Sentence:  No man oppresses thee, can bid thee fetch or carry, come or go, without reason shewn. […] No man, wiser, unwiser, can make thee come or go: but thy own <WSD>futilities</WSD>, bewilderments, thy false appetites for Money, Windsor Georges and such like? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Something, especially an act, that is futile.