"Forefend" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Replied she, "O my son, of a truth the goods of men are not ready to hand like a scape-camel;[FN95] for on this side of them are sword-strokes and lance-lungings and men that eat the wild beast and lay countries waste and chase lynxes and hunt lions." Quoth he, Heaven forefend that I turn back from my resolve, till I have won to my will! Then he despatched the old woman to Kuzia Fakan, to tell her that he was about to set out in quest of a marriage settle ment befitting her, saying to the beldam, "Thou needs must pray her to send me an answer." "I hear and I obey," ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton
... merrily, and Harold said: "'T is well; thou shalt go to the sacred grove, and may my love and Heaven's grace forefend all evil." ...
— Second Book of Tales • Eugene Field
... Gonsol, "the saints forefend from thee the evil temptation provided for my especial proving! I should have been reckoned a weak and coward vessel were I to send thee in my stead to bear the mortifications designed for the trying ...
— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) • Various |
