"pretermit" -- to use his own expression -- a narrative which he held essential to his fame. ❋ Walter Scott (1801)
These incidents took place during Lent 1822; she would not pretermit her austerities, and fell into a decline that put her life in danger. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Aboo Abdallah to defend his city; but as I do not wish to make a parade of my learning, or to write a costume novel, I shall pretermit any description of the city under its Moorish governors. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The terror of his enemies (for 4, the marvel of his age, we pretermit, it being a loose term, that may apply to any person or thing) was now terrified by his enemies in turn. ❋ Unknown (2006)
But as I only stayed eight days in this place, and knew not a syllable of the language, perhaps it is as well to pretermit any disquisitions about the spirit of the people. ❋ Unknown (2004)
Not but what he could feel with mettlesome youth which, caring nought for the mows of dotards or the gruntlings of the severe, is ever (as the chaste fancy of the Holy Writer expresses it) for eating of the tree forbid it yet not so far forth as to pretermit humanity upon any condition soever towards a gentlewoman when she was about her lawful occasions. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The distinctions that are usually made concerning faith (as it is a word of various significations), I shall wholly pretermit; not only as obvious and known, but as not belonging unto our present argument. ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)
Then sayd the Accuser: Thou hast preached, sayd, and openly taught diuers and sundry other great errours and abhominable heresies agaynst all the vij. sacraments, which for shortnes of tyme I pretermit and ouer pass. ❋ John Knox (N/A)
But alas my Lorde, among the mid of my reioyce of those before remembred, I cannot pretermit the lamentable losse of the best approued Gonner that euer serued in our time his Prince and countrie, Robert Thomas, the Maister ❋ William Painter (N/A)
In fact, the old lady declined altogether to hear his hours lecture of an evening; and when she came to Queens Crawley alone, he was obliged to pretermit his usual devotional exercises. ❋ Unknown (1917)
Now in the sairvice of Goad and the King 'tis raight to pretermit no aiffort to bring the guilty to justice. ❋ John Buchan (1907)
I begged him not to pretermit his GUARDIAN, but to examine it and give me the news. ❋ Arnold Bennett (1899)
But in the second case, I should most likely pretermit these questionings, and take my place instead in the pit at the Blackfriars, to hear the actor in his favourite part, playing up to Mr. Burbage, and rolling out-as I seem to hear him-with a ponderous gusto - ❋ Unknown (1892)
As it is so cold, I think you may pass the word to pretermit the rounds to-night -- save two. ❋ Stanley John Weyman (1891)
She has no sobriety and no economyas for gratitude, you will as soon get milk from a whinstone; and if you will pretermit your bounty, it will make no change at all but just to save the ankles of your messengers. ❋ Unknown (1889)
Then there are all manner of the ordinary maladies of humanity, which I pretermit. ❋ Tupper, Martin F (1886)
I pretermit with brief mention sundry inexplicable wonders, such as those wherewith the spiritualistic papers are frequently full, only stating that I was one of those who investigated the case of the Rev.Mr. Vaughan's pew-opener, at St. James's, Brighton, whose daughter was thought to be “bewitched.” ❋ Tupper, Martin F (1886)
Entertained as she might be, her thoughts were not so occupied by the charm and honey of Lord Clowes's attentions as to pretermit all dwelling on the aide's opinion of her, and this was shown when finally an interruption set her free from observation. ❋ Paul Leicester Ford (1883)
` ` Truly, my honest friend, '' said Dalgetty, ` ` if that is your best recommendation to Sir Duncan's favour, I would pretermit my pleading thereupon, in respect I have observed that even the animal creation are incensed against those who intromit with their offspring forcibly, much more any rational and ❋ Unknown (1871)
