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  • The credit for the survivors' escape has landed squarely on Gale's shoulders, although he's loath to accept it.†   (source)
  • They had become friends during their travels, and he was loath to tear that apart.†   (source)
  • And he was loath to steal anyone's life the way his had been stolen.†   (source)
  • And though he was loath to make this leap, was it so improbable that he, like so many others, might be taken to an undisclosed location—to one of the secret prisons abroad?†   (source)
  • Art had to figure that in his high school days Abel Martinson had been moderately restless, that in the interim between then and now he had changed, and that this truck was the last vestige of his former self: thus he was loath to part with it.†   (source)
  • But, for the moment, they were simply exhausted and at peace with one another and loath to leave the only haven either of them had ever found.†   (source)
  • The regent was loath to have me visit Qunu, thinking I would regress and fall into bad company back in my old village.†   (source)
  • Alex stayed quiet, loath to add pressure.†   (source)
  • Kile was really the only person I could trust with this task, though I was loath to ask him.†   (source)
  • Finally, with a great snapping of twigs and thrashing of branches across the windshield, as if the countryside is loath to release them, the car bursts forth onto smooth pavement and the light of day.†   (source)
  • But, clearly, she had wanted me to have it—and wearing it, loath as I was to admit it, was smarter than running around in my camp uniform.†   (source)
  • Gus didn't shoot unless he had to, but he was not loath to whack a man.†   (source)
  • As with the taciturn men of Lake Wobegon, language was a currency he was loath to spend carelessly.†   (source)
  • He's quoted as saying, "We can do without the Japanese," but he's not loath to take our boats.†   (source)
  • These things Lestat told me with great amusement, for I was loath to go and would sometimes not be persuaded under any circumstance.†   (source)
  • No one wanted the little mongrels, and his colleague was loath to kill them.†   (source)
  • The dread and terror on her face made me loath to ask again.†   (source)
  • Many who wanted desperately to escape had "families they were loath should be separated."†   (source)
  • Placing the spewing flare on the metal floor, he swiftly removed two grenades from his pockets-grenades he was loath to part with-pulled the pins, and hurled both toward the gate.†   (source)
  • And he will be loath to stop it, to even tryfor my legs shall close upon his lineage forever, like a springed trap.†   (source)
  • Sometimes, if she espied me struggling, Mary I lad-field would help me, but I was loath to add my needs to her already ample burdens.†   (source)
  • Nevertheless, he was loath to dispose of the message.†   (source)
  • Max had no idea why the imp would have been visiting his dreams, but he was strangely loath to share the incident with David.†   (source)
  • A little way ahead and to his left he saw suddenly, issuing from a black hole of shadow under the cliff, the most loathly shape that he had ever beheld, horrible beyond the horror of an evil dream.†   (source)
  • Only one person can, much as I'm loath to admit it.†   (source)
  • If the ships are owned by a Rangora bank, the Horvath are going to be extremely loath to shoot them down.†   (source)
  • For a variety of reasons, not least of which was the mental image I had formed of Ootek's and Mike's expressions when they realized what I was doing, I was loath to begin analyzing my finds.†   (source)
  • Yet if ever there was a story that Taleswapper was loath to listen to, it was theirs.†   (source)
  • So, loath to disband after such high adventures, we reached the northern boundary of the world, chasing Mongols en route.†   (source)
  • I sensed the conversation made little difference, that for a few moments we were safe from the world and we were loath to break the communication and go back to our rooms.†   (source)
  • And after hours of sleeplessness I drowse off and have what because of its Freudian obviousness I would be loath to put into a novel but what, Dear Diary, I must not shrink from telling You: my First Homosexual Dream!†   (source)
  • I was loath to do this, as I did not know whether there were any others aboard, whoever they were, or if they had anything more planned, since the J-9 trouble had not come off as they had expected.†   (source)
  • Ahead was water - thirstily the bush boy gulped - where the bird was accustomed to drink; and he was loath to share his private reservoir with strangers.†   (source)
  • And you are loath to speak out against him before all these people.†   (source)
  • But if you were loath to tap her, why didn't you shoo her out and take her older sister?†   (source)
  • Much as they loath to admit it, there are serious divides splitting the party.
  • Loath to be parted with Zar'roc, Eragon unfastened the sheath and set it and the blade on the floor.†   (source)
  • And he was loath to steal anyone's life the way his had been stolen.†   (source)
  • He stirred unwillingly, loath to listen.†   (source)
  • I am loath to play whatever part the cheese-monger has in mind for me, yet how can I refuse him?†   (source)
  • Eragon was loath to go, for Saphira had to stay and protect the Varden's camp.†   (source)
  • Often the strongest among us are loath to accept mortality.†   (source)
  • Pylos spoke softly, as if loath to disturb Cressen's solemn meditations.†   (source)
  • I'm especially loath to leave since you can't defend yourself with your crippled back.†   (source)
  • I am loath to disappoint you, Lord Belmore, but my stepson will be remaining here with me.†   (source)
  • He went so far as to say that his sisters would not be loath to wed a widower.†   (source)
  • They have called this state a trance, though I am loath to accept that.†   (source)
  • Robert Baratheon had never been loath to impose upon the hospitality of his subjects.†   (source)
  • I would be loath to see my son languish at Harrenhal any longer than he must, however.†   (source)
  • It's all the money I've got, and I'm loath to part with it.†   (source)
  • She was loath to give anyone that kind of power.†   (source)
  • Truth be told, he would have been loath to part with Wun Wun.†   (source)
  • Would you be loath to assume the name Athena?†   (source)
  • Grandma was loath to walk past, but with the two children, she could do no more and kept going.†   (source)
  • We are loath to intrude upon your grief, but perhaps you might grant us audience tonight?†   (source)
  • "Under the circumstances, I'm almost loath to do so," Kinyon said.†   (source)
  • Perhaps he was right, even though I was loath to admit it.†   (source)
  • Father was loath to part with any of his.†   (source)
  • Loath as Tyrion was to admit it, Littlefinger's scheme had promise.†   (source)
  • Perhaps he is loath to part with the warm burrow between her thighs, even for a night.†   (source)
  • Her babes are still too young for such a journey, and she was loath to leave them.†   (source)
  • I am loath to relinquish Amber's sky," said Random, whatever that meant, and I grunted back at him.†   (source)
  • The wind propelled the snow against the sides of barns and homes, and Ishmael could hear it whistling through the wing window's rubber molding, which had been loose now for many years: it had been loose back when his father was alive, one of the car's small idiosyncrasies, part of the reason he was loath to part with it.†   (source)
  • "Great-Aunt Tootie," said William Spiver, "I am loath, as always, to point out the obvious, but I will do it here and now for the sake of clarity.†   (source)
  • Joining me would be Emma, who flatly refused to let me go alone, Bronwyn, who was loath to anger Miss Peregrine but insisted that we needed her protection, and Enoch, whose plan we were to carry out.†   (source)
  • The man was loath to give her up, but your name changed his thinking somewhat … that, and my dirk at his throat.†   (source)
  • His hunt for the Ra'zac had been one of his last ties to his life in Palancar Valley, and he was loath to relinquish that bond, gruesome as it was.†   (source)
  • "I feel very loath to part with my son and shall miss him more than I can express," Abigail wrote to her sister Mary.†   (source)
  • Bekhir was loath to show emotion in front of his men, but at this I saw his eyes flicker and his jaw tighten.†   (source)
  • I was almost loath to put an end to it.†   (source)
  • " The girl had a low husky voice, lower than a boy's, and once over her first moment of shyness wasn't loath to talk.†   (source)
  • The plane rose up, up, as though loath to descend from this high tranquility; tilted, and Yves looked down, hoping to see the Statue of Liberty, though he had been warned that it could not be seen from here; then the plane began, like a stone, to drop, the water rushed up at them, the motors groaned, the wings trembled, resisting the awful, downward pull.†   (source)
  • "I am really loath to part with her," she wrote to Jefferson on July 6, "and she, last evening upon Petit's arrival, was thrown into all her former distresses, and bursting into tears told me it would be as hard to leave me as it was her Aunt Eppes.†   (source)
  • He was loath to take disability from the government, but he accepted it for a while, until he found a way to turn a talent for woodworking into an occupation.†   (source)
  • Loath should thou be to summon him, unless thou be strong and know thy limits and wear a ring of silver true.†   (source)
  • They were loath to believe that Galbatorix had the forces needed to attack Ilirea—or that he would dare do such a thing—but in the end, we were able to make them see the truth of the matter.†   (source)
  • Mortenson appreciated his driver's steady, methodical style of navigating Pakistan's worst roads and was loath to criticize him.†   (source)
  • If I had to guess, though, I would guess that Brom held his tongue not because he was ashamed of you but because he had become accustomed to living with his secrets and was loath to part with them.†   (source)
  • He was loath to acknowledge it, but he knew that such creatures were beyond his ability to kill, no matter the strength of his motivation.†   (source)
  • We learned much about how to ease common ailments and injuries, and though we were loath to turn aside from our main work, somehow we found ourselves sought out for the kinds of preparations the Gowdies once so readily supplied.†   (source)
  • I have tarried here far too long as it is, but I have been loath to leave and Islanzadi wished me to stay.†   (source)
  • No, loath as I am to disappoint Maester Aemon, I could not in honor stand aside for Pyke of Eastwatch.†   (source)
  • I fear my children may never recover from this latest incident, and I am loath to prevent it, to stop it now for it has already happened.†   (source)
  • Viserys lusted for his father's throne, but he lusted for Daenerys too, and was loath to give her up.†   (source)
  • He had reached that age when he was loath to close his eyes, for fear that he might never open them again.†   (source)
  • My husband and I have not been with each other in months, and since the birth I am loath to even think of our joining.†   (source)
  • John has no doubt arranged for another of his viewing closets to overlook this women's pool, and though loath to accept it, I see no way to stop its construction, given that the final say with the foreman is John's and John's alone.†   (source)
  • Though the noble Yezzan is loath to lose his little treasures, as you have seen, Yurkhaz zo Yunzak persuaded him that it would be selfish to keep such droll antics to himself.†   (source)
  • "You know more of such men than me, ser." If Bloodbeard might be truly the most dishonorable and greedy of the sellswords, he might be the easiest to sway, but she was loath to go against Ser Barristan's counsel in such matters.†   (source)
  • They would be loath to do so.†   (source)
  • He made several insinuations upon my arrival, that is until dear John led him aside by the elbow and had words with him, after which he ignored me with full contempt though was loath to outwardly reveal his disapproval of me.†   (source)
  • Loath as he was to disappoint her, Tyrion had to point out that while Lady Tanda was by no means a clever woman, even she might wonder if her daughter's bedmaid seemed to own more jewelry than her daughter.†   (source)
  • I am loath to risk more men.†   (source)
  • We were loath to step out into the open until we had located the precise spot, Faiella-bionin, the Stairway to Rebma, and could cross quickly to it.†   (source)
  • I was a little ashamed of my impatience and was certainly loath to intrude upon this obviously cobweb-fragile region of her memory, but in some intuitive way I also knew she was on the verge of giving up this secret, and so I pressed her to go on in as delicate a voice as I could manage.†   (source)
  • Surely, when God looks about at their successors, He cannot be loath to share His own with us.†   (source)
  • Scarlett was loath to put down the wallet.†   (source)
  • His mother had hung up the dish-rag and had turned slowly as though loath to undertake the task of appeasing him and stood silent, placing no obstacles in the path of his anger.†   (source)
  • But they were loath to face their mother and they lingered on the porch of Tara, momentarily expecting Scarlett to give them an invitation to supper.†   (source)
  • Yet I do not know one in the town well enough to say to him, 'Here is my son and there is your daughter,' and I am loath to go to a professional matchmaker, lest there be some bargain she has made with a man who has a daughter deformed or idiot.†   (source)
  • Sometimes there were women, seductive and smiling, aware of his trick, but loath to let him go; sometimes women touched with compassion and tenderness.†   (source)
  • But still Lotus loved her comfort and Cuckoo grew old and lazy and the maid was quick and used about the person of Lotus and saw what her mistress needed before she knew it herself, and so Lotus was loath to part with her and yet she would part with her, and in this unaccustomed conflict Lotus was the more angry because of her discomfort and she was more hard than usual to live with.†   (source)
  • Everyone had his own idea on that subject and was loath to relinquish it, just as everyone had ideas about the color and cut of the uniforms.†   (source)
  • And now, my dear, I must write you of something that has come to our ears—something Eulalie and I were loath to believe at first.†   (source)
  • From the moment his daughter was born, Rhett's conduct was puzzling to all observers and he upset many settled notions about himself, notions which both the town and Scarlett were loath to surrender.†   (source)
  • I was not loath to follow their example, for I felt thirsty and hungry.†   (source)
  • Mrs. Hall, nothing loath, answered his questions and developed a conversation.†   (source)
  • The tinker, or rather reduced ironmonger, was nothing loath, and entered and took a seat.†   (source)
  • Carley walked a little to and fro, loath to go to her tent, though tired.†   (source)
  • He was worried and apprehensive, yet the camp lured his mate and she was loath to depart.†   (source)
  • The calves, though loath to leave that enchanting spot, did not tarry long behind.†   (source)
  • He encouraged Humphrey to talk, and he was nothing loath.†   (source)
  • Neither of us seemed disposed to resume digging, and when he suggested a meal, I was nothing loath.†   (source)
  • Nothing loath, Helen went with them to the little clump of aspens.†   (source)
  • That young lady awoke, but was loath to give up slumber.†   (source)
  • She was immensely happy to be free of the place, and yet loath to go.†   (source)
  • Lammeter isn't likely to be loath for his daughter to marry into my family, I should think.†   (source)
  • Mother and sisters gathered close, as if loath to give Meg up.†   (source)
  • Ben-Hur, nothing loath, hastened to answer.†   (source)
  • I'm loath to think you'd speak false to me, and I'll believe your word, however things may look."†   (source)
  • Either I am loath to leave her, or I see she's dull alone.†   (source)
  • The man, nothing loath, put up his hands.†   (source)
  • "Eh, I'm loath to see the last on her," she said to Adam, as they turned into the house again.†   (source)
  • We shall all be better in a new country, though there's some I shall be loath to leave behind.†   (source)
  • Yet Mason, over-awed by the wealth of the Finchleys and the Griffiths, loath to part with Sondra's name, simply asserting for the present that she was the daughter of a very wealthy manufacturer in Lycurgus, whose name he did not care to furnish—yet not hesitating to show the bundle of letters carefully tied with a ribbon by Clyde.†   (source)
  • Though exceedingly tired, he was yet loath to yield to lassitude, but this night it was not from listening, watchful vigilance; it was from a desire to realize his position.†   (source)
  • She grasped only dimly the truth of what it was she was learning—something infinitely more than the rounding up of cattle by cowboys, and she was loath to lose an hour of her opportunity.†   (source)
  • Duane remained all day with this hospitable Jones, and as twilight fell was loath to go and yielded to a pressing invitation to remain overnight.†   (source)
  • They moved us into town, put down the carpets in our new house, made shelves and cupboards for grandmother's kitchen, and seemed loath to leave us.†   (source)
  • When they drew near he motioned them away with an expressive action of the foot, loath to disturb the fixed lines of his countenance, his arms, or his rigid shoulders.†   (source)
  • He had not come here for that sort of thing, was certainly not here to enjoy his stay by organizing his life around a variety of diversions, but solely for the purpose of detoxifying his body as quickly as possible, so that he could take up his duties in the plains below, real duties, not just the duties of rest cure—which, even though it was only a substitute, he was loath to slight in any way.†   (source)
  • Chapter 14 The Hound of the Baskervilles One of Sherlock Holmes's defects—if, indeed, one may call it a defect—was that he was exceedingly loath to communicate his full plans to any other person until the instant of their fulfilment.†   (source)
  • "Bo, have you any hurts?" queried Helen, who still sat her horse, loath to try dismounting, yet wanting to beyond all words.†   (source)
  • As they got into the car with their heads still damp, their skins fresh and glowing, they were loath to start back.†   (source)
  • Unsafe as was his present position, he was loath to forsake it for the more unsafe position on the halyards.†   (source)
  • So snug and warm was it, that he was loath to leave it when Francois distributed the fish which he had first thawed over the fire.†   (source)
  • The pack had been loath to forego the kill it had hunted down, and it lingered for several minutes, making sure of the sounds, and then it, too, sprang away on the trail made by the she-wolf.†   (source)
  • John Canty replied, in a stern and measured voice— "It is plain thou art mad, and I am loath to punish thee; but if thou provoke me, I must.†   (source)
  • Then you can look at what you choose to, and so can I." Cartlett was not loath to agree to this, and they parted—he proceeding to the shed where malting processes were being exhibited, and Arabella in the direction taken by Jude and Sue.†   (source)
  • It seemed our eyes must meet in a great understanding, and yet, loath, they struggled away and did not meet.†   (source)
  • Yulka came bringing a dishpanful of wrung clothes, but she darted back into the house like she was loath to see us.†   (source)
  • After all, I thought, it is better and finer to love than to be loved, if it makes something in life so worth while that one is not loath to die for it.†   (source)
  • Our eyes were not loath to meet.†   (source)
  • He was loath to leave his brother alone all day long, and he was afraid his brother would laugh at him about it.†   (source)
  • Come, then," she added, in a tone of complaining affection, as Dinah sat down by her side, "I'll be loath for ye t' go, but ye canna stay much longer, I doubt.†   (source)
  • IVANHOE A ROMANCE By Sir Walter Scott Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart, And often took leave,—but seemed loath to depart!†   (source)
  • Chingachgook, nothing loath, submitted to the trial, throwing aside the coarse and thread bare jacket of Hutter, to deck his person in a coat that was originally intended for a gentleman.†   (source)
  • Nothing loath, his bowsman hauled him up and up, through a blinding foam that blent two whitenesses together; till of a sudden the boat struck as against a sunken ledge, and keeling over, spilled out the standing mate.†   (source)
  • With apologies for the interruptions, he proceeded to draw out the opinions of Balthasar, who was in nowise loath to speak.†   (source)
  • The black band, nothing loath, conferred as to what "American dances" were, and started off with "Virginia Reel," which they followed with "Money-Musk," which, in its turn in those days, should have been followed by "The Old Thirteen."†   (source)
  • He has indeed, Pathfinder; and, though I have been loath to believe anything to the injury of Jasper, I have a feeling which tells me I ought to distrust him.†   (source)
  • I was prevented, however, from making her an offer at the time by my selfishness, I was loath to part with the allurements of my free and licentious bachelor life in the heyday of my youth, and with my pockets full of money.†   (source)
  • The sweet young maiden to betray, So that by wish and will you bend her; And you look as though To the lecture-hall you were forced to go,— As if stood before you, gray and loath, Physics and Metaphysics both!†   (source)
  • For myself, I conclude the Bumppos could shoot, for I have a natural turn with a rifle, which must have been handed down from generation to generation, as, our holy commandments tell us, all good and evil gifts are bestowed; though I should be loath to answer for other people in such a matter.†   (source)
  • It really seemed to me, however, that the bridge vibrated and heaved up and down in a very formidable manner; and, in spite of Mr. Smooth-it-away's testimony to the solidity of its foundation, I should be loath to cross it in a crowded omnibus, especially if each passenger were encumbered with as heavy luggage as that gentleman and myself.†   (source)
  • He was loath to withdraw his faith from the twins, and was resolved not to do it on the present indecisive evidence; but—well, he would think, and then decide how to act.†   (source)
  • Gudule palpitated between life and death, as she beheld him cast about the Place that uneasy look of a hunting dog which instinctively feels that the lair of the beast is close to him, and is loath to go away.†   (source)
  • I should be so loath for 'em to buy it at the Golden Lion," said the poor woman, her heart swelling, and the tears coming,—"my teapot as I bought when I was married, and to think of its being scratched, and set before the travellers and folks, and my letters on it,—see here, E. D.,—and everybody to see 'em."†   (source)
  • She depicted his impassioned manner; beheld the indecision of both between their lothness to separate and their desire not to be observed; depicted their shaking of hands; how they probably parted with frigidity in their general contour and movements, only in the smaller features showing the spark of passion, thus invisible to all but themselves.†   (source)
  • There yet sitteth Wiglaf, Weohstan's own boy, over Beowulf king, One earl over the other, over him the unliving; With heart-honours holdeth he head-ward withal Over lief, over loath.†   (source)
  • I come here,' said Ralph, looking round with a biting and triumphant smile, and gloating and dwelling upon the words as if he were loath to lose the pleasure of saying them, 'to restore a parent his child.†   (source)
  • "Deed, I am loath,' returned Rachael, drying her eyes, 'that any here should see me like this; but I won't be seen so again.†   (source)
  • Fair knight, said they, that were we loath to do; for as for Sir Kay we chased him hither, and had overcome him had ye not been; therefore, to yield us unto him it were no reason.†   (source)
  • With us, when the eye sees a lovely sight, it is apt to keep it long in view, or when the mind takes in an upright and proper feeling, it is loath to part with it.†   (source)
  • But about noon of the third day I had stopped in the road to take a precaution which had been suggested by the whip-stroke that had fallen to my share two days before; a precaution which I had afterward decided to leave untaken, I was so loath to institute it; but now I had just had a fresh reminder: while striding heedlessly along, with jaw spread and intellect at rest, for I was prophesying, I stubbed my toe and fell sprawling.†   (source)
  • "What means the knave?" said Front-de-Boeuf, looking towards his followers, who, lingering and loath, faltered forth their belief, that if this were not Cedric who was there in presence, they knew not what was become of him.†   (source)
  • to depart, yet; very loath to leave, for good, a ship bound on so long and perilous a voyage——beyond both stormy Capes; a ship in which some thousands of his hard earned dollars were invested; a ship, in which an old shipmate sailed as captain; a man almost as old as he, once more starting to encounter all the terrors of the pitiless jaw; loath to say good-bye to a thing so every way brimful of every interest to him,——poor old Bildad lingered long; paced the deck with anxious strides; ran down into the cabin to speak another farewell word there; again came on deck, and looked to windward; looked towards the wide and endless waters, only bounded by the far-off unseen Eastern Continents†   (source)
  • When Shame is born and first appears, She is in secret brought to light, And then they draw the veil of night Over her head and ears; Her life, in fact, they're loath to spare her.†   (source)
  • Then after these words all wroth came the Worm, The dire guest foesome, that second of whiles With fire-wellings flecked, his foes to go look on, 2670 The loath men.†   (source)
  • For loath to depart, yet; very loath to leave, for good, a ship bound on so long and perilous a voyage—beyond both stormy Capes; a ship in which some thousands of his hard earned dollars were invested; a ship, in which an old shipmate sailed as captain; a man almost as old as he, once more starting to encounter all the terrors of the pitiless jaw; loath to say good-bye to a thing so every way brimful of every interest to him,—poor old Bildad lingered long; paced the deck with anxious…†   (source)
  • Whiles he turn'd back to his howe And sought to his treasure-vat; soon he found this, That one of the grooms had proven the gold, 2300 The high treasures; then the hoard-warden abided, But hardly forsooth, until come was the even, And all anger-bollen was then the burg-warden, And full much would the loath one with the fire-flame pay back For his drink-vat the dear.†   (source)
  • If it wasn't for that clear showing of the Lord's will, I should be loath to go, for my heart yearns over my aunt and her little ones, and that poor wandering lamb Hetty Sorrel.†   (source)
  • "I'M none for worreting," said Mr. Poyser, rising from his three-cornered chair and walking slowly towards the door; "but I should be loath to leave th' old place, and the parish where I was bred and born, and Father afore me.†   (source)
  • That is me loath, said the knight, but sith I must needs, I will dress me thereto.†   (source)
  • Back along the ships they took their way, and the girl went, loath to go.†   (source)
  • That is me loath to do, said Sir Dinadan, because ye forsook my fellowship.†   (source)
  • Well, said Sir Tristram, and I am loath to joust.†   (source)
  • Sir, said Sir Tristram, that is me loath to tell any man my name.†   (source)
  • Alas, said Sir Launcelot, for to ride out of this castle, and to do battle, I am full loath.†   (source)
  • Sir, said Sir Dinas, I am full loath to have ado with any knight of the Round Table.†   (source)
  • And he was full loath thereto, but Sir Dinadan edged him so, that he jousted with Sir Lamorak.†   (source)
  • Then she spake no more as at that time, for she was loath to displease him.†   (source)
  • Sir, said Sir Tristram, thereto is me loath, for I have ado in many countries.†   (source)
  • Truly, said Sir Launcelot, an I were required I was never loath to tell my name.†   (source)
  • Truly, said Sir Launcelot, that were me full loath to discover.†   (source)
  • I am loath, said Sir Launcelot, to let you pass this passage.†   (source)
  • As when at sea to men on shipboard comes the shining of a campfire on a mountain in a lone sheepfold, while the gusts of nightwind take them, loath to go, far from their friends over the teeming sea: just so Akhilleus' finely modeled shield sent light into the heavens.†   (source)
  • I am loath, said Sir Tor, of that gift I have given you; let him make amends in that he hath trespassed unto you.†   (source)
  • And wit ye well, madam, the boldness of you and me will bring us to great shame and slander; and that were me loath to see you dishonoured.†   (source)
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