And because he would not renounce the christian faith, they bound him [Sidenote: King Edmund shot to death.
God, and to renounce worshipping of mawmets and idols.
But Louis could not renounce this life of ease and pleasure which he had been leading for the last three years.
What would you say, if I proposed to you to renounce the affair altogether?
Will my brother renounce his plan of discovering the whereabouts of this woman whom he so loved?
Only this proof I'll of thy valour make In single combat thou shalt buckle with me; And if thou vanquishest, thy words are true; Otherwise I renounce all confidence.
I think I would renounce every honor to join you again; but the King must be obeyed.
On the contrary, they ordered them to renounce the new faith, under threat of punishment.
Those who refused were exposed to horrible persecutions, being wrapped in sacks of straw and burnt to death in heaps of fuel, while terrible tortures were employed to make them renounce their faith.
But, to that end, he must renouncethe delights of love for ever.
Pollio, now a prisoner, is brought before her for judgment, and she gives him a last choice, to renounce Adalgisa or to die.
Idomeneo is to renounce the throne, and Idamante is to marry Ilia and reign in his stead.
John visits her in her cell, and obtains her pardon by promising to renounce his deceitful splendour and to fly with her.
He would renouncethe gitana; yes, but he proposed to make known his resolution to her himself.
Verse becomes so magnificent in Italian, that we ought to be the last people to renounce its beauty.
The music seemed to float in the air; no longer in the voluptuously impassioned strains which the lovers had heard together a week since, but such as seemed bidding themrenounce all earthly things.
You know," replied he, "that no Englishman should renouncehis country: war may recall me.
I have but power to do you any service," she answered, "believe not that I will ever renounce it.
Oswald should remember that I once told him it would cost me more to renounce my admiration than my love.
It is only by detaching our hearts from all the world that we can renounce the thing we love.
It is necessary also to renounce what is elsewhere called the pleasures of society; but do they not too frequently wither up the mind?
Then he resolved to renounce the world wholly; but first to seek counsel at the tomb of S.
What young man coming to the mountain and looking upon Antony, did not forthwith renounce pleasure and love temperance?
Peter, "In the Gospel I am commanded to renounce all things when I come to confess Christ.
My companions steadfastly refused to renounce their faith, and after enduring the most hideous and awful tortures they were burnt alive.
I am an English sailor who was made to renounce my religion through torture, and I am now in service here; but I have not forgotten my country.
Do you remember, Amy, the promise you have so often repeated to me; I mean the promise made for you at your baptism; that you would renounce 'the pomps and vanities of this wicked world?
Then why does my uncle live at such a large place, and have so many servants and carriages, if he has promised to renounce them?
Shortly before the Cabinet met, he with some of his adherents had held a conference at Stäket, where he had persuaded them to renounce the regent and form an alliance with the king of Denmark.
The letter ended with a warning that unless he at once drove out all foreigners, released Christina with the others whom he had in prison, and took some measures to better trade, they would renounce allegiance to him.
So soon as the Cabinet had separated, the regent, in compliance with their suggestion, sent envoys once more to Trolle, urging him to renounce his allegiance to the Danish king and to surrender Stäket.
I renounce the Duke de Champdoce, he is no longer my father, and I will never look upon his face again.
Young lady, my son is a mere boy; but I have known the world, and when I prove to the poor fool that it was only grasping ambition which assumed the garb of love, he will renounce his folly and resume his allegiance to me.
No; he would sooner have resigned life itself, but he felt that he must renounce violence, and gain his ends by diplomacy.
But their progress was very slow, for they were obliged to avoid frequented roads, and renounce the ordinary modes of transportation.
Yes, I renounce you, who are my all--the only person on earth whom I love.
He was not the man to renounce an illusion for such a trifle.
Understand this: I have found strength to renounce the man I love--I shall never be able to accept another in his place!
But having begun, he would not retract, and he added: "I implored him to renounce this project of an insurrection.
To be so, they would have to renounce their social life, and even their friendships.
She knew that it was a dream: but she had not had the courage to renounce her dream altogether.
When the end comes there is nothing to do but let her renounce all earthly passion and face the headsman as a purified saint.
It was a part of the plan, moreover, that he should renounce and grow strong through renunciation.
He looks with contempt and hatred upon his gentle, sentimental brother Julius, who, though heir to the throne, prepares to renounce his career because he is thwarted in love.
But there the resemblance ends; he has not the strength to renounce and remains to the end a sentimental weakling.
I renounce the flesh and its concupiscences, all irregular desires, and whatever may be displeasing to Thee.
I beg pardon for all my sins; I desire to detest them, and to renounce them forever.
Behold, I now protest that I renounce all kinds of suggestions that are injurious to that faith and hope which I am bound to have in Thee.
Therefore I renounce Satan and all his works, sin and its occasions.
I renounce human respect, which for so long kept me from Thee.
On the part, therefore, of his Majesty, I have to intimate to your Holiness that you must renounce all temporal sovereignty over Rome and the Roman States.
The estates met, and sent a petition to Jeanne to renounce the idea of conveying the remains away from Provence.
If you be willing torenounce the cause of Burgundy, and agree to serve no more against the crown of France, the difficulty may be removed.
He could not imagine that there are circumstances under which such abject creatures will renounce their daily bread, and die of hunger, rather than accept the means of life from one hateful hand.
The dear girl would renounceher errors, and enter the bosom of the Mother Church.
She went to Charlotte's room that night, when Mr. Sheldon's small household was at rest; as she had gone on Christmas Eve to renounce her lover and to bless her rival.
Dennis and Harwood in unison, and the Sage added with unction, "So she has not been able to renounce us utterly.
I, the finest incarnation of the most exquisite mannerism of a bygone time, am your spiritual spouse, and you may not lightly renounce me.
I was reluctantly compelled to renounce the intention of passing over the whole route, which should occupy, at least, two days or parts of days, one night being spent in camp.
I renounce in dismay the idea of reproducing the effect on the reader's mind which this prodigy produced on my own.
