Gifford was much gratified, and to Zoe's great delight, so far from making any objection, had the family diamonds reset, and made her a very handsome present, in addition to the sum he usually allowed her, to meet all extra expenses; and, as he was in the way of being generous, he selected an elegant "esclavage"; an ornament in those days much coveted and fashionable, gallantly saying it was to make amends for his rudeness in burning her book. From Wordnik.com. [Zoe: The History of Two Lives] Reference
Reflexions sur l™esclavage des nègres, by M. Schwartz, pastor at Bienne. From Wordnik.com. [The Snowbank] Reference
De rendre à l'antique esclavage!. From Wordnik.com. [La Marseillaise] Reference
Votre libert ` e ne me s ` eduit point; cette libert ` e tant vant ` ee me paroit bien plus on ` ereuse que notre esclavage; mais il ne m'appartient pas de traitor de telles mati ` eres: permettez-moi de bl ` amer votre indiscr ` etion, de vous aller promener dans les rues pendant ce vacarme. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
De rendre à l'antique esclavage. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution] Reference
De rendre à l’antique esclavage!. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Bastille Day] Reference
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