1072 examples of fetter in sentences

Bind, secure, fetter, shackle, gyve.

The reason may be (though I should prefer a more generous explanation) that he recognizes the tendency of these hardened forms to stiffen her joints and fetter her ankles, in the race and rivalry of improvement.

Accident has liberated us from trammels that still fetter you.

40 But when the ice our streams did fetter, Oh then how her old bones would shake; You would have said, if you had met her, 'Twas a hard time for Goody Blake.

Whereupon Hereward was clapped into an outhouse, whence he escaped forthwith by the simple device of cutting off the head of the man sent to fetter him, and the good mare Swallow bore him back to Ely in safety.

The same chains which bind those now existing to the center of this system of paper credit must equally fetter every similar institution we create.

Corruption may steal from a man his independence; capital may starve, and intrigue fetter him, at times; but against all these, his vote, intelligently and honestly cast, is, in the long run, his full protection.

To catch and to fetter I instantly tried, And "thou art my slave, pretty vagrant," I cried.

I once saw there a fetter for 'the dd runaways,' the weight of which can be judged by its size.

At this time I saw a poor fellow compelled to work in the field, at 'logging,' with such a galling fetter on his ankles.

Whenever he lifted, the fetter rested on his bare ankles.

If he lost his balance and made a misstep, which must very often occur in lifting and rolling logs, the torture of his fetter was severe.

They prowl through the country, buy, catch, and fetter them, and drive their chained coffles up to his stand, where Thomas N. Gadsden, Esq. knocks them off to the highest bidder, to Ex-Governor Butler perhaps, or to Ex-Governor Hayne, or to Hon.

I once saw there a fetter for 'the dd runaways,' the weight of which can be judged by its size.

At this time I saw a poor fellow compelled to work in the field, at 'logging,' with such a galling fetter on his ankles.

Whenever he lifted, the fetter rested on his bare ankles.

If he lost his balance and made a misstep, which must very often occur in lifting and rolling logs, the torture of his fetter was severe.

Every vigorous utterance, every bold political step of the Government, finds in the soul of the people a deeply felt echo, and loosens the bonds which fetter all their forces.

The disturbances in the Far East will probably fetter Russia's forces, and England's interests will suffer in sympathy.

Printed at the Blew Anchor next Mitre Court over against Fetter Lane in Fleet Street."

* * FAITOUR LANE, Or as it is now called, Fetter Lane, is a term used by Chaucer, for an idle fellow.

Thomas Ferril (A); 17Nov65; R373359. FETTER, ELIZABETH H. A guy has a right.

Elizabeth H. Fetter (A); 5Aug65; R365879. FETZER, HAZEL.

SEE Fetter, Elizabeth H. LEET, LEWIS DON. Practical seismology and seismic prospecting.

So Magdalen, in tears more wise Dissolv'd those captivating eyes, Whose liquid chains could flowing meet, To fetter her Redeemer's feet.

1072 examples of  fetter  in sentences