Every critical reader must remark that Addison has, with a scrupulosity almost unexampled on the English stage, confined himself in time to a single day, and in place to rigorous unity.
Never consulted on political questions, he confined himself to his military duties and fulfilled them in a conscientious and unobtrusive manner.
He desired this important office for himself; but, obliged to give way before the resistance of Cato, he confined himself to preventing any election, and the year ended again without the nomination of consuls.
He confined himself to the remark, "That's a good entry.
He confined himself to replying: "State the case precisely.
He did not even start, but dropped his lids proudly and confined himself to the remark: "It is perfectly simple.
Conde covered Alsace; the Duke of Luxembourg, remaining in Holland, confined himself to burning two large villages--Bodegrave and Saammerdam.
This eminent man sometimes, if not usually, confined himself to vegetable food.
During eight of the most anxious days of the memorable siege of Gibraltar, he confined himself to four ounces of rice a day.
And yet this man, for eighty years, refused to drink any thing but water; and for thirty years, at the close of life, confined himself chiefly to bread and milk as his diet.
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