straiten

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His most celebrated saying was, " Be constant in meditation on death: if thou bein straitened case 'twill enlarge it, and if in affluence 'twill straiten it upon thee."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Many of those things that trouble and straiten thee, it is in thy XXXI.

From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome

For indeed, Fate full of marvel is: If      fortune straiten thee one day, the next relief is nigh.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I by Payne, John

No law must straiten The ways they wait in, Whose spirits greaten And hearts aspire.

From More Songs From Vagabondia by Carman, Bliss

I want you to consider what per cent you can pay, and not straiten yourselves too much.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie