All 44 Uses of
bound
in
Middlemarch
- And I do not see that I should be bound by Dorothea's opinions now we are going into society, though of course she herself ought to be bound by them.†
Chpt 1
- And I do not see that I should be bound by Dorothea's opinions now we are going into society, though of course she herself ought to be bound by them.†
Chpt 1
- I was bound to tell him that.†
Chpt 1 *
- I am-therefore bound to fulfil the expectation so raised," said Mr. Casaubon, putting his conduct in the light of mere rectitude: a trait of delicacy which Dorothea noticed with admiration.†
Chpt 1
- "The best in Middlemarch, I'll be bound," said Mr. Featherstone, "let the next be who she will.†
Chpt 1
- And not seldom the catastrophe is bound up with the other passion, sung by the Troubadours.†
Chpt 2
- It was a fatal accident—a dreadful stroke of calamity that bound me to you the more.†
Chpt 2
- Whatever was not problematical and suspected about this young man—for example, a certain showiness as to foreign ideas, and a disposition to unsettle what had been settled and forgotten by his elders—was positively unwelcome to a physician whose standing had been fixed thirty years before by a treatise on Meningitis, of which at least one copy marked "own" was bound in calf.†
Chpt 2
- What he really cared for was a medium for his work, a vehicle for his ideas; and after all, was he not bound to prefer the object of getting a good hospital, where he could demonstrate the specific distinctions of fever and test therapeutic results, before anything else connected with this chaplaincy?†
Chpt 2
- …was clear that Lydgate, by not dispensing drugs, intended to cast imputations on his equals, and also to obscure the limit between his own rank as a general practitioner and that of the physicians, who, in the interest of the profession, felt bound to maintain its various grades,—especially against a man who had not been to either of the English universities and enjoyed the absence of anatomical and bedside study there, but came with a libellous pretension to experience in Edinburgh…†
Chpt 2
- Hence he persuaded himself that he was bound to call, and that the only eligible time was the middle of the day, when Mr. Casaubon would not be at home.†
Chpt 2
- Or as if he were bound to provide charms for his posterity in his own person!†
Chpt 3
- She started up and bounded towards him in an instant: he was evidently in great straits for breath.†
Chpt 3 *
- In half an hour he left the house an engaged man, whose soul was not his own, but the woman's to whom he had bound himself.†
Chpt 3
- As manager of the household she felt bound to ask them in good provincial fashion to stay and eat; but she chose to consult Mrs. Vincy on the point of extra down-stairs consumption now that Mr. Featherstone was laid up.†
Chpt 3
- If anybody had observed that Mr. Borthrop Trumbull, being an auctioneer, was bound to know the nature of everything, he would have smiled and trimmed himself silently with the sense that he came pretty near that.†
Chpt 3
- "I am sure we are bound to pray for that thoughtless girl—brought up as she has been," said Mrs. Bulstrode, wishing to rouse her husband's feelings.†
Chpt 4
- A man was bound to know himself better than that, and if he chose to grow gray crunching bones in a cavern, he had no business to be luring a girl into his companionship.†
Chpt 4
- I do think one is bound to do the best for one's land and tenants, especially in these hard times."†
Chpt 4
- I am not bound to regard family dignity in any other light.†
Chpt 4
- "But I am a rebel: I don't feel bound, as you do, to submit to what I don't like."†
Chpt 4
- How much, methinks, I could despise this man Were I not bound in charity against it!†
Chpt 4
- You have not implied to me that the symptoms which—I am bound to testify—you watched with scrupulous care, were those of a fatal disease.†
Chpt 4
- But Will was Mr. Casaubon's relative, and one towards whom she was bound to show kindness.†
Chpt 5
- No; his heart was bound up in his work only: that was the end for which his failing life was to be eked out by hers.†
Chpt 5
- Bound by a pledge given from the depths of her pity, she would have been capable of undertaking a toil which her judgment whispered was vain for all uses except that consecration of faithfulness which is a supreme use.†
Chpt 5
- He had already said to Dorothea, "I don't feel bound to give up St. Botolph's.†
Chpt 5
- "It is I who am bound to act so that you will not regret your power," said Mr. Farebrother.†
Chpt 5
- Although I am not in any way bound to you, I am willing to supply you with a regular annuity—in quarterly payments—so long as you fulfil a promise to remain at a distance from this neighborhood.†
Chpt 5
- She had a great yearning to be at Lowick, and was simply determined to go, not feeling bound to tell all her reasons.†
Chpt 6
- "It war good foon, I'd be bound," said Hiram, whose fun was much restricted by circumstances.†
Chpt 6
- He could not propose to Rosamond that she should return any particular present of his, but he had told himself that he was bound to put Dover's offer before her, and her inward prompting might make the affair easy.†
Chpt 6
- Even without memory, the life is bound into one by a zone of dependence in growth and decay; but intense memory forces a man to own his blameworthy past.†
Chpt 6
- I can easily conceive that you might act in a way to loosen the tie she feels towards you—it must be remembered that she is only conditionally bound to you—and that in that case, another man, who may flatter himself that he has a hold on her regard, might succeed in winning that firm place in her love as well as respect which you had let slip.†
Chpt 7
- He had told his wife that he was simply taking care of this wretched creature, the victim of vice, who might otherwise injure himself; he implied, without the direct form of falsehood, that there was a family tie which bound him to this care, and that there were signs of mental alienation in Raffles which urged caution.†
Chpt 7
- I feel bound to do the utmost for him.†
Chpt 7
- But I must say that your present attitude is painfully inconsistent with those principles which you have sought to identify yourself with, and for the honor of which I am bound to care.†
Chpt 7
- "Surely, a woman is bound to be cautious and listen to those who know the world better than she does." said Sir James, with his little frown.†
Chpt 8
- Mrs. Hackbutt saw her coming from an up-stairs window, and remembering her former alarm lest she should meet Mrs. Bulstrode, felt almost bound in consistency to send word that she was not at home; but against that, there was a sudden strong desire within her for the excitement of an interview in which she was quite determined not to make the slightest allusion to what was in her mind.†
Chpt 8
- He was bound to try this—and what else was there for him to do?†
Chpt 8
- She forced herself to think of it as bound up with another woman's life—a woman towards whom she had set out with a longing to carry some clearness and comfort into her beclouded youth.†
Chpt 8
- It was because he feels so much more about your happiness than anything else—he feels his life bound into one with yours, and it hurts him more than anything, that his misfortunes must hurt you.†
Chpt 8
- "I should like to do something for my brother's family, Nicholas; and I think we are bound to make some amends to Rosamond and her husband.†
Chpt 8
- They were bound to each other by a love stronger than any impulses which could have marred it.†
Chpt Fin.
Definitions:
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(bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location
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(bound as in: bound together or bound by law) constrained and/or held together or wrappedThe sense of constrained, can mean tied up or obligated depending upon the context. For example:
- "Her wrists were bound." -- tied up
- "I am bound by my word." -- required or obligated (in this case to keep a promise)
- "He is muscle bound." -- prevented from moving easily (due to having such large, tight muscles)
The exact meaning of the senses of held together or wrapped also depend upon context. For example:- "The pages of the book are bound with glue." -- held together physically
- "The book is bound in leather." -- wrapped or covered
- "The United States and England are bound together by a common language." -- connected or united (tied together, figuratively)
- "She cleaned the wound and bound it with fresh bandages." -- wrapped
- "She is wheelchair-bound." -- connected (moves with a wheelchair because she is unable to walk)
- "The jacket has bound buttonholes." -- edges wrapped by fabric or trim rather than stitches