disenthral
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Thee, gentle lady, did he disenthral: Ye shall for ever live and love, for all Thy tears are flowing.–
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by John Keats
Here he lurked until the brilliant attempt was made to disenthral his country by Mexia, in 1838.
We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
From Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) by Abraham Lincoln
She almost thought that she would waltz at Mrs. Jones's ball; perhaps not with Captain De Baron; perhaps not with much energy or with full enjoyment; but still sufficiently to disenthral herself.
From Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
Consider, too, how a holiday of action would disenthral the writer from the pettiness of cliques and coteries, with their pedantic atmosphere and false perspectives.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
Then the disenthralled Orohy began to rejoice as before, through all her streams and falls; and at the sudden leaping of the waters and outbursting of the moon, we awoke.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
It is only by mingling with those outside of our own little specialty that we are disenthralled from the bonds of prejudice.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart
At particular crises in the affairs of mortals, these disenthralled spirits sometimes display joy or grief in such a manner as to attract the attention of living men and women.
From Irish Wonders by D. R. (David Russell) McAnally
Therefore it cannot deeply affect a disenthralled mind.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
The sword alternately enslaved and disenthralled Thebes and Athens, Sparta, Syracuse, and Corinth.
From The American Union Speaker by John D. (John Dudley) Philbrick
Clinton must have realized that, in a different sense and a different era, America faces the task of disenthralling itself, of shaking off the Hollywood stardust and facing facts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is said that he procured a solemn exorcism to be performed, in the hope of disenthralling and recovering his daughter.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
This was not only much more convenient than the old dress, but the change exerted a great influence in disenthralling the minds of the men from the influence of old ideas and associations.
From Peter the Great by Jacob Abbott
Every humane consideration clusters to the policy of disenthralling the colored man, and of making him a being of power.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
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