Force works on servile natures, not the free. From LearnThat.org. [Ben Johnson (1572-1637), British clergyman, dramatist, wit.]
Brown's attempt at servile insurrection. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Spoke in a servile tone. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Wherefore in this respect those works are called servile whereby one man serves another. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Before the days of Christianity, slaves alone were thus employed, and from the word "servi" or slaves these are called servile works. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference
Such fear of punishment is compatible with charity, but it is not called servile unless punishment is looked upon as the principal evil, as we explained in Arts. 2 and 3. From Wordnik.com. [Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas] Reference
If "love" meant the kind of servile mentality that Johanna seemed to exhibit toward Luis, then love wasn't for Sarah. From Wordnik.com. [Give Us Forever]
To see those Hands in servile Fetter's ty'd. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions] Reference
And to whole nations, bound in servile straits. From Wordnik.com. [The Uniter and Liberator of America] Reference
'Not in bed yet,' he said, with a kind of servile heartiness; 'it's so natural. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Darkness] Reference
Such fear of punishment is consistent with charity; but it is not called servile, except when punishment is dreaded as a principal evil, as explained above (AA. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
In the current posting on boycottnyt. com, Feder examines the paper's "servile" stories on Obama's Tuesday's press conference and efforts to regulate corporate salaries. From Wordnik.com. Reference
‘Not in bed yet,’ he said, with a kind of servile heartiness; ‘it's so natural. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Darkness] Reference
So the fate of a fine man's son is left in the hands of a servile mother. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Mrs. Trotter received the offer with a dignity untainted by servile gratitude. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
We may be its willing subject on the one hand, or its servile slave on the other. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
You shall do no servile work therein, and you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
This servile vanity is not less natural or less common than the vanity of dominion. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The artist is clearly the proud central character, with the collector smaller, and faintly servile. From Wordnik.com. [A MEETING OF THE MINDS] Reference
From the senator to the slave, everybody in the empire crouched in servile subjection before his throne. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
He had not purchased his popularity with servile adulation and at a sacrifice of his own personal dignity. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Hundreds that had, a moment before, exulted in unwonted freedom, bowed before it with the homage of servile adoration. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
O, servile race of flatterers! yet know, to your confusion, that I have tried you all, and find you trifling and insincere. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Always deferential, she was never servile; always reserved, she ever faced duties large and small, promptly, quietly and efficiently. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
These servile imitators of foreign pen soldiers were destined to see all their pet theories exploded by the grim old mountain puma from. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
The servile endurance of the Chinese is simply amazing; how can they embrace unnecessary suffering as the only way of life and even as an enjoyable experience?. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
How servile is the task to please alone. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Haslam reads four stanzas from “Child Harold” by John Clare] Reference
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