Citations:bonds


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * And, again, that in every city bonds and afflictions abide in you; and therefore you cannot expect that you should go long on your pilgrimage without them, in some sort or other.


 * 1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
 * There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.
 * I was indifferent, therefore, to my school-fellows in general; but I united myself in the bonds of the closest friendship to one among them.
 * I heard of the difference of sexes, and the birth and growth of children, how the father doted on the smiles of the infant, and the lively sallies of the older child, how all the life and cares of the mother were wrapped up in the precious charge, how the mind of youth expanded and gained knowledge, of brother, sister, and all the various relationships which bind one human being to another in mutual bonds.