We are Bidden to endure hardness as good soldiers, and to run with patience the race which is set before us; and these phrases indicate our need of the very qualities wherein Israel failed.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
But when General Lingard had come into the neighbourhood, it was Richard who had suggested that Jane Oglander's lover should be Bidden to stay, and to stay a long time.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Nasmyth did as he was Bidden, which, since he felt that he wanted to lie awake and watch her, was in one way significant.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton