disenthral

We must disenthral ourselves, and then we shall save our country.

From Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections) by Lincoln, Abraham

Thee, gentle lady, did he disenthral: Ye shall for ever live and love, for all Thy tears are flowing.–

From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John

She almost thought that she would waltz at Mrs. Jones's ball; perhaps not with Captain De Baron; perhaps not with much energy or with full enjoyment; but still sufficiently to disenthral herself.

From Is He Popenjoy? by Trollope, Anthony

Or what good end of these?" she said;    "Is there no God or end at all, Nor reason with unreason weighed,    Nor force to disenthral       Weak feet that fall?

From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Consider, too, how a holiday of action would disenthral the writer from the pettiness of cliques and coteries, with their pedantic atmosphere and false perspectives.

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

And, Sir, when these states, thus newly disenthralled and emancipated, assume the tone and bear the port of independence, what language and what ideas do we find associated with their newly acquired liberty?

From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel

By the light of that fire my friend and I left the town; and when far away we could see its glare, and hear the shouts of a disenthralled people.

From Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us by Adams, John S. (John Stowell)

Commerce and agriculture, disenthralled by the influences of free institutions, will cause the new empire to spring into life, full armed, like Minerva from the brain of Jupiter.

From Handbook to the new Gold-fields by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

New wine must not be put in old bottles; nor must the motions of disenthralled passion be confined in vessels worn by the uses of daily life.

From An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times by Scott, Fred Newton

But by the time that he has just disenthralled himself, he is removed, and another appointed in his place, and the work has to commence de novo.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

Clinton must have realized that, in a different sense and a different era, America faces the task of disenthralling itself, of shaking off the Hollywood stardust and facing facts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every humane consideration clusters to the policy of disenthralling the colored man, and of making him a being of power.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various

This was not only much more convenient than the old dress, but the change exerted a great influence in disenthralling the minds of the men from the influence of old ideas and associations.

From Peter the Great by Abbott, Jacob

It is said that he procured a solemn exorcism to be performed, in the hope of disenthralling and recovering his daughter.

From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan