"Intrude on" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... friend, to whom I had engaged myself the day before; but my mind was too much agitated to enjoy either the company or the dinner. I excused myself from tarrying to tea, and returned to Miss Wharton's. On inquiry, I was told that Eliza had gone to walk in the garden, but desired that no person might intrude on her retirement. The singularity of the request awakened my curiosity, and determined me to follow her. I sought her in vain in different parts of the garden, till, going towards an arbor, almost concealed ...
— The Coquette - The History of Eliza Wharton • Hannah Webster Foster
... girl and her mother rested heavily on Phillida during the evening and whenever she awakened during the night. Mrs. Callender and Agatha only asked how she found Wilhelmina; they thought it best not to intrude on the anxiety in Phillida's mind, the nature ...
— The Faith Doctor - A Story of New York • Edward Eggleston
... midnight, why then, why Do you rush to assail me? Do I intrude on your rites nocturnal? What ...
— New Poems • D. H. Lawrence |
