obligement

Example Sentences

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But since by no obligement she is tied, You must betimes for your defence provide.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

“Oh, well, as long as it’s been an obligement to you, I don’t so much care,” said the virtuous Cripps.

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Reed, Talbot Baines

But ’twould be an obligement to me if you’d go along and keep him in countenance.”

From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Raymond, Evelyn

Well, Louiee, he's be careful, risk notting, he's laugh w'en a'm buy some paddell, Armand he's buy some for obligement, he's not half so careful's Louiee.

From Sonnets and Other Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.

This was an obligement never to be forgotten, and the more to be considered because antecedent to her love.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John