The majority in the Assembly was not, in fact, anxious to give free rein to Thiers, and it had wanted to avoid Committing itself definitely to a republic.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
I am unwilling to utter anything like severity towards errors, many of which take their rise in a mistaken and ill-directed benevolence, because the original fault of Committing the management of this property to your hands was the work of another.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Socialists generally say that, while Committing all production to the public authority, they have no idea of interfering with liberty of consumption.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae