beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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But at present, I am afraid, by beginning to talk or correspond with Jenny Lind about this subject, I would do your cause no good, and I therefore beg to be excused.

From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George

"I shall consider that I am in a country of democratic principles," she laughed, "and beg to be excused from acceding to the tyrannical demands of any autocrat male or female."

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine

We beg to be excused from coming to-night.

From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay

Ages seemed to have passed before she was able to rise slowly, to smile, to beg to be excused a moment.

From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto

"If I were Dora I should beg to be excused," repeated the girl at whom she looked, in exactly the same tone, and with an unmoved countenance, too.

From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.