Example Sentences

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Margaret was in her stride back to her mistress-ship again yet her eye changed instantly with her mood when she saw me wince.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

Some had much to say of her pride and insolence, and wondered if Mrs. Montressor would tamely yield her mistress-ship to the stranger.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Old and young liked the frank, cheerful young man with his high ideals, and the bright, gentle little lady who assumed the mistress-ship of the manse.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

They resented this, never openly or offensively, but always in a subconscious sort of way, even when they did not speak of it among themselves—much as they had resented her mistress-ship in the old days.

From The House Behind the Cedars by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

If she received the maintenance due to her rank and the mistress-ship of the house, and was the mother of his lawful children, she had all that a free-born woman could demand.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.