"Give away" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... am afraid, when I want to be about anything else. He is always petting me, and giving me all I want, but I never do anything but my lessons, and going to the school, and the poor people, and that is all pleasure. I have so much that I never miss what I give away. I wonder whether it is all right! Leonora and Agatha have not so much money to do as they please with—they are not so idolised. George said, when he was angry, that papa idolises me; but they have all these comforts and luxuries, and ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge
... expect so much," is what people usually say in discussing the requirements of the Christian religion. "One cannot expect to take absolutely no thought for the morrow, as is said in the Gospel, but only not to take too much thought for it; one cannot give away all to the poor, but one must give away a certain definite part; one need not aim at virginity, but one must avoid debauchery; one need not forsake wife and children, but one must not give too great a place to them in one's heart," ...
— The Kingdom of God is within you • Leo Tolstoy
... thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here:—up to the Field, and give Away thy breath! ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. - Poetry • George Gordon Byron
... whispered that the dollar wasn't his, either to give away or to throw away. Such prodigality, or impulsive benevolence, would be at the expense of another, and this ...
— Home Lights and Shadows • T. S. Arthur
... the fortune of Thaddeus; and now, he who had scattered thousands without counting them drew back his hand with something like horror at his own injustice, when he was going to give away one little piece of silver, which he might want in a day or two, to defray some ...
— Thaddeus of Warsaw • Jane Porter
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