And I wonder what they would say if they knew you were thinking of voluntarily Abdicating so proud and enviable a position.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
The gnomes-who formed the Opposition Party-had turned disloyal and wanted a republic; whereupon the King, hurt in his dignity, insisted upon Abdicating.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann
The sweet attraction of loving service, the pride and glory of despotic rule, were not for her, an exile from the one, and from the other Abdicating.
"The Unknown Sea"
Clemence Housman