They think the old man will be well enough to Unmuzzle before noon, but he's been acting like a bad case of dog-days all morning.
"At Good Old Siwash"
George Fitch
They represent "a bridle without a bit," in order to tell us the purpose of the Plate is to Unmuzzle Bacon, and to reveal to us his authorship of the plays known as Shakespeare's.
"Bacon is Shake-Speare"
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
Larkin, wrote this letter with several views, one of which was that, in the event of his thinking proper, some years hence, notwithstanding his little flourishes of gratuitous service, to Unmuzzle the ox who had trod out the corn, and to send in his little bill, it might help to show that he had been duly instructed to act in this matter at least by Mr. Cleve Verney.
"The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3"
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu