"Forewarn" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... respect; and some small particulars which seemed to bear on this conviction, which he had recently gathered, taken in connection with the village scandal in reference to the parties, determined the old man to take some steps in the matter to forewarn the maiden, or at least her mother, of the danger of yielding too much confidence to one of whom so little was or ...
— Charlemont • W. Gilmore Simms
... son—my dear son," said the knight, "shall I not then instantly see him! and wherefore did you not forewarn me of ...
— Woodstock; or, The Cavalier • Sir Walter Scott
... the trampled despot's fate Forewarn the rash, misguided band To sue for mercy, ere too late, Nor scatter ruin o'er the land. The baffled traitor, doomed to bear A people's hate, his colleagues' scorn, Defeated by his own despair, Will curse the hour that he ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie
... forewarn you that in the performance of these ceremonies [ratification by King of Spain of treaty of peace with England], which is likely to be done in the King's Chapel, you have especial care that it be not done ...
— Clare Avery - A Story of the Spanish Armada • Emily Sarah Holt
... example, cometh before you out of tenderness to their civil trust and duty, to maintain the privileges of parliament; to give a testimony assentatory to their civil rights and privileges, and to forewarn you lest you break the same, and incur civil premunires. Sir, this should teach us to be as tender, zealous and careful to assert Christ and his church, their privileges and rights, and to forewarn all lest they endanger ...
— Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) • John Howie
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