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A peasant may now, if he wishes, cease to be a member of the Commune altogether, as soon as he has defrayed all his outstanding obligations.

From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir

The reformer talked to the poet about this grand Hebrew poesy, which, according to M. Villemain's impression, "has defrayed in sublime coin the demands of human imagination."

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert

"You need not be at all anxious on that score, Mr. Dole, as my friend here has defrayed the whole cost of the work; but let us go into the church together."

From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter