set at large

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Oh, Lanigan, is Reilly safe?—is he set at large?

From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

Once more, O Trent! along thy pebbly marge ��A pensive invalid, reduced and pale, From the close sick-room newly set at large, ��Woos to his wan worn cheek the pleasant gale.

From The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by White, Henry Kirk

And thereby for to set at large that Queen whom I did name, Who always in her treacherous mind, doth nought but mischief frame.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

Besides, if he quit her to seek company more agreeable, is not she set at large by that act of his?

From Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by Cobbett, William

This suffer'd, they are set at large, And freed with hon'rable discharge.

From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel