bounden

Example Sentences

• "And although we be vnworthy (through our manyfolde ſynnes) to offre vnto thee any Sacryfice: Yet we beſeche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and ſeruice: and commande theſe our prayers and ſupplicacions, by the Miniſtery of thy holy Angels, to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the ſyght of thy dyuine maieſtie: […]"
• "Your moſt bounden and devoted friend and ſervant of all men living, Fr. Bacon, C.S."
• "That I wad wi' a' my heart; and mickle obliged to your honour for putting me in mind o' my bounden duty."
• "Therefore, O Lord, we beseech Thee graciously to accept this oblation of our bounden service, from us and from thy whole family."
• "She imparted these stories gradually to Miss Crawley; gave her the whole benefit of them; felt it to be her bounden duty as a Christian woman and mother of a family to do so; had not the smallest remorse or compunction for the victim whom her tongue was immolating; nay, very likely thought her act was quite meritorious, and plumed herself upon her resolute manner of performing it."
• "Further, the country is likely to require the meat and fat, during the coming food crisis, and it is for every farmer—everyone, in fact, who has the means of keeping pigs—to do so. There is no farm in the country where a sow, and a few other pigs too, cannot be kept profitably. To-day it is the bounden duty of every farmer to do so."