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Then, in fine contrast to the grovelling servility of the Emperor's creatures, we see the erect figure of the grand stoic philosopher, Persius' tutor, Cornutus, whose free-spokenness procures him banishment.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Grant was furious, thought Craig's words the limit of impertinent free-spokenness.

From The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel by Phillips, David Graham