"Bereave" Quotes from Famous Books
... His peace, and thus proceeded in her plaint. Forsake me not thus, Adam! witness Heaven What love sincere, and reverence in my heart I bear thee, and unweeting have offended, Unhappily deceived! Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees; bereave me not, Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress, My only strength and stay: Forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between ... — Paradise Lost • John Milton
... fear?" he said impatiently. "To whom, think ye, is your life of such consequence, that they should seek to bereave ... — Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott |