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463. LIST III.
Die by, die for, die
from, die of, die with.
Expect of, expect from.
Part from, part with.
Illustrations of “die of,” “die from,” etc.:—
[Sidenote: “Die of.”]
The author died of a fit of apoplexy.—BOSWELL.
People do not die of trifling little colds.—AUSTEN
Fifteen officers died of fever in a day.—MACAULAY.
It would take me long to die of hunger.—G. ELIOT.
She died of hard work, privation, and ill treatment.—BURNETT.
[Sidenote: “Die from.”]
She saw her husband at last literally die from hunger.—BULWER.
He died at last without
disease, simply from old age.
—Athenaeum.
No one died from want at Longfeld.—Chambers’ Journal.
[Sidenote: “Die with.”]
She would have been ready to die with shame.—G. ELIOT.
I am positively dying with hunger.—SCOTT.
I thought the two Miss
Flamboroughs would have died with
laughing.—GOLDSMITH.
I wish that the happiest here may not die with envy.—POPE.
[Sidenote: “Die for.” (in behalf of).]
Take thought and die for Caesar.—SHAKESPEARE.
One of them said he would die for her.—GOLDSMITH.
It is a man of quality who dies for her.—ADDISON.
[Sidenote: “Die for.” (because of).]
Who, as Cervantes informs
us, died for love of the fair
Marcella.—FIELDING.
Some officers had died
for want of a morsel of
bread.—MACAULAY.
[Sidenote: “Die by.” (material cause, instrument).]
If I meet with any of
’em, they shall die by this hand.
—THACKERAY.
He must purge himself
to the satisfaction of a vigilant tribunal
or die by fire.—MACAULAY.
He died by suicide
before he completed his eighteenth
year.—SHAW.
464. Illustrations of “expect of,” “expect from:”—
[Sidenote: “Expect of.”]
What do I expect of Dublin?—Punch.
That is more than I expected of you.—SCOTT.
Of Doctor P. nothing better was to be expected.—POE.
Not knowing what might
be expected of men in general.—G.
ELIOT.
[Sidenote: “Expect from.”]
