Sentences with phrase «standing in shackles»

Fifteen life - size sculptures standing in shackles dominate the central gallery of Mason Murer Fine Art, commanding our gaze as we enter the building, even though they stand some 20 yards away.

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Nonetheless in the developed world, we stand strong on the notion that we have a right to freedom of speech, but are we shackled to a post that will only let us stretch so far?
Were it on this occasion worth while, other cases might be found, in which justice has broke loose from the shackles forged for her in the cavern of chicane; but these may, I should hope, suffice to prove, and to the conviction of all but those who, by interest or interest - begotten prejudice, stand bound never to be convinced, that in no sphere of judicial inquiry, from the lowest to the highest, can the charge, either of impracticability or dangerousness, attach upon the honest pursuit of the ends of justice, by the light of common sense.
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