Example sentences of "mine own " in BNC.

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1 In one of his earliest pamphlets , called The Reason of Church Government , he said this about himself : ‘ After I had for my first years , by the ceaseless diligence and care of my father , whom God recompense , been exercised to the tongues and some sciences as my age would suffer , by sundry masters and teachers , both at home and at the schools , it was found that whether ought was imposed me by them that had the overlooking , or be taken to of mine own choice in English or other tongue , prosing or versing but chiefly by this latter , style by certain vital signs it had was likely to live .
2 Except mine own name : that some whirlwind bear
3 Mine Own Nature
4 ‘ Farewell , mine own sweet son , ’ his mother said in a voice laden with tears .
5 And mine own .
6 HAMLET : That I can keep your counsel and not mine own .
7 In mine own cell , till thou didst seek to violate
8 From now on I 'll be mine own executioner . ’
9 His self defence , and I now read from actually only a paragraph or so earlier than my opening passage , his self defence in the reason of Church government is quite interesting erm ‘ If I hunted after praise by the ostentation of wit and learning , I should not write thus out of mine own season , when I have neither yet completed to my mind the full circle of my private studies , although I complain not of any insufficiency to the matter in hand , or were I ready to my wishes it were a folly to commit anything elaborately composed to the careless and interrupted listening of these tumultuous times .
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