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“You are a soldier,” replied his fellow-prisoner; “do you complain on account of a fall for which a boy would not bemoan himself?”
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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“Disquiet not thyself about the matter, fellow-prisoner,” answered the Count, “but wait the event in silence.”
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At last one of the prisoners, who was believed to be deeply implicated, was induced by a fellow-prisoner to make a confession -- whether true or false I cannot say; opinions are divided, and no one knew at the time, or to this day knows, who the offenders were.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007
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Wretched as he then was, I remembered the accomplished youth who had captivated my virgin heart, the old impressions still remained, I saw his penitence, pitied his misfortune, and his wife being dead, consented to join his fate, the ceremony having been performed by a fellow-prisoner, who was in orders.
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I pumped my fellow-prisoner as dry as I could, for fear I should never see him again; but at length he showed me which was my bed, and left me to blow out the lamp.
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It was the warder, who came to inform him, that, by order of the Lieutenant of the Tower, his lordship was to have the society and attendance of a fellow-prisoner in his place of confinement.
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I told my governess the story of the boatswain, and she was mighty eager with me treat with him; but I had no mind to it, till I heard whether my husband, or fellow-prisoner, so she called him, could be at liberty to go with me or no.
Moll Flanders 2003
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"He was," said fellow-prisoner Eppa Hunton, "thoroughly whipped and seemed to be dreadfully demoralized."
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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"He was," said fellow-prisoner Eppa Hunton, "thoroughly whipped and seemed to be dreadfully demoralized."
LEE’S LIEUTENANTS DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN 2001
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He and fellow-prisoner Koper Myburgh contend that their services as full-time AWB officials had never been terminated.
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