She went to the merman and begged leave to go hear again the word of God.

After a short time the man declared himself beaten, and begged leave to go with them; so they all three travelled together.

For a moment Ikey's courage returned to him and he begged leave to make a statement.

He did not seem to mind at all when I begged leave to remove myself from his presence.

With a deep bow, I begged leave to be excused and was able to escape for the most part.

On this occasion he begged leave to offer to the house the following resolution:

I told him that she had gone out, and begged leave to try what I could do to supply her place.

To my amazement, he begged leave to speak with me in the garden.

When deep summer began to give way to early fall, Seth begged leave to depart, having family duties to resume.

He begs leave to let his men catch their wind-they have been running most of the way.