bondslave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bondslave
Example Sentences
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You are his bondslave, but not I by Pan!
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
Modern society has declared itself on the side of necessity: while acknowledging man preeminently free in his relations to others, it yet considers him as the bondslave of motives.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
He who had chosen the broad, daylit, unencumbered paths of universal scepticism, found himself still the bondslave of honour.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Despised bondslave, since my lord doth hate These locks, why keep I them or hold them dear?
From Jerusalem Delivered by Fairfax, Edward
Have ruth on one distraught, the bondslave of your love, Sorry and sick and full of longings ever new.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John
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