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Meanings of bounden duty in English

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Usage of bounden duty in English
1
It was my bounden duty to inform Mr. Pettifer of the situation.
Complete Books of Blood
2
This is the bounden duty, the moral obligation of the miners, Handique said.
Reuters
3
Be comforted; it is your bounden duty to be comforted.
Bunyan Characters (1st Series)
4
Indeed, I felt it my bounden duty to warn Mrs. Molyneux on the subject.
Sword and Gown: A Novel
5
This is your bounden duty, and you had better see to it at once.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls
6
I am quite at your service, as it is my bounden duty to be.
For Woman's Love
7
It is our altruistic, nay, our bounden duty to save them from such misery.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
8
And then, was it not his bounden duty to let her know the truth?
He Knew He Was Right
9
Besides, it'd be your bounden duty to do it.
The Little Lady of the Big House
10
That was her bounden duty for her girlhood's sin.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
11
Nay; we do not hesitate to say that it is your bounden duty to leave him.'
John Caldigate
12
As every duty is a bounden duty, so every possible excellence is demanded of the Christian.
Christianity and Ethics: A Handbook of Christian Ethics
13
And yet, Martha was guilty of performing only what she considered to be her bounden duty.
Parrot & Co.
14
Convinced therefore that such was her bounden duty, she worked continually to make him break off.
Saint Augustin
15
But that will be my bounden duty, Mr.
Phineas Redux
16
And at last I said, 'It is my bounden duty to go and tell the madam.'
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
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