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  • Obedience was strong in him, for it was his heart's desire to serve his lord's will, and from the few days 'confinement he sensed, or guessed, or divined, without thinking about it, that it was Steward's will for him to stay in the stateroom.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • Shortlands planter did not hear nor guess; and Michael bounded to his feet and to his lord's side.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • Hitherto, she had deemed herself a woman of an alien breed, of inferior stock, purchased by her lord's favor.

    The Wife of a King 2010

  • Yet Kwaque bore no grudge against Michael, and was himself so interested in his lord's welfare and comfort -- this lord who had saved his life that terrible day on King William Island from the two grief-stricken pig-owners -- that he cherished Michael for his lord's sake.

    CHAPTER V 2010

  • "Your doctrine certainly sounds like socialism," Mr. Morse replied, while Ruth gazed anxiously from one to the other, and Mrs. Morse beamed happily at the opportunity afforded of rousing her liege lord's antagonism.

    Chapter 29 2010

  • Schumpeter may have dressed like a bank president, but, as the Viennese press observed snidely, his lifestyle was as extravagant as a lord's . . .

    Follow the Money James Grant 2011

  • So while these people, these fundamentalists, are doing their lord's work, such as speaking for their higher power on his behalf by telling the grieving families of dead soldiers that the death was God's punishment for America's stance on homosexuality, they are securing their place for everlasting peace.

    Carol Hoenig: A Sorry Lot, Indeed Carol Hoenig 2011

  • She grunted acknowledgment and gratitude for her lord's condescension, slipped into the harness, and bent forward to the load.

    LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010

  • So while these people, these fundamentalists, are doing their lord's work, such as speaking for their higher power on his behalf by telling the grieving families of dead soldiers that the death was God's punishment for America's stance on homosexuality, they are securing their place for everlasting peace.

    Carol Hoenig: A Sorry Lot, Indeed Carol Hoenig 2011

  • Hitherto, she had deemed herself a woman of an alien breed, of inferior stock, purchased by her lord's favor.

    The Wife of a King 2010

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