I think that I shall not recover from my ill-treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
The ill-treatment of Burns has had its measure of denunciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
Savoy, he splendidly atoned for his ill-treatment of Count Louis de. From Wordnik.com. [The Counts of Gruyère] Reference
No. He simply says that "he saw no ill-treatment of their wounded.". From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Christianity were especially displayed in the ill-treatment of those. From Wordnik.com. [A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)] Reference
She can stand any amount of ill-treatment and cruelty, in a sufficient cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
A 10 percent increase in bullying and other types of ill-treatment by classmates. From Wordnik.com. [Too much TV for toddlers may take a toll tomorrow] Reference
Divorce is permitted for adultery or extravagance or ill-treatment by either party. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
"I complain, sir," replied the lady sternly, "of general neglect and ill-treatment.". From Wordnik.com. [Working in the Shade Lowly Sowing brings Glorious Reaping] Reference
Fifteenth, you are a pretty woman to talk of misery and ill-treatment for fourteen years!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Charles still burns with indignation at her father's irreligion and personal ill-treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius] Reference
She says she warned her superiors from the first about the ill-treatment of Iraqi prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [Rough Justice In Iraq] Reference
It will help to clarify our ideas of charges of ill-treatment to remind ourselves of the following. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
Nero appointed judges to hear the complaints of slaves as to ill-treatment or insufficient feeding. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
In England the law at least protects you from bodily ill-treatment at the hands of agent or overseer. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
"I commanded a crew of shipwrecked sailors, as also did my companion in ill-treatment, Captain Westover.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of Montreal Being Recollections of a Female Physician] Reference
They are easily kept in order by gentleness, but have spirit enough to resent ill-treatment if undeserved. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850] Reference
Going down to the sea-shore Achilles called upon Thetis his mother to whom he told the story of his ill-treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
There is no complaint by the privates of insult or ill-treatment, formerly disgracefully common from their white comrades. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Moreover, the reports as to ill-treatment and deaths produced the same kind of effect on the other side as they did on this. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
For myself, meanwhile, neither family sorrow nor ill-treatment by any individual shall withdraw me from the service of the state. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
This is inexcusable ill-treatment, for it subjects the open book thus burdened, to injury, besides probably soiling its pages with dust. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
We suffered much that day, chiefly on account of the great heat caused by the crowd, and the ill-treatment we met with from the soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The European exodus from all quarters continued, defenceless men and women alike being subjected to insult and ill-treatment by the Boers. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
British and Canadians also refused in spite of threats, and ill-treatment, and all were sent on to Celle Laager, the main punishment camp. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
He was tied up, and forced to submit to all sorts of ill-treatment, being given dirty water to drink, for instance, when half-dying of thirst. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Meanwhile, credible reports persist of the arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention, and ill-treatment of alleged rebels, separatists and terrorists. From Wordnik.com. [Letta Tayler: Friends of Yemen: Tie Aid to Human Rights] Reference
Such attacks, had they been made, might fairly be looked upon as a retaliation for the ill-treatment of the Moslems before the flight from Mecca. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
When he reached the Place de l'Eglise, worn out by fatigue and the ill-treatment which he had received, he put down his load and tried to escape. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
= -- These facts often made the position of the chief-mother in a family one of such importance that they became her insurance against want and ill-treatment. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
The king had discarded and banished Cordelia, and divided his kingdom between his other two daughters; but their ingratitude and ill-treatment had driven him crazy. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886] Reference
I could not witness it, as all officers commanding companies were obliged to remain in camp, owing to the ill-treatment the prisoners experienced at the Summer Palace. From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
In the various stories thus far mentioned which involve the family relations, we have had examples of treachery on the part of brothers, ill-treatment of step-children, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
While passing through this town, on her return from Andersonville to New Orleans, Clotelle had to encounter the fierce ill-treatment of these chivalrous daughters of the South. From Wordnik.com. [Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter] Reference
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