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Thus emboldened, King Peter withdrew his previous approval of the government, announced that he had accepted the unoffered "resignation" of its No. 1 figure in London, Premier Ivan Subasich.

From Time Magazine Archive

Go! leave thy gift unoffered Beneath religion's dome, And be thy first fruits proffered At home! dear home!

From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by Lady, An American

Later, being enlightened, I was ambitious to display the figure myself, but the uses of ordinary correspondence allowed the occasion for it to remain unoffered.

From The Guest of Quesnay by Tarkington, Booth

She took hold of Annie's unoffered hand, and pressed it in a double leathern grasp, and ran out of the room with a lightness of spirit which her physical bulk imperfectly expressed.

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean

I wanted to say a few words to ye alone, Mr. Hamlin," she began, taking an unoffered seat on the end of his portmanteau, "or I shouldn't hev intruded.

From The Twins of Table Mountain by Harte, Bret