beg to be excused

Example Sentences

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"I beg to be excused from such familiarity, and if you wish our pleasant relations to continue you will not repeat it."

From The Dude Wrangler by Lockhart, Caroline

But at present, I am afraid, by beginning to talk or correspond with Jenny Lind about this subject, I would do your cause no good, and I therefore beg to be excused.

From The History of Mendelssohn's Oratorio "Elijah" by Edwards, Frederick George

I replied that I was in my Farce dress, and must beg to be excused.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

Ages seemed to have passed before she was able to rise slowly, to smile, to beg to be excused a moment.

From The Heart of Thunder Mountain by Fischer, Anton Otto

Nevertheless, I beg to be excused from attendance, as I am convinced that this time of international excitement and prejudice is unfit for the crystallization of new forms for the common life of the nations.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various