of one's own accord
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Yet even the feelings which one experiences by contagion one can experience only of one's own accord, in one's own way, and according to one's disposition.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
It also carries the meaning self, of one's own accord: i bobongi ka manata tetea ana marana the morrow can take care of itself.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by Ivens, W. G. (Walter George)
Hence it is folly and overscrupulousness to add restrictions of one's own accord except in critical instances, as indicated above.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
To give to everyone who asks is not so pleasant as to give of one's own accord.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)
Voluntary or spontaneous motion or impulse to act; Ð preceded by own; as, of one's own accord.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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