bondslave
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Ah, for her doom! so cried in presage then The bodeful bondslave of the king of men, And might not win her will.
From Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Modern society has declared itself on the side of necessity: while acknowledging man preeminently free in his relations to others, it yet considers him as the bondslave of motives.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Yet she said with great composure: "My lord and husband does not reprove even a bondslave without a hearing, how much less then, his wedded wife?"
From Undine by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett
Love, which is the soul of art—Love, the bondslave of Beauty and the son of Poverty by Craft—led him to these triumphs.
From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds
Despised bondslave, since my lord doth hate These locks, why keep I them or hold them dear?
From Jerusalem Delivered by Edward Fairfax
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