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At Frankfort, Vienna, Ferrières, and Gunnersbury little meadows of it are grown—that is, the plants flourish at their own sweet will, uncumbered with pots, in houses devoted to them.

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick

The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges—'lord of one's self, uncumbered with a name.'

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

It was primitive man, riding between the highlands, uncumbered, free to grasp what was before him.

From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

At this time it was covered by a fair, open walnut-wood, uncumbered with bush or undergrowth.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

These human cries pierce farther than we know; These human souls may ride into the sun; We cannot claim his broad, uncumbered breast, To the exclusion of the rest of earth.

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Richmond, Hiram Hoyt