shunneth

Now it came to pass that one day, the fox went to a vineyard and saw a breach in its walls; but he mistrusted it and said to himself, Verily, for this breach there must be some cause and the old saw saith, ‘Whoso seeth a cleft in the earth and shunneth it not and is not wary in approaching it, the same is self-deluded and exposeth himself to danger and destruction.’

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

But in a divine civilization, the individual is so conditioned that with no fear of punishment, he shunneth the perpetration of crimes, seeth the crime itself as the severest of torments, and with alacrity and joy, setteth himself to acquiring the virtues of humankind, to furthering human progress, and to spreading light across the world.

A Compilation on Bahá’í Education Universal House of Justice

In wyntere she skateth on ye Centrall Ponde righte splendidlie, for shee is _faste_ of hir nature, albeit shee shunneth the word as being what ye younge menne call 'Bowerye.'

The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

In the market-streets he shunneth notice; and in desert places he poureth forth his tears.

Nights 24-32. The Story Told by the Christian Broker. 1909

He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.

XXV. Book I: Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life. Of the Zealous Amendment of our Whole Life 1909

'He is not worthy to live at all, who, for fear and danger of death shunneth his country's service or his own honour, since death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal.'

Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Robert Falcon Scott 1890

But in a divine civilization, the individual is so conditioned that with no fear of punishment, he shunneth the perpetration of crimes, seeth the crime itself as the severest of torments, and with alacrity and joy, setteth himself to acquiring the virtues of humankind, to furthering human progress, and to spreading light across the world.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá 1844-1921 `Abdu'l-Bah�� 1882

"Give me leave, therefore, without offence, always to live and die in this mind: that he is not worthy to live at all that, for fear or danger of death, shunneth his country's service and his own honour, seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal, wherefore in this behalf routare vel lintere sperno."

Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc James Anthony Froude 1856

Give me leave, therefore, without offence, always to live and die in this mind: that he is not worthy to live at all that, for fear or danger of death, shunneth his country's service and his own honour, seeing that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue immortal, wherefore in this behalf _mutare vel timere sperno_.

Short Studies on Great Subjects James Anthony Froude 1856

One skilled wight saith spleen; another, liver; another, blood; another, stomach; and another, that she is possessed; and in very truth, she seems to have a demon; shunneth all company; pineth alone; eateth no more victuals than might diet a sparrow.

The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849