set at large
Example Sentences
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This suffer'd, they are set at large, And freed with hon'rable discharge.
From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel
On the 21st of October, Matthieu is set at large, and is at liberty to go to Flamin,–he has begged the favor for himself–to announce to him his freedom and promotion at once....
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
Her father hears how she is bested; and, her innocence being established, causes her to be set at large; but she, being minded to tarry no longer in the world, becomes a nun.
From The Decameron, Volume I by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)
He therefore established his character as a silent, doggedly well-behaved man; and in due time was set at large as a barber among the ticket-of-leave convicts at Hopetown.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson
The profe of all these I do reserue, as I haue often saide, to a conuenient boke, wherein they shall be all set at large.
From The Path-Way to Knowledg Containing the First Principles of Geometrie by Record, Robert
