The music kept trying to soar, but was all the time chained by the leg.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
Then he walked down to the shore, loosened one of the boats which were chained up in the shed, and with a few powerful strokes launched the light bark into the open lake.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
He was not allowed to work, merely stood bolt upright, a head and shoulder higher than his two, armed jailers, who were chained to him.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch