He provides, and she dispenses; he gives commandments, and she rules by them; he rules her by authority, and she rules him by love; she ought by all means to please him, and he must by no means displease her."
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
In translating Boccaccio's Falls of Princes he dispenses with stylistic ornament.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
Lady Betty, you see, Madam, in her letter, dispenses with punctilo, avowedly in compliment to you.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson