"Reave" Quotes from Famous Books
... lords, if ever, show your honours now. Those proud, usurping Spanish tyrants come, To reave from you what most you do regard: To take away your credit and your fame: To raze and spoil our right-renowned town; And if you Love or Lucre do regard, Or have of Conscience any kind of care, The world shall witness by this action; And of the love that you to us ... — A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI • Robert Dodsley
... of foot as is the pretty roe, Roe swift of pace: When yelping hounds pursue her to and fro, Hounds fierce in chase To reave her life. ... — Tudor and Stuart Love Songs • Various |