enchain

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As Johnson wrote, “to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride, unwilling to measure its desires by its strength.”

From Slate • May 31, 2012

Tie your knots, she sang again and again, enchain! — enchain! — enchain me!

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

At every approach of horseman, cart, or carriage, I turned fearfully, certain I should see some minister of injustice come to enchain us.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"Marriage is a great institution——" "Nay! 'tis an evil one, contrived out of malice by priests and old maids to enchain a woman who would rather be free to a man who speedily becomes bored."

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

To-day she appeared, to herself, so intellectually superior, could it be difficult for her to enchain an interesting man?

From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von