Citations:begins


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * The causes were, 1. I was ignorant that this was the work of God upon me. I never thought that, by awakenings for sin, God at first begins the conversion of a sinner. 2.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * "Do go on, Fred," said Scrooge's niece, clapping her hands. "He never finishes what he begins to say! He is such a ridiculous fellow!"