"I am far older than my years," Hall wrote, on the final page of his autobiography, "for I have laid aside more of the illusions and transcended more of the limitations with which I started than most".
I was laid aside, like Czechoslovakia.
"I was laid aside, like Czechoslovakia" contains a powerful comparison, all the more chilling for the understatement of "laid aside".
Well, bashfulnesse I have laid aside, and put on a bold face, and all to no purpose.
Had I read New York's Educator Guide or studied the Common Core website sooner, I might have laid aside the volumes of verse, pulled out some cookbooks, and told my son to read the recipes.
Rather, it is in the category of Tom Swift and Dr. Dolittle; I was hooked on reading by them, but have laid aside my electric rifle and no longer talk to horses.
Ep. 1, 10, 42.—When the Romans reclined at table they laid aside their shoes; hence, calceos poscere (like soleas poscere, v. solea), i. e., Cic.
Diodorus among the Greeks was the first that laid aside toyish titles, and because he would give some grave name to his Chronicles, entituled it Bibliotheca, i. a Librarie.
Tom Gunnell, Tom Gunnell, your oars laid aside,.
