"Eschew" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... as their Souldiers to eschew the sack, Gainst their owne Battell bearing in their flight, By their owne French are strongly beaten back: Lest they their Ranks, should haue disord'red quight, So that those men at Armes goe all to wrack Twixt their owne friends, ...
— The Battaile of Agincourt • Michael Drayton
... Nick thought an iron ring, But then a neighboring chanticleer awoke, And loudly 'gan his early matins sing And then "it started like a guilty thing," As that shrill clarion the silence broke. —We know how much dead gentlefolks eschew The appalling sound ...
— The Humourous Poetry of the English Language • James Parton
... dogmas could alter. After this it is almost superfluous for us to be assured that the sage never got drunk. Drunkenness, as Zeno pointed out, involved babbling, and of that the sage would never be guilty. He would not, however, altogether eschew banquets. Indeed, the Stoics recognized a virtue under the name of 'conviviality,' which consisted in the proper conduct of them. It was said of Chrysippus that his demeanor was always quiet, even if his gait were unsteady, ...
— A Little Book of Stoicism • St George Stock
... know, And you, perhaps, have cause to show Why you should do the same; But he was wrong: and, if I may, Philautus, I will freely say, I think you more to blame. He loved what others loved; while you Admire what other folks eschew. ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 22., Saturday, March 30, 1850 • Various
... morocco (by which I intend goatskin): there are no alternatives if durability be our aim; calf, of course, we have learnt long ago to eschew. No leather, except Russia, perishes more quickly or more easily. Rather have a book bound in cloth than in calf any day. Buckram is good and stands fairly rough handling; it is useful for binding catalogues and cheap books. See that your binder gives ...
— The Book-Hunter at Home • P. B. M. Allan
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