' Mr Boffin descended with an air of resignation, and gave himself up, after taking friendly leave of Mr Venus.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

[pg 261] greatness; if, nevertheless, the beholder does not direct his attention to this eminently hostile relation to his will, but, although perceiving and recognising it, turns consciously away from it, forcibly detaches himself from his will and its relations, and, giving himself up entirely to knowledge, quietly contemplates those very objects that are so terrible to the will, comprehends only their Idea, which is foreign to all relation, so that he lingers gladly over its contemplation, and is thereby raised above himself, his person, his will, and all will:—in that case he is filled with the sense of the sublime , he is in the state of spiritual exaltation, and therefore the object producing such a state is called sublime .
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

The more developed a man is, the more he reflects and gives himself up to subtleties, the more undecided and scrupulous he becomes, and the more timidity he shows in taking action.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The hero obstinately refuses all repast, and gives himself up to lamentations for his friend.
— from The Iliad by Homer

And she came close to the little Rabbit and gathered him up in her arms and kissed him on his velveteen nose that was all damp from crying.
— from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

He was seized with an idea that she would miss him in the darkness and he decided to return and give himself up if she did, preferring to be shot rather than to die of thirst on that desolate island.
— from The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton

When Peter was left alone by his master, as recorded in a former chapter, he sat himself down in a cheerful frame of mind on the sunny side of a large rock, and gave himself up to the enjoyment of thorough repose, as well mental as physical.
— from Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"Therefore," said Charles Lamb, "if Shakespeare should enter the room we should rise and greet him uncovered, but kneeling meet the Nazarene."
— from The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Newell Dwight Hillis

The agents of the company bullied, deceived, or bribed them into silence, and went on reaping a golden harvest, until the installation of the Rivas administration.
— from By-Ways of War: The Story of the Filibusters by James Jeffrey Roche

And it behooves every man in his hour to take off his shoes and relax and give himself up to his woman and her world.
— from Fantasia of the Unconscious by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Cornelia slackened the reins, and gave herself up to the enjoyment of the moment.
— from Flaming June by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

On 9 thermidor, he was made commander of the armed forces of Paris: he it was who seized Robespierre and gave him up to the scaffold.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. III, 1826 to 1830 by Alexandre Dumas

Spurrier sat down by the road and gave himself up to thoughts that it was safer to banish: thoughts that came with those sights and sounds and that made long-stilled pulses awaken and throb in him.
— from The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford

A small garden is in the rear of the house, with its vegetables and flower-beds and clumps of trees, and its secluded “Alley of Meditation” where Madame de Lamartine walked at sunset, saying her rosary and giving herself up to holy recollections.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various