Oh, Robert, in giving up my progression from plane to plane till you could join me, has the sacrifice been all in vain?"
— from The Brightener by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

"Oh, what a lovely night, Juve; I wouldn't have given up my place for a fortune."
— from The Exploits of Juve Being the Second of the Series of the "Fantômas" Detective Tales by Pierre Souvestre

I can't believe that I am on my way to London, and that I am going to live with Constance, and go sightseeing with Aunt Frances and Grace, and give up my plans for the—Great Adventure.
— from Contrary Mary by Temple Bailey

But if it aims simply to complete its number (of paternosters), or if it gave up mental prayer for the sake of vocal, it would never arrive at perfection.
— from Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

Not that I cared much for giving up my post, for, in spite of my father's great kindness, I always feared that I did not manage well for so large a family (with the men, and a girl under Kätchen, we sat down eleven each night to supper).
— from The Grey Woman and other Tales by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

On the contrary, a charming laugh flitted about her mouth, and, when he had concluded, and expectantly wiped the sweat from his brow, Iole said, "I am only half moved by your words, and cannot decide to give up my project; for I am only too curious to know what it is like to live in sin and pleasure!"
— from Seven Legends by Gottfried Keller

It must be no easy matter for others if I am frightened, and I will not give up my place for that."
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

I was thus compelled, for the time at least, to give up my plan for opening a dressmaking establishment, even on the smallest scale, and was obliged to take a situation similar to that which I hold here.
— from A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr

Invest me with this glory Orloff; and I give up my plan for a marriage between Basil and Potemkin's niece."
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

As her contribution describes the horrible dens that were daily visited I give her recollections in her own words: "When plague broke out in Bombay I gave up my post for a time (as Matron of a Maternity Hospital attached to a College School) and was selected by the Plague Committee to organise and take charge of the Grant Road Hospital till such time as the Roman Catholic Sisters of the Order of Jesus and Mary were able to take up the work as they had promised.
— from General Gatacre The Story of the Life and Services of Sir William Forbes Gatacre, K.C.B., D.S.O., 1843-1906 by Gatacre, Beatrix Wickens Davey, Lady