing deny him thrice. From the Talmud and Hebraica
From the Latin word Sanctus thrice said, the hymn is sometimes referred to as Tersanctus, and is thus apt to be confused with the triple Sanctus at the end of the preface at Mass. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Twice or thrice pinnate leaves, toothed like a tenon saw, with conspicuous veins ending in the notches, brand it as the beaver poison, otherwise known as the musquash root and spotted cowbane. Some Summer Days in Iowa
I like Nader as well, but certain moments of the decorated veteran's speech made me think thrice about how I'll be pulling in November.
The phone rings once, then twice, then thrice. Times, Sunday Times
It then transpired that the delay was caused by the Emperor's having suddenly intimated that he expected Prince Chun to make thrice to him, as he sat on his throne at Potsdam, the “kotow” as practised in the Court of China. William of Germany
After watching the young woman frown after I told her my name thrice, I spelled it out for her: Steve. What's in a Name?
He was thrice mayor of our city.
Fray Ignatius says he went into the Colorado and was what they call immersed; he that was baptized with holy water by the thrice holy bishop of Durango. Remember the Alamo
One witch said, “Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed.” Something Wicked
KJV For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
But the coming of thrice their number could not recover what was lost, or recall the fateful past. The Battle of New Orleans including the Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815
After a gosling is a month or six weeks old you may put it up to feed for a green goose, & it will be perfectly fed in another month following; and to feed them, there is no better meat then skeg oats boil'd, and given plenty thereof thrice a day, morning, noon, and night, with good store of milk, or milk and water mixt together to drink. The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery
After a short pause, and some prayers from the responser, in which the choristers joined with musical notes, the priest took the bride and bridegroom by the hand, the friends holding their crowns, and walked with them round the desk thrice, having both their right hands fast in his, from west to east, saying -- The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828
He gives you, upon his knees, a thousand thanks; and he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England. The Life of King Henry the Fifth
The word thrice repeated rose softly on the night air, but struck like a hammer upon the ears of the man who, in studying the brain, had found himself often and inextricably entangled in the religions and mysteries of the East. Leonie of the Jungle
Lawns are watered twice or thrice daily, especially in summer.
If the patient is in severe pain or is feverish antimicrobials such as metronidazole 200 mg thrice daily for up to five days may be indicated.
Twice or thrice, went the driver. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds
Thrice in this short piece Brooks throws around the term "economic determinism" without bothering to define it. Joseph A. Palermo: David Brooks's Anti-Poverty Program: "Bourgeois Paternalism"
After a gosling is a month or six weeks old you may put it up to feed for a green goose, & it will be perfectly fed in another month following; and to feed them, there is no better meat then skeg oats boil'd, and given plenty thereof thrice a day, morning, noon, and night, with good store of milk, or milk and water mixt together to drink. The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery
The Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally on August 12, the first stages rally since foot and mouth restrictions, will feature two stages thrice.
Strait, and among the mighty icebergs of Baffin's Bay, we saw no cetaceous creatures, save twice some floundering porpoises, and thrice Tales of the Chesapeake
12Men in great place are thrice servants, servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business. Quotations
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
This notice or banns must be read thrice in the church at intervals of at least one week.
These discourses were commonly of great length; twice, or sometimes thrice, the pulpit hour-glass was silently inverted while the orator pursued his theme even unto "fourteenthly. Initial Studies in American Letters
Besides Cohn, there was Claudius Charles Philippe, a suave, thrice-married roué eighteen years Walters' senior.
Eaton is the only player to thrice go through a season scoring in every one of his club's matches, for Dewsbury in 1999-00 and for Batley in the last two seasons.
But here's an even stranger thing, and thrice ill-omened at that. A TIME OF WAR
Thrice she has applied to JDRF; thrice they have rejected her.
The patient is then thrice immerged in the sacred pool. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing
So what chance does Scot Ross have running against incumbent Doug LaFollette (Robert's first cousin thrice removed) in the fall Democratic primary for Secretary of State? He Follows the Flag Polls
That horses foddered on Lingborough hay would have thrice the strength of others, and that sheep who cropped Lingborough pastures would grow three times as fat. Tales from Many Sources Vol. V
Thrice happy those among us who as conquerors shall look upon this gladdest of all days. Hellenica
So, rather than disappoint them, I resorted to a kind of sortes Virgillana; I shut my eyes, turned round thrice, and made a mark at hazard on the line of photographs. Hawthorne and His Circle
Lawns are watered twice or thrice daily, especially in summer.
Emirates will continue to fly to Auckland thrice daily.
By then at the end of his active career as a lover, intriguer at the court of the regency of Louis XIV, and soldier who had thrice chosen the wrong side in the civil wars known as the Fronde, La Rochefoucauld clearly exceeded all others at this game. Puncturing Our Pretensions
Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed, but still no joy. Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » IP networking and murderous rage
Come in, Prissy!" she bawled, illustrating her summons with what might be called a beckoning in broad capitals, done with the whole arm from finger-tips to shoulder, twice or thrice. A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life.
An 'thrice taames did a raven croak, an' t 'seame-like thrice cam t' hoot Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems
The next post down is the last three words (or one word thrice?) on moonshine enforcement in Fairfax, VA.
Dudley Venner had a kind of superstition, too, that, if Elsie could only outlive three septenaries, twenty-one years, so that, according to the prevalent idea, her whole frame would have been thrice made over, counting from her birth, she would revert to the natural standard of health of mind and feelings from which she had been so long perverted. Elsie Venner
The sooner that they rose, the sharper was their appetite and the barkings of their stomachs, and the gnawings increased in the like proportion, and consequently made these godly men thrice more a-hungered and athirst than when their matins were hemmed over only with three lessons. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
They should think not twice, but thrice, before ignoring such advice.
Round every house the hide-clad man used to run thrice _deiseal, _ that is, according to the course of the sun, so as to keep the house on his right hand; while the others pursued him, beating the hide with their staves and thereby making a loud noise like the beating of a drum. The Golden Bough
I've had the ‘pleasure’ of receiving this in my spambox thrice in the past week.
Once set off, they will shoot into the air, pop once, twice, thrice, and shower the old people and children below with an airburst of hot embers.
The writer, who never demitted the habit of going to church twice every Sunday, and sometimes thrice, does not comment upon the coincidence that he hears again a sermon from the text used and "improved" by a Virginia divine, two years ago. Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,
Now and then a servant girl, nicely but plainly dressed, and fully accoutred with stockings and shoes, would perform this duty; and twice or thrice I remember being admitted by Chronicles of the Canongate
He is to skip three times while repeating thrice the following sentence, and after repeating three times forwards and backwards: thus (_forwards_) -- 'Fear and dread shall fall upon them by the greatness of thine arm; they shall be as still as a stone'; thus (_backwards_) -- 'Still as a stone may they be; by the greatness of thine arm may fear and dread fall on them'; he then is to say to his neighbour three times, 'Peace be unto you,' and the neighbour is to respond three times, 'Unto you be peace.' Moon Lore
Whoever became possessor of a Bead, preserved it as a sacred relique; and had it been the Chaplet of thrice-blessed St. Francis himself, it could not have been disputed with greater vivacity. The Monk
Athena's jingle mentioned the product name thrice, and was much "zippier" than theirs. BuddyTV
Gold here measures every thing: a lady's charms are by weight, "a pood is a good girl, and two or three poods are twice or thrice as good as a wife. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847
“She thanked Mr. Warrington, in tones so hollow and tragic, that he started back, and must have upset some of his rappee, for Macbeth sneezed thrice.” The Virginians
Had it been the rankest Roan ague (Anglice, the Covent-garden gout), ’twas all one to him; touching only their dentiform vertebrae thrice with Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Cal-ee-forn-ee-yeh," he mumbled twice and thrice, listening intently to the sound of the syllables as they fell from his lips. THE WHITE MAN'S WAY
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
But nor I, nor this place may halfe suffice for his praise, which the sweetest singer of all our westerns shepheards hath so exquisitely depainted, that as Achilles by Alexander was counted happy for having such a rare emblazoner of his magnanimitie, as the Meonian Poete; so I account him thrice-fortunate in having such a herauld of his vertues as Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592
Boorishly grandly cooper convertible it, i guarded thrice of the epinephrin were willful on the brink equity sphalerite. Rational Review
She looked round her thrice, but no one followed her. Andersen's Fairy Tales
In acute or chronic cases of this otorrhoea, two or three drops of the oil should be made fall into the ear twice or thrice in the day. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
You will fatigue your servant by sending notes to her twice or thrice in a day.
I'm choosing this example because it is one I face daily, often twice daily, thrice on the Sabbath.
Most noble and illustrious drinkers, and you thrice precious pockified blades (for to you, and none else, do I dedicate my writings), Alcibiades, in that dialogue of Plato's which is entitled, "The Banquet," whilst he was setting forth the praises of his schoolmaster Socrates (without all question the prince of philosophers), amongst other discourses to that purpose said that he resembled the Sileni. Classic French Course in English
Flashing twice means "I'm waiting for you;" and thrice translates to "I am home! Sally Thorner: Flashing in East Africa
Over the years, I have seen him tested thrice, and thrice has he been bested by this simple and inexpensive item.
Twice bitten, thrice shy? Times, Sunday Times
She slaloms down some of the most treacherous ski slopes, thrice a week.
And as he reeled unseeing, smashing his great groping clutches through the air at me, I was in and short-dirked him thrice in belly, thigh, and buttock, than which I could reach no higher up the mighty frame of him. Chapter 17
Thrice the brinded cat hath mewed, and now she threatens to have me up before the matron. The Christian A Story
(Anglice, the Covent-garden gout), 'twas all one to him; touching only their dentiform vertebrae thrice with a piece of a wooden shoe, he made them as wholesome as so many sucking-pigs. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
Thrice he the sword assay'd, and thrice the flood; The Aeneid English
Twice or thrice pinnate leaves, toothed like a tenon saw, with conspicuous veins ending in the notches, brand it as the beaver poison, otherwise known as the musquash root and spotted cowbane. Some Summer Days in Iowa
The soldier would then enclose his ballot and the thrice-signed document in an envelope.
And no mistaenk, they thricetold the taler and they knew the whyed for too. Finnegans Wake
If the patient is in severe pain or is feverish antimicrobials such as metronidazole 200 mg thrice daily for up to five days may be indicated.
Thrice his Grace had yawned at table, when his favorite gleemen sung, Burlesques
If your baby is bottle-fed, follow the same process, i.e., interrupt feeding and make your baby burp at least twice or thrice while feeding.
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
Pre Jerome it was very lovely; and before its homely altar, not homely to him, in the performance of those solemn offices, symbols of heaven's mightiest truths, in the hearing of the organ's harmonies, and the yet more eloquent interunion of human voices in the choir, in overlooking the worshipping throng which knelt under the soft, chromatic lights, and in breathing the sacrificial odors of the chancel, he found a deep and solemn joy; and yet I guess the finest thought of his soul the while was one that came thrice and again: Old Creole Days
For them, the contents are listed thrice, under three different heads - alphabetically, composer-wise and raga-wise.
His room is thrice the size of mine.
Priapus appear'd to me, and told me, he had lately brought into my ship Encolpius that I sought for ": Tryphœna was startl'd," And you'd swear we slept together, "reply'd she," for methoughts the image of Neptune having struck his trident thrice against the Bajœ, told me that in Lycas 'ship I shou'd meet my Gito. The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
Monsignor Sacrista received the key from the celebrant, opens the Sepulchre while the Pope places incense in the thurible, and thrice incenses the boat. More Rare Images: Good Friday with Pius XI in the Sistine Chapel
Thrice I parted company with otherwise good friends because I perceived impure motivations.
He married thrice and his third wife Helene survives him.
And as he reeled unseeing, smashing his great groping clutches through the air at me, I was in and short-dirked him thrice in belly, thigh and buttock, than which I could reach no higher up the mighty frame of him. The Jacket (Star-Rover)
The sides of the ships are protected by iron plating of eight-inch thickness amidships, which is an inch more of iron than the armour possessed by the majority of our masted sea-going ironclads, many of which are twice or thrice the size of the _Cyclops_ and her sister-ships. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
Her brain was becoming a mere receptacle for dates and definitions, vocabularies and rules syntactic, for thrice-boiled essence of history, ragged scraps of science, quotations at fifth hand, and all the heterogeneous rubbish of a 'crammer's' shop. In the Year of Jubilee
The Athenian right made a better stand, and though Cleon, who from the first had no thought of fighting, at once fled and was overtaken and slain by a Myrcinian targeteer, his infantry forming in close order upon the hill twice or thrice repulsed the attacks of The History of the Peloponnesian War
Only one condition I beg you to accept: she and I will both play with only one dice each and the dice will be thrown only thrice.
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
She plays tennis thrice weekly.
Twice or thrice he was going to ask about the marriage question, but his heart failed him. Vanity Fair
The bishop and his men went once, twice, thrice around it, chanting all the while the litany of Christ, of Mary Ever-Virgin, the angels, apostles, glorious martyrs, confessors, and virgins sacred to God.
But it is not so; but it amounts to this sense, "Within the time of cockcrowing" thou shalt deny me thrice; for From the Talmud and Hebraica
The "wheft" was waved thrice as an urgent signal to the ship to come to our assistance with all speed, but in the meantime our interest lay in the surviving Black Fish keeping alive. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales
He gives you, upon his knees, a thousand thanks; and he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of oneas he thinksthe most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England. Act IV. Scene IV. The Life of King Henry the Fifth
He turned to a Peterborough, for which McPherson had just mulcted him of thrice its value. CHAPTER 22
The water or sap was dropping fast from the branch, at the rate of sixteen large drops per minute, each drop twice or thrice the size of a "minim," and neither catkins nor leaves had yet expanded. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
And McClain would be known as the fool predecessor to Thrice.
Patient was initially managed by parathyroidectomy and later on was also treated with intravenous sodium thiosulfate thrice weekly with each hemodialysis session for duration of 10 weeks. BioMed Central - Latest articles
Rub your hands thrice across your foreheads — blow your noses — cleanse your emunctories — sneeze, my good people! — The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
You need for it, two pounds, thrice sifted flour, two pounds well-washed and very cold butter, four egg-yolks well chilled, and half a pint, more or less, of ice water, also a saltspoon of fine salt. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South
She is a jolly _compagnon de voyage_, had been thrice to Jerusalem, and is now seeking assoil for some little sins at Canterbury. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
Moreover, it is a tale of providential escapes; thrice has the so-called Cretan been saved specially, in Ægypt, from the Homer's Odyssey A Commentary
That we think it's OK for some people to have their lives turned inside out, sometimes twice or thrice over, so that some other and always much fancier people can live well?
Measure thrice before you cut once.
Dr. Victor, whose line of degrees is at least thrice as long as his name, is a researcher whose distinctions and career excellence have hardly had an impact on his humility.
It then transpired that the delay was caused by the Emperor's having suddenly intimated that he expected Prince Chun to make thrice to him, as he sat on his throne at Potsdam, the "kotow" as practised in the Court of China. William of Germany
Expect antiques, thrice-shined mahogany, four-posters, ruby-rich rugs and silk swagging in the 29 bedrooms. Times, Sunday Times
They should think not twice, but thrice, before ignoring such advice.
And as he reeled unseeing, smashing his great groping clutches through the air at me, I was in and short-dirked him thrice in belly, thigh and buttock, than which Chapter 17
Twice or thrice in a week, in the earliest morning, the poor mother went for her sins and saw the poor invalid. Vanity Fair
Against the hungry Rutgers horde 125-lb. Harry Hormel played left halfback, scored thrice, risked constant annihilation as his team annihilated Rutgers 60-6.
Never a week passed but what she came twice or thrice with a picture or book, mayhaps an apple for me, an 'it's owing to her an' no clargy at all that I'll ever follow her blessed footsteps to heaven. Children's Edition of Touching Incidents : and Remarkable Answers to Prayer
To follow the arrangement of fate is human; the master of his own fate is strong; not strong-minded is blindly, think thrice before acting is the wise man.
When they saw the enemy approaching, and no possibility of escaping, they all gathered round about him, while he prayed a short word; wherein he repeated this expression thrice over, Lord, spare the green and take the ripe. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies
If the patient is in severe pain or is feverish antimicrobials such as metronidazole 200 mg thrice daily for up to five days may be indicated.
Moreover, hee kissed her twice or thrice whereof she was well pleased but I (not well contented thereat) thought in my selfe: O wretched Maid, thou hast forgotten thy marriage, and doest esteeme this stranger and bloudy theefe above thy husband which thy Parents ordained for thee, now perceive I well thou hast no remorse of conscience, but more delight to tarry and play the harlot heere amongst so many swords. The Golden Asse
So if winning thrice is a trend, what is winning four times? Notes from the peanut gallery
Indeed, just as ll. 40-42 thrice emphasize the word "virgin," so the succeeding three lines thrice emphasize her three marriages -- a detail that once again exemplifies the poem's balanced construction. My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem
Since 1998, every MRI I've had for a brain tumor has also shown an abnormal sphenoid sinus fluid level which accounts neatly for my thrice yearly sinus/cold/bronchitis problems. Are you taking vitamin pills?
More immediately dangerous was batrachian squeak Gaunt's promise to "give Galloway a good slapping" (repeated thrice) in the boxing ring for charity. Archive 2008-02-01
So Little John clambered awkwardly into the quire, his short gown fluttering gaily; and he called the banns for the marriage of the maid and Allan-a-Dale once, twice, and thrice. Robin Hood
Twice or thrice he rose from his chair, paced the room with a determined brow, and sat down again with vigorous clutch of the pen; still he failed to excogitate a single sentence that would serve his purpose. New Grub Street
But in proportion to the ingesta he should have evacuations twice or thrice in the day, once at night and more copiously in the morning, as is customary with a person in health. The Book Of Prognostics
Simultaneously, THAI will increase the frequency of its Copenhagen service from thrice weekly to daily.
Upon the lowest platform he halted and lifted up his hands as in greeting, whereon up went painted shield and glittering spear and from the stalwart warriors rose a lusty shout, a word thrice repeated. Martin Conisby's Vengeance

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