"Stay away" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... come to see if he couldn't do something toward helping me to die a respectable, you might say comfortable death. He cut me off short. Said he would give me a thousand dollars to leave New York and stay away ...
— Mr. Bingle • George Barr McCutcheon
... from his chair. "Wife," said he solemnly, "you will set another chair at our table for every meal: also another plate and knife. They will be for Margaret and Peter. She will come when she likes, and stay away when she pleases. None may take her place at my left hand. Such as can welcome her are welcome to me. Such as cannot, I force them not to abide with me. The world is wide and free. Within my walls I am master, and my son's betrothed ...
— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade
... they should avoid. This happens to be the case because, as a rule, they are inclined to become recluses. For fear of attracting attention they often wish to give up outdoor exercise during the day; they stay away from public places of amusement, and deny themselves other pleasures to which they have been accustomed. Against this tendency they must be warned, for if they yield to it they will surely be the worse off both physically and mentally. ...
— The Prospective Mother - A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy • J. Morris Slemons
... the time is gone already," sighed Dinah. "The de Vignes are not staying longer. The Colonel is a J.P., and much too important to stay away for long. And they are going to have a large house-party. There isn't much more than a week left now." ...
— Greatheart • Ethel M. Dell
... "Now, don't stay away, will you? Don't send a note at the last minute making some excuse." She did not say that to any of the others. A little after ...
— Pan • Knut Hamsun
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