Read full poem →What th«y above cannot pfevent, foretell ;
Or the great world do by consent presage,
A.B boilow seas with fmure tempests rage ;
Dictionary Entry
(usually used with right/well or wrong/ill) To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
In a Sentence
“Do as you would be done by.”
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Poetry examples for “do by”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →stand convicted of dulness and nonsense, let him be done by as he
would in that case do by others--let him be condemned, without mercy,
in contempt and oblivion.
Read full poem →self therewith satisfied, Therefore have given, granted,
bargained and sold and do by these presents, convey and
confirm unto ye sd Joshua Whitney his heirs and assigns