Citations:denied


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * I find not that I am denied the use Of this my method, so I no abuse Put on the words, things, readers; or be rude In handling figure or similitude, In application; but, all that I may, Seek the advance of truth this or that way Denied, did I say?
 * Yea, for this very thing they would tell me I was too precise, and that I denied myself of things, for their sakes, in which they saw no evil.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * "Yes; but, when questioned by him, Denny denied knowing anything of their plans, and would not give his real opinion about it. He did not repeat his persuasion of their not marrying — and from that, I am inclined to hope, he might have been misunderstood before."
 * "I wish I could say anything to comfort you," replied Elizabeth; "but it is wholly out of my power. You must feel it; and the usual satisfaction of preaching patience to a sufferer is denied me, because you have always so much."