bind oneself

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Discussing divorce he claims as essential to manhood the right to bind oneself and to be taken at one's word.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie

What folly, then, to say that it is unlawful to bind oneself by promises of this kind, since it is lawful to be good—the only thing that is lawful!

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by Stapleton, John H. (John Henry)

But it is, perhaps, better to bind oneself.

From Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Now it does not seem unlawful to bind oneself to an obligation of the natural law.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

“I—I mean it is wrong to bind oneself by a promise one may not be able to keep,” Miss Bibby added hastily.

From In the Mist of the Mountains by Macfarlane, J.