bondsman's

Updated: February 18, 2026

Death opens the gate of fame, and shuts the gate of envy after it, it unlooses the chain of the captive, and puts the bondsman's task into another man's hands. 'Shew me the man, who knows what life is, who dreads it, and I'll shew thee a prisoner who dreads his liberty.

Laurence Sterne - The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman