By the kind of people, in fact, who read the Spectator and are called thoughtful; and in point of fact less than a twelvemonth after this passage was written, natural selection was publicly Abjured as "a theory of the origin of species" by Mr. Romanes himself, with the implied approval of the Times.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
Before Holbein came back from England many churches had Abjured all pictures.
"Holbein"
Beatrice Fortescue
Her chapel at Somerset House was once more the resort of the faithful, where hundreds Abjured the heresy of their birth, some of which conversions were so amazing as to merit a place in the memoirs of Father Cyprien.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes