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Definition of Gagged
1. gag [v] - See also: gag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gagged
Literary usage of Gagged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1892)
"The manner in which he had been gagged too, showed the hand of an artist.
The contrivance was so framed as to sit clear of his nostrils, yet to fill his ..."
2. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... from his book entitled " The Gagger gagged." " 1. If any, or all the papists
living, can prove, that the " Roman church, as it now stands in opposition ..."
3. French Civilization in the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Introduction by Albert Léon Guérard (1918)
"... the prisoner of none — The four Assemblies : elaborate impotence — Universal
suffrage : the list of notables, the plebiscites — The Press gagged ..."
4. Young India: An Interpretation and a History of the Nationalist Movement by Lajpat Rai (1916)
"Indian Press gagged. The years 1905, 1906, and 1907 were years of passive resistance.
The nationalists indulged in strong language, carried on a vigorous ..."
5. American Supremacy: The Rise and Progress of the Latin American Republics by George Washington Crichfield (1908)
"... CHAPTER XXXIX A gagged AND MUZZLED PRESS Y | "^HE gentlemen of the press who
write so enthusiastically in sup- JJ^ port of the Monroe Doctrine, ..."
6. A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele (1885)
"... the ringing of the •watchman's bell in the morning was the signal for every
one to rise; and in Massachusetts a scold was sometimes gagged and placed ..."
7. Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the Seizure of by William M. Leftwich (1870)
"... Preaching—Two of the Mob Killed—A Bloody Scene—Visited by another Mob at
Midnight and Dragged from his Bed and Home to the Brush, Stripped, gagged. ..."
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