The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. 1789, Constitution of the United States of America:
Rather therfore to chuſe me thinketh wiſdome.
By loſſe of life libertye, then life by priſon 1557, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Tottel's Miscellany, Whether libertie by losse of life, or life in prison and thraldome be to be preferred, page 298:
But if the Almighty choſe to eſtabliſh his religion by miracles, he chuſes to carry it on by means. 1808, [Hannah More], chapter XXI, in Cœlebs in Search of a Wife. […], volume I, London: […] [Strahan and Preston] for T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 299:
Your maſter, young man, may a laſs adore--- / For his laſs, ’tis confeſt, / He has choſen the beſt; / But he chuſes a woeful ambaſſador! 1785, [George Colman the Younger], Songs, Duetts, Trios, &c. N^([sic]) Turk and No Turk; a Musical Comedy. Performed at the Theatre-Royal in the Hay-Market., London: […] T. Cadell, […], page 21:
"I wonder how you can bear that odious woman's manners," returned her mother; "I expect that you will all grow like her in time. But it is of no use my saying anything; you will go if you chuse." / "Oh, thank you, mamma," cried Georgiana, not chusing to hear any more, and down stairs she ran to communicate the permission. 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 45:
Secondly, VVhen in exerting any paſſion in action, vve chuſe means inſufficient for the deſign'd end, and deceive ourſelves in our judgment of cauſes and effects. 1739, [David Hume], “Of the Influencing Motives of the Will”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book II (Of the Passions), London: […] John Noon, […], →OCLC, part III (Of the Will and Direct Passions), page 249:
"Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you chuse," said Mr. Bennet; […] 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 13:
Our Fathers must hide themselves rather like robbers who chuse a leader, than godly priests who elect a mitred Abbot. 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, pages 275–276: