disburden

Example Sentences

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"When we have dined and had our coffee, you shall make your own confession; and that only if you like it, and wish to disburden your conscience."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

Not so; the very expression of your kind commiseration is grateful and beneficial to me; and I find it a relief to disburden my mind, and tell you all I suffer.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

It was evident that Sir Ratcliffe had something on his mind of which he wished to disburden himself; and it was equally apparent that Glastonbury was unwilling to afford him an opportunity.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

The profusion of small attractive devices which automatically perform the economic household labor and disburden the human workers must not hide the fact that the chief activities are still little adjusted to the psychophysical conditions.

From Psychology and Industrial Efficiency by Münsterberg, Hugo

There is nothing that doth disburden the soul so of care and anxiety, nothing doth rid a man of so many perplexities and troubles, as this way.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh