Both Uses of
forgo
in
The House of Mirth
- Mrs. Peniston followed the rise and culmination of the season as keenly as the most active sharer in its gaieties; and, as a looker-on, she enjoyed opportunities of comparison and generalization such as those who take part must proverbially forego.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- If only life could end now—end on this tragic yet sweet vision of lost possibilities, which gave her a sense of kinship with all the loving and foregoing in the world!†
Chpt 2.13 *
Definitions:
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(forego as in: the foregoing event) to go before
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(forgo as in: forgo the benefit) do without