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单词 to call one's soul one's own
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to call one's soul one's own
c. to call one's soul one's own and variants: to have command or control of oneself or one's own life; to act freely or independently. Chiefly in negative contexts.
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1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 109 [They] Skantlie durst say thair saull wes thair awin.
1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? 215 Shee dare not say her soule is her owne.
1658 J. Bramhall Schisme Garded i. xii. 211 Such a party as he dare not say his soule is his own against them, nor maintain the Contrary.
c1712 W. King Old Cheese 8, in Wks. (1776) III. 144 Slouch could hardly call his Soul his own.
1786 Country Mag. Oct. 152/2 Among them none Says his soul's his own.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. iv. 93 She daren't call her soul her own.
1889 J. Corbett Monk xi. 155 From that moment he could not call his soul his own.
1959 P. Marshall Brown Girl, Brownstones iv. iii. 207 They'll down hand on you, mahn, and when you hear the shout you wun be able to call your soul your own.
1996 Observer (Nexis) 14 July (Review section) 11 A woman who one day, long ago, found she could no longer call her soul her own.
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