"Avow" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... on for some time in silence. Such indeed was the precarious state of the country then that, although the stranger, from the opening words of their conversation, suspected his companion to be no other than Willy Reilly himself, yet he hesitated to avow the suspicions he entertained of his identity, although he felt anxious to repose the fullest confidence in him; and Reilly, on the other hand, though perfectly aware of the true character of his companion, was influenced in their conversation by a similar feeling. ...
— Willy Reilly - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton
... sum of all is—yes, my doubt is great, My faith's still greater, then my faith's enough. I have read much, thought much, experienced much, Yet would die rather than avow my fear The Naples' liquefaction may be false, When set to happen by the palace-clock According to the clouds or dinner-time. I hear you recommend, I might at least Eliminate, decrassify my faith Since I adopt it; keeping what I must And leaving what ...
— Browning's England - A Study in English Influences in Browning • Helen Archibald Clarke
... is not yet time. Continue the war; in the mean time I will gradually strengthen my forces; only then shall I be able to take a useful part in the contest. I lack powder, muskets, and money; my artillerists are all young and inexperienced soldiers. It is painful to me to avow the whole wretchedness of my position to an Austrian officer; but I must do so to prove to your master what it is that keeps me back at this juncture. You will easily convince yourself that I am ...
— Andreas Hofer • Lousia Muhlbach
... into the field, you will certainly get among them a certain number of men who will do things that the nation itself will be ashamed of. I am not depending on them. It is enough for me to have the story which the Germans themselves avow, admit, defend, proclaim. The burning and massacring, the shooting down of harmless people—why? Because, according to the Germans, they fired on German soldiers. What business had German soldiers there at all? Belgium was acting in pursuance of a most sacred ...
— Selected Speeches on British Foreign Policy 1738-1914 • Edgar Jones
... adulterer! O, God, prolong my breath for this confession!— I wronged this woman who did fondly love me, I did neglect her in my cowardice, I shunned the public scorn.— O, but a little while!—I stood not with her; I was a coward; and did deny my child. Delay! Delay! Now I avow my crime, I do confess it, [Kneels] And here I beg you friends, as I have begged My God, forgive me. Oh, I must be brief— If any think that while I walked these streets In seeming honor I lacked my punishment, Look here.— [Tearing ...
— The Scarlet Stigma - A Drama in Four Acts • James Edgar Smith
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