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Finally he pulls on his boots, slings the pack across one shoulder, and unbars the door, stepping into the dimly lit hall.

The Towers of the Sunset Modesitt, L. E. 1992

"We'll have a look at the town, and I'll stand you a drink as soon as the first dramshop unbars its door."

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

There, when the sentence of the Fathers stands fixed for battle, the Consul, arrayed in the robe of Quirinus and the Gabine cincture, with his own hand unbars the grating doors, with his own lips calls battles forth; then all the rest follow on, and the brazen trumpets blare harsh with consenting breath.

The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

When she hears that it is Mak she unbars the door, but when she sees what her husband brings she is afraid.

English Literature for Boys and Girls

Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.

The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage.

The Land of Mist Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1926

Canaples accomplished; I had dreamt of gratitude, and gratitude unbars the door to much.

The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes Rafael Sabatini 1912

We must not only acquire that culture which is the golden key that unlocks all doors and unbars all gates, but we must cultivate that straightforwardness of purpose and unconquerable determination which enables a people to face conditions "without fear and without reproach."

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Various 1905

Mrs. Dudgeon unbars the door and opens it, letting into the stuffy kitchen a little of the freshness and a great deal of the chill of the dawn, also her second son Christy, a fattish, stupid, fair-haired, round-faced man of about 22, muffled in a plaid shawl and grey overcoat.

The Devil's Disciple George Bernard Shaw 1903

It unbars the gates of Japan, and breaks down the Chinese walls of exclusion -- and filling her bays with the cast-away idols of Paganism, is teaching the land of Sinim the power of eternal Truth.

The Bible or Atheism 1897