uncompelled

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He does not dictate to them but is instead dictated to; our democratic context lays bare the widespread, uncompelled eagerness for aesthetics over results.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2020

The conditions under which he wrote were very far removed from the Golden Age which he described,—   "Which uncompelled   And without rule, in faith and truth, excelled."

From Poets of the South by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)

O that they did but know my heart!—It shall sooner burst, than voluntarily, uncompelled, undriven, dictate a measure that shall cast a slur either upon them, or upon my sex.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

I see thou wilt take her perforce; so give me her price: but take heed that I sell her not uncompelled.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

Nay, lady, said Sir Aymeris, nor to-morrow, nor any day uncompelled; neither shall we go nigher unto it than now we be. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William