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Unhand

verb
1.
Remove the hand from.






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"Unhand" Quotes from Famous Books



... Unhand me, knaves! I tell thee, my Lord Justice, Thou mightst as well bid the untrammelled ocean, The winter whirlwind, or the Alpine storm, Not roar their will, as bid me hold my peace! Ay! though ye put your knives into my throat, Each grim and gaping wound ...
— The Duchess of Padua • Oscar Wilde

... Adr. Unhand me, slaves.—O mightiest of kings, See at your feet a prince not used to kneel; Touch not Eurydice, by all the gods, As you would save your Thebes, but take my life: For should she perish, heaven would ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 6 (of 18) - Limberham; Oedipus; Troilus and Cressida; The Spanish Friar • John Dryden

... singers of nooks in Space, Petal-mongers, embroiderers of words In the music-haunted houses of the birds, Singers with the thrushes and pewees In the glimmer-lighted roofs Of the trees— Unhand my soul! Buds with singing in their hearts, Birds with blooms upon their wings, All the wandering whispers of delight, The near familiar things; Voice of pine trees, winds of daisies, Sounds of going in the grain Shall ...
— The Voice of the Machines - An Introduction to the Twentieth Century • Gerald Stanley Lee



Words linked to "Unhand" :   release, let go, relinquish, let go of



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