obligement

Example Sentences

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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

I doubt not but it will be taken as acceptable service to God’s church and beleeve it a very thankeful obligement to Honoured Sir, Your truely Loving Brother,” Thomas Disney.

From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Earle, Alice Morse

My brothers best their own obligement know; Without your charging me with what they owe.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Your merit shall her beauty's power remove; Beauty but gains, obligement keeps our love.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 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