Example Sentences

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But how astonished will she be in other circumstances at those thoughts, fleeting as they were! how she will abjure them!

From Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy by Greig, R. S.

I will abjure my word, which I have pledged by a dying bed.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

I know very well that a great many good souls will call levity what I call honesty, and will abjure that familiar handling of the boy's lien upon Eternity which my story will show.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant

Yes; I will abjure thee; so let this be thy last office, till Mervyn has been made the happiest of men.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

I will abjure it before it be too late.

From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William