| 单词 | i would to god |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI would to God (also Christ, Heaven) c. transitive. As an expression of longing. I would to God (also Christ, Heaven): ‘I wish’, ‘O that’; hence (with ellipsis of 1st person pronoun) would to God (also Heaven) and simply in the form would. Followed by a that-clause. Now somewhat archaic or literary.The forms with ellipsis were perhaps influenced by would God at Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > wish [phrase] Christ wouldeOE God wouldeOE lief I were1297 to hope (also wish, etc.) to Christa1375 to wish to Godc1385 willc1460 would to God (also Heaven)c1460 goodness1623 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn Prol. l. 490 Now wold to God she were in stokkis til I shuld hir borowe! c1475 Brome Abraham & Isaac in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 48 Now I wold to God my moder were her on þis hyll! 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xxvi. E I wolde to God, that..I mighte persuade..the..to be soch I am, these bondes excepte. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. B4v Oh would I might be mute. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 48 I am not mad, I would to heauen I were. View more context for this quotation 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. 26 I would to Christ that of all other Controuersies this were the vehementest betweene vs. 1777 M. Townshend in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 260 This news I picked up at Bet's door. Would to God that we had peace! 1787 Generous Attachm. I. 174 Would to heaven it was in my power to unbody myself, and like a celestial being, to come to you on a sun beam! 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. i At a sad hour the sailor hath return'd; Would he were yet at sea! 1831 W. Scott Count Robert viii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 186 I would to God I had more. 1908 J. Payne Carol & Cadence 290 Would I might see it, I! Would Heaven I might its coming but aby. a1971 S. Smith Coll. Poems (1975) 134 Would he might come Again and I Upon his breast Again might lie. 2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 233 Dariya Mahal is history. Would that it were rubble. < as lemmas |
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