Forbidden

Examples

• I asked Mr. Farebrother to talk to her, because she had forbidden me--I didn't know what else to do, said Fred, apologetically. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Both should be forbidden, in my judgment; I would take the annual produce and no more. Plato. The Republic.
• Without encroaching on forbidden ground, we may venture to say that there can be no doubt between ourselves of that fact. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Your old October was only desirable while forbidden. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Me loves Parpar, said the artful one, preparing to climb the paternal knee and revel in forbidden joys. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In addition, the sale of printed calicoes was forbidden. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It was forbidden to build any ship larger than a mere coasting boat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She had been forbidden to appeal to her mistress, forbidden even to see her for a moment to say good-bye. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Oh,-- the ladies murmured; and Mrs. Archer added, partly to distract her daughter's attention from forbidden topics: Poor Regina! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I am forbidden to tell more in this narrative than I knew myself at the time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The sale of his book was forbidden, a commission was appointed to bring charges against him, and he was ordered to go to Rome for trial. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Later, James was forbidden to publish the paper without submitting to the supervision of the Secretary of the Province. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The instruments in the handsome new offices were fastened in their proper places, and operators were strictly forbidden to remove them, or to use the batteries except on regular work. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Not that it behoved or beseemed me to say anything: but one can occasionally _look_ the opinion it is forbidden to embody in words. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He has forbidden the match peremptorily, Dobbin thought. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This was the glistening, forbidden apple, this face of a man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This led to an investigation by the manager, and the scheme was forbidden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I therefore told him my small story, and laid stress on my being forbidden to inquire who my benefactor was. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He lay at anchor in forbidden waters, and sent messages to the two rulers who at that time shared the control of Japan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The evils of prostitution are seen as a series of episodes, each of which must be clubbed, forbidden, raided and jailed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Nay, he said, if madness be forbidden, neither may they copy the behaviour of madmen. Plato. The Republic.
• I am forbidden to speak to you about it, Bella dear; I mustn't tell you,' was all the answer she could get. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But he had forbidden Will to come to Lowick Manor, and he was mentally preparing other measures of frustration. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I presume Mrs. Bailey confided to my mother the fact that Bartlett had been dismissed, and that the doctor had forbidden his son's return home. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was forbidden to play the flute at night. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Her Extracts have been returned, and the expression of her matured views on the subject of the Moonstone has been forbidden. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• An anarchist who was invited to address Congress would be a mild person compared to the man forbidden to speak in the streets of San Diego. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• When I say this business, of course I mean the--forbidden subject. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But they felt powerful enough to leap over the confines of life into the forbidden places, and back again. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Forbidden ground! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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