1 I do refuse it," I replied; "and no torture shall ever extort a consent from me.
2 I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent, but I felt that there was some justice in his argument.
3 If you consent, neither you nor any other human being shall ever see us again; I will go to the vast wilds of South America.
4 He absolutely trembled and turned pale as ashes, lest his tongue should wag itself in utterance of these horrible matters, and plead his own consent for so doing, without his having fairly given it.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE 5 His wife hesitated a little, however, in giving her consent to this plan.
6 This suspicion was given by some words which accidently dropped from him one evening at the park, when they were sitting down together by mutual consent, while the others were dancing.
7 He was proud of his conquest, proud of tricking Edward, and very proud of marrying privately without his mother's consent.
8 They each felt his sorrows, and their own obligations, and Marianne, by general consent, was to be the reward of all.
9 We both knew that I had but to propose anything, and he would consent.
10 These evidences of an incompatibility of temper induced Miss Betsey to pay him off, and effect a separation by mutual consent.
11 With nobody present, but our dear and confidential friend Mr. Wickfield, I cannot consent to be put down.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE 12 Someone of a nobler character, and more worthy altogether than anyone I have ever seen here, must rise up, before I give my consent.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY 13 Well then, cried Miss Mowcher, I'll consent to live.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE 14 I would not by any means consent to this, for it occurred to me that I really ought to have a little house-warming, and that there never could be a better opportunity.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION 15 We must have had some, because Dora stipulated that we were never to be married without her papa's consent.