bind oneself

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It would be no use to bind oneself to do a variety of things which may not be required.

From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter

"But to promise to abjure under condition of being set free, is to bind oneself to abjure," answered Joan, disconcerted by the canon's sophism.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

Discussing divorce he claims as essential to manhood the right to bind oneself and to be taken at one's word.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

Its root is that of the verb "rotisya," to bind oneself by an oath; and it is generally admitted to be only another form of "rota," which now signifies a "regimental company."

From The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò

One doesn't bind oneself for life after having spent one evening together; it doesn't follow that he who has enjoyed the rapture, must also undergo the pain.

From The Red Room by Strindberg, August