"Succumb" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... as he personally was concerned; for, not long after his return to Macedon, he fell sick of a dangerous disease, under which it was soon evident that the vital principle, at the advanced age to which he had attained, must soon succumb. In fact, Antipater himself soon gave up all hopes of recovery, and began at once to make arrangements for the final ...
— Pyrrhus - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott
... go! You are as full of tricks as ever, I see. You may rely on me. The stranger shall succumb, and the ...
— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various
... darlings here with me; but how am I to trust Irene? Agnes is rather a timid little thing. Hughie is brave enough. I should not be afraid of him. He is fourteen; Agnes is only eleven. I am so afraid that Agnes, who has a little bit of me in her nature, will succumb utterly and show Irene that she is afraid of her. Then ...
— A Modern Tomboy - A Story for Girls • L. T. Meade
... studied acts of artificial kindness, may be defeated in a large family by the healthy derision and rebellion of children who have acquired hardihood and common sense in their conflicts with one another. But the small families, which are the rule just now, succumb more easily; and in the case of a single sensitive child the effect of being forced in a hothouse atmosphere of ...
— Getting Married • George Bernard Shaw
... the water, immediately dive—as the beast looks for them on the surface—and make for the shore. Their prey is soon secured, for the well-aimed harpoon has done its work, and the hippopotamus is soon forced to succumb. Should it be under water, its whereabouts is indicated by a float on the end of the long harpoon rope, and ...
— Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
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