of one's own accord
Example Sentences
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It also carries the meaning self, of one's own accord: i bobongi ka manata tetea ana marana the morrow can take care of itself.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
Yet even the feelings which one experiences by contagion one can experience only of one's own accord, in one's own way, and according to one's disposition.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
Hence it is folly and overscrupulousness to add restrictions of one's own accord except in critical instances, as indicated above.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
To give to everyone who asks is not so pleasant as to give of one's own accord.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo) Taylor
It is no easy task to tumble off a pedestal of one's own accord, even when one has not put oneself there.
From A Blot on the Scutcheon by Mabel Winifred Knowles
