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Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
“Why, if this fate my country waits, should war, “And not my love unbar to him the gates?
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
I cried, “why did you unbar the door?”
From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
The young girl hastened to unbar the door, which was locked from the inside, and as Imre entered she threw herself into his arms, while he pressed her fondly to his heart.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór
"Some one is surely in distress," said Shakespeare, rising, "suffer me to unbar the door."
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry