enjoin

Example Sentences

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Enjoin these things to other men; for dictate not to me, for I think that I shall no longer obey thee.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Enjoin upon children strict justice in their dealings one with another, even in their games, never allowing the stronger to impose upon the weak, but teaching forbearance and tenderness in all their actions.

From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Cooke, Maud C.

Enjoin him to do the same on occasion.

From The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

Enjoin a young poet to write verses on any subject, and after he has finished his exercise, show him how Shakspeare, Dryden, and Pope, have treated the same subject.

From Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) by Kuist, James M.

Enjoin beneficence and forbid malevolence: so shalt thou be loved of Allah.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir