Chuse

Rather therfore to chuſe me thinketh wiſdome. By loſſe of life libertye, then life by priſon

Secondly, VVhen in exerting any paſſion in action, vve chuſe means inſufficient for the deſign'd end, and deceive ourſelves in our judgment of cauſes and effects.

Your maſter, young man, may a laſs adore--- / For his laſs, ’tis confeſt, / He has choſen the beſt; / But he chuſes a woeful ambaſſador!

But if the Almighty choſe to eſtabliſh his religion by miracles, he chuſes to carry it on by means.

"Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you chuse," said Mr. Bennet; […]

Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot.

"I wonder how you can bear that odious woman's manners," returned her mother; "I expect that you will all grow like her in time. But it is of no use my saying anything; you will go if you chuse." / "Oh, thank you, mamma," cried Georgiana, not chusing to hear any more, and down stairs she ran to communicate the permission.