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 Keats, John
Here he lurked until the brilliant attempt was made to disenthral his country by Mexia, in 1838.
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 Trollope, Anthony
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 Zangwill, Israel
Or what good end of these?" she said; "Is there no God or end at all, Nor reason with unreason weighed, Nor force to disenthral Weak feet that fall?
From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
The other occurred in 1804, twelve years after the slaves had disenthralled themselves.
From Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time by Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Moore
But by the time that he has just disenthralled himself, he is removed, and another appointed in his place, and the work has to commence de novo.
From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick
There was more evidence against her than any tried at Salem; but the common mind disenthralled of the hideous delusion asserted itself, through the jury by a verdict of acquittal.
From The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad by Carter, F. A. (Freeland A.)
Hail, disenthralled spirit; Thou that the wine-press of the field hast trod: On, blest Immortal, on, through boundless space, And stand with thy Redeemer face to face, And bow before thy God.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 by Various
Men and women danced for joy in the streets, and the song of liberation burst from the lips of the disenthralled multitude.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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
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
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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
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 Abbott, Jacob
