obligement

Example Sentences

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But since by no obligement she is tied, You must betimes for your defence provide.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

“Perhaps,” continued MacLeod suavely, “your friend from Sleat will do a like obligement for yourself.”

From A Prince of Good Fellows by Barr, Robert

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

This was an obligement never to be forgotten, and the more to be considered because antecedent to her love.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John