Example Sentences

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Time seemed to soften the hearts of master and mistress, and to insure kinder and more humane treatment to bondsmen and bondswomen.

From Behind the Scenes or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in the White House by Keckley, Elizabeth

The bondswomen whom Achilles and Patroclus had taken captive screamed aloud for grief, beating their breasts, and with their limbs failing them for sorrow.

From The Iliad by Homer

This peace I establish on behoof of us, and of our kin, friends, and men of affinity, women even as men, bondswomen, even as bonds-men, swains and men of estate.

From The Story of Grettir the Strong by Morris, William

They had seen many bondswomen who were fair, they said, and how could they tell that any one of them was she whom the young hersir was now seeking?

From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert

Morag was taken to the Stone House by strong-armed bondswomen, and Baun and Deelish sat in corners and cried and did not go near her.

From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic