I little thought that the pains I took to make a huntsman of myself would hereafter befit me for a general of renown in Kafir warfare. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
About noon, we arrived at a spot called the Kafir's Grave. From Wordnik.com. [First Footsteps in East Africa] Reference
One, usually called the Kafir-boom, has large flowers of a brilliant crimson. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of South Africa] Reference
Neither did he attempt to steal that which to the Kafir is the most coveted prize of all -- a fat ox. From Wordnik.com. [The Settler and the Savage] Reference
Slavery had been abolished in theory, but the 'Kafir' bought his wives, who worked 'to keep him in idleness'. From Wordnik.com. [file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa04.txt] Reference
White workers complained of being degraded to the 'Kafir's' level, went on strike, demonstrated and rioted in 1883. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950] Reference
About noon, we arrived at a spot called the Kafir’s Grave. From Wordnik.com. [First footsteps in East Africa] Reference
"'Have you got the woman, Martinus?' called a Kafir from outside. From Wordnik.com. [Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories] Reference
(Nuclear Blast), he incorporates the Muslim declaration of faith into the lyrics of "Kafir". From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
'Kafir' and a 'Feringhee,' and ordered peremptorily back to Sherpur if he had any regard for his life. From Wordnik.com. [The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80] Reference
I must say I like Kafir servants in some respects. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
"Well, what would a Kafir do with thousands of pounds, anyway?" said. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
"Kafir women don't buy lovers or husbands: we buy the wife we want.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
A Kafir servant usually gets one pound a month, his clothes and food. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
In one of the huts we found a Kafir lying sick, and too weak to rise. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
Kafir holding half a dozen horses, we asked him where the owners were. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
One evening about twenty of us were sent off to keep watch in a Kafir kraal near the town. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
A Kafir girl is exceedingly proud of being bought, and the more she costs the prouder she is. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
These Kafir-lads make excellent nurse-boys generally, and English children are very fond of them. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
It is also interesting to find that a section of the Kafir community of Kamdesh still claim the same. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Plunging thus unconsciously into the midst of a Kafir war rendered travelling unpleasant and dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
"Surely the Kafir was able to describe him, if he had been in the habit of meeting him every three months?". From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
I also went to see the Kafir school, carried on under the careful management of the Rev.Mr. and Mrs. M. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Tour in South Africa] Reference
The Kafir women's part of the establishment is distinct, and quite half a mile distant from the men's quarters. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Tour in South Africa] Reference
It is much better, I am convinced, to face the evil boldly and to make up one's mind to have none but Kafir servants. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
Here and there, too, are clusters of fat, dumpy haystacks, which in reality are no haystacks at all, but Kafir kraals. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876] Reference
We must bear in mind, however, that it is a new and altogether revolutionary idea to a Kafir that he should do any work at all. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
For this reason they are sure to get on badly with Kafir fellow-servants, who are generally quite above any temptation of that kind. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
The sense of solidarity of the family in Europe is thin and feeble compared to the full-blooded sense of corporate union of the Kafir clan. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
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