It is clear that distinctive advantages cannot be bestowed upon the children of the good, as such, unless the same advantages be withheld from the evil race beside them.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
It was a perfect marvel to me how you ever found time to store your mind with such varied information; and yet, notwithstanding that imposing array of accomplishments, I now find that your modesty-perhaps out of deference to my ignorance-withheld fully as many more.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Then the time came when Marston withheld the dividend, and I knew that you were without resources.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey