sufferance
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Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe,
From Familiar Quotations by Bartlett, John
She receiveth the strokes of Misfortune with the Shield, 4. of Sufferance: and keepeth off the Passions, the enemies of quietness with the Sword, 5. of Valour.
From The Orbis Pictus by Hoole, Charles
"Never mind, my dear," said I. "Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe."
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick
It was a rich moment, and I know not which joyed in it more, the Welsh Power or the American Sufferance.
From Seven English Cities by Howells, William Dean
Sufferance was still the badge of all their tribe.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
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The Declaration of Independence
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