| 单词 | sufferance |
| 例句 | What was worse, Lola had made it clear that she too would be acting on sufferance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You are only lord commander by my sufferance. You would do well to remember that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My tears were not for Bailey or Mother or even myself but for the helplessness of mortals who live on the sufferance of Life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s convinced of her own legitimacy, her right to pronounce: I and my kind are here on sufferance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I did join the RSC for a couple of seasons as walk-on and understudy, but felt I was there on sufferance. Once upon a life: Margaret Drabble 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z Photograph: Maurice Foxall London's symphony orchestras are criticised for a lack of enthusiasm for contemporary music, and do sometimes give the impression that they only include new works in their programmes under sufferance. This week's new live music 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z Filming in Franco’s Spain with the sufferance of the Church, Buñuel set the action in pre-Civil War Toledo, but his sly, ironic fancies do the established order no favors. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z When Oliver Cromwell allowed us back in, we were very much here on sufferance. Howard Jacobson: 'I've been discovered' 2010-10-13T17:14:00Z So anything we take is really on their sufferance. In "Pretty Bitches," women confront the words used to put them in their place 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z In fact, getting in as a "stranger" was at the sufferance of both the clergyman and the churchwardens. How to Read a Graveyard by Peter Stanford – review 2013-05-03T18:00:03Z The apron is a recurring theme in my work because it is symbolic of women’s sufferance. Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada Meet at the Met 2012-04-11T22:09:12Z She’s not merely his prisoner; she’s his plaything, completely dependent and utterly vulnerable, not merely travelling but surviving solely at his sufferance. “The Hateful Eight”: Quentin Tarantino’s Playfully Adolescent Filmmaking 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Perhaps for some—the intrepid and legendary explorers and today's possessed polar workers — the inexplicable pull of the pole stems from the sufferance of a magnetic drive. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z —Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z “He owns them absolutely. He crushed them and they exist only by his sufferance,” said Fried. US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of rich 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “He’s caught between the reality that he knows and understands and the perspectives and desires and agendas of the owners at whose sufferance he serves,” Edwards said. Perspective | In NFL’s latest crisis of public trust, Roger Goodell is nowhere to be found 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z It is a story about who gets to go where, who gets to exist safely in public, and who is only there on sufferance. Opinion | We love you. You’re very special. Go home. 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “The message they are getting is, ‘You are here on sufferance,’” he added. Meet the Official Accused of Helping Trump Politicize Homeland Security 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Another: "I wish the worse for him, I want him to feel the pain and sufferance I have felt. He has destroyed a part of my life." The sexual predator who waited outside nightclubs 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z White Protestants created this country; everybody else is here on their sufferance. President Donald Trump hates America 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z No rights by sufferance or rights by kindness. Looking at Anti-Semitism on the Left and the Right: An Interview with Deborah E. Lipstadt 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the players, most of whom know that they are easily replaceable, often lacking guaranteed contracts, exist at the sufferance of their white billionaire team owners, a number of whom were early Trump donors. Another season of despair 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z But the menace of partition is again upon Indians, this time through the intention to impose Hindu nationhood on us and declare all other Indians outsiders who are here on sufferance. Partition, 70 years on: Salman Rushdie, Kamila Shamsie and other writers reflect 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The Maybot would be allowed to continue on sufferance, primarily because there weren’t any obviously more capable candidates. The making of the Maybot: a year of mindless slogans, U-turns and denials 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z The extreme murkiness of who owns what, and for how long, under Putin sufferance is illustrated by the financial coup with which he ended 2016. The CIA Keeps Putin’s Secrets 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The prime minister will be operating largely at the sufferance of the Brexit wing of his party. Britain has voted to leave the EU – what happens next? 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z British rights exist, however, at the sufferance of Parliament. The 588-year path to limited government 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z It only survives because of our long sufferance. You can buy a Bernie Sanders teddy bear. But are you sure you don’t want a Teddy Cruz? 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The tide is turning; greater equality is not a sufferance but a human right. Gary Oldman showed how far 'anti-PC brigade' sentiment has come 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z America's nuclear utilities have survived over the last six decades only with billions of dollars in government handouts and the sufferance of indulgent state and federal regulators. Edison's San Onofre settlement mirrors bailouts of banks 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z This means that Westerners are tolerated only under sufferance. What A Wonderful World!: Get Raped In Dubai And You'll Serve 16 Months In Prison 2013-07-21T14:44:00Z It is hemmed in by the fact that investigators can only operate on sufferance of the countries they are working in, which can complicate the situation in dangerous or hostile areas. Insight: International court's credibility in dock over failed prosecutions 2013-03-19T12:47:48Z The position held at first by sufferance may ripen into a possessory title, provided he sticks to his claim. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z For else, if Christ did allow such manner of defence, as some most foolishly do interpret, why doth both all the life and doctrine of Christ preach no other thing but sufferance? Against War 2012-04-21T02:00:21.397Z The few white men they have seen have been men of peace—missionaries and such-like—living but by their sufferance, and now for years held in the degrading position of captives. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z He therefore continued: "I am a kind of tenant at sufferance of the Oneidas here, myself; and I certainly cannot object to their visiting their own territory." The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z They all lived, thought I, on sufferance, by the grace of the great God who made them all, and me as well. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Conquest of China was always conquest by sufferance of the Chinese. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Louis laughed faintly, and lifted his eyebrows with a comical air of sufferance. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Yet they must not imagine that, in taking possession of the French forts, they gained any right to the country; for the487 French had never bought the land, and lived upon it by sufferance only. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z "Ask on!" he replied; and I wondered whether there was not a little too much of bravado in the tone of sufferance he assumed. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z What is he?—a man who, socially, is patronised; who is recognised only on sufferance; who, if he marries, must marry a commoner, a woman of the people, with all her limitations. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z So long as China was at the mercy of Western power, any self-government that the Chinese might attempt would have to be essayed at the sufferance of the aggressors. The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I 2012-04-04T02:00:55.303Z Jane, who was so totally dependent on others, who lived as it were on sufferance, rarely doing work, or helping her mother in any way, or interesting herself in any one single thing. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z He assumed the family name, partook in its system of sacrificial rites, and became, not on sufferance or at will, but to all intents and purposes a member of the house of his adopter.... The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Such Has been the patient sufferance of these Our Colonies, and such is now the need, That forces them to change their present systems Of Government. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z He was there, not because he stood on the same footing as these people, but on sufferance. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z It stops the mouths of lions and reconciles our sufferance and weak faculties with the violence of torment and sharpness of persecution. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z But it is not well to go even to heaven on sufferance. Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z After all, they're there on sufferance, and every official keeps a jealous eye on them. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z For the moment I was nobody; a prisoner, an alien person admitted grudgingly, and on sufferance. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z There were farms, here and there, but they seemed to have been let in by sufferance amid the primary apparatus of the steel-makers. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z But the women, emboldened by the event and the presence of strangers, did not heed him, and after some minutes of silent sufferance his patience came to an end. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Henceforth it existed as a nation only on sufferance. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z For the first six months of his life Wolf lived at The Place on sufferance. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z On the word of a nameless wanderer admitted to our table on sufferance you accuse an honourable gentleman, our kinsman and our host, of--Heaven knows of what, I don't! My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z To think that I would go anywhere on sufferance! The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Do not pursue Being and entanglements; Do not dwell in Emptiness and sufferance. True Heart/Mind 2012-01-17T03:00:19.553Z Surely the sufferance on the part of the City Government, does not arise, from a respect for vested rights!!! Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z It only lets the new bud press forth on sufferance, to blight it in its own good time: “it might lead life astray and give it a false value.” Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Steel rode with slack bridle and his head bent, and I was heavy of heart, for I held Gaspard's Trail only on sufferance, and the same fate must soon overtake me. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z But as to officers, "sufferance is the badge of all their tribe." The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Centuries of this sort of thing ingrained into South Americans the belief that industrial and commercial activity exists only by sufferance of the government. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Perchance “the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies.” Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z All live by sufferance on the Lord's estate, fed and sustained by his bounty. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z He could not see that, from the heaven above, a messenger had come on a cloud, was recording this noble feat on his life's register, and helped him by averting all ordinary sufferance. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolate bosoms: mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z These Proselytes of the Gate, however, were little more than on sufferance. Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:34.690Z "I shall let him perceive, however, that it does so—so far at least as I am concerned—upon sufferance, and, as it were—what is the word?—ay, vicariously." Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z No doubt he felt that, though his uncle's nephew, he was still only admitted to Borga on sufferance. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Being the less and weaker animal, all a fox does is allowed on sufferance. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z You held the land in sufferance to answer for your right, To cherish those beneath you and lead them into fight; You have refused all payment, and trampled in your might. Rebel Verses 2011-07-22T02:00:18.367Z The appearance of a newspaper in the club was a thing of great rarity, as we have already hinted that politics were only permitted occasionally on sufferance. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z It is only on sufferance that the counsel can appear at all, and he is liable to peremptory dismissal at any moment during the trial. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z The Continental Congress was a revolutionary body which had no power save the sufferance of states which were themselves revolutionary. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Christianity exists in Turkey by a kind of sufferance. Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life 2011-06-21T02:00:23.800Z But He remained there, so to speak, on sufferance. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of Government. Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z The former was stretched upon his wretched pallet, while the daughter was found on the floor of the lower room, in a state that denoted the sufferance not only of disease, but of famine. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z This privilege is a vital principle, underlying the whole administration of criminal justice; it is not held by sufferance, and cannot be frittered away on any plea of state or political necessity.” The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z Rachel was there on sufferance; the very bed on which she slept was Mrs. Brown's; the very chair on which she sat was Mrs. Brown's. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z It is true he remained in possession of these improvements, including his home, but by sufferance only. Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon 2011-05-20T02:00:38.647Z By Divine sufferance, mothers can do much to abrogate the evil consequences of paternal misdoing,—but paternal misdoing is not for that any the less evil. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Never for a minute did they allow him to presume on their sufferance, and his remarks fell dead and flat. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z He was only on sufferance at the Hold, and was made to feel more of an interloper in it day by day. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z The law of January 1907 permitted religious worship in the churches purely on sufferance and without any legal title. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z It is not mine; I am only here on sufferance. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Each should stand on its own mountain-height and call to the other through clear, bright air; but such sufferance only draws both down into the damp, unwholesome valley-lands where lurk fever and pestilence. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z They did not dare complain when all mankind was in a state of sufferance. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Finally, February 27, 1911, he resigned, refusing to hold office by the sufferance of the reactionary Right. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z You are there on sufferance, take care to interfere with nobody, and above all, keep wide of the hounds! Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z I would not willingly bring any shame on the proud name I have borne even on sufferance. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Those who are independent of the world’s sufferance are tolerably sure to get it. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z She could think of nothing but the quiet, silent, pitiful corpse; and all this vapid mouthing exasperated her beyond sufferance. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The change of estimation in Schiller's case from worship to sufferance is a lasting proof. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z We hunt on sufferance; for our own sakes we cannot make the amusement too popular with the lower classes. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z Actually Barcroft had no right there, save on sufferance and by the courtesy of the skipper. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z Ministries which exist by sufferance are necessarily compelled to adapt their measures to the wishes of those who permit them to continue in power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z "Reverend and Respected,— "It is not your prayers alone, although of much avail, which we beg on the bending knee of sufferance, galled by the corroding fetters of slavery. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z Life in some poky place abroad or in the country, received on sufferance or not at all. The Oyster 2011-02-10T03:00:49.300Z What is to requite me for all this courtesy on sufferance, all this mockery of consideration? The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "You forget that I saw all these things, as it were, on sufferance," replied she. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The Black Sea is emphatically a Russian sea; but Russia enjoys the valuable use of it only by the sufferance of whomsoever holds Constantinople. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Thus, intermittingly, ever and anon during those sad two days of deepest sufferance, Pierre would stand reasoning and expostulating with himself; and by such meditative treatment, reassure his own spontaneous impulses. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z I am only on sufferance here in the house; shall I be grateful for that? Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z The oppression of bricks and mortar is a great sufferance to me! Capricious Caroline Vesalius was a young man when he professed in Padua, yet, young or venerable, where but in Italy would he have won, I would not say renown, but even sufferance! The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Cats walk about my home, sleek and superior; they make me feel that I am there on sufferance. The Jonathan Papers As Shakespeare says: "The poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies." An Atheist Manifesto To them man pays a toll on all excellence he gains or finds; libations and burnt-offerings, the fat and the first fruits: he exists by their sufferance and serves their caprice. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Moreover, so long as a great military power is domiciled in Kuldja, China's hold on the country west of Aksu must be only on sufferance. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Business was, of course, tabooed; even politics were only admitted on sufferance and by a special permission of the chairman. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I No small distinction was it, therefore, for the widow's son to be there; not merely admitted and on sufferance, but encouraged, liked, and made much of. Tony Butler She was there upon sufferance only—a guest? The Master's Violin Your view of her situation is admirable, and, by your skilful tactique, it is she herself that ostracizes the society that would only have accepted her on sufferance. The Fortunes Of Glencore At another period he urges long sufferance as a justification for continuing—even extending—the crime of slavery, and he meets defeat amid slaughter and devastation. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses I that live in the shelter of these woods by sufferance merely—an unmolested outlaw, to speak soberly, whom these fanatics of liberty have forborne for the sake of past acquaintance and present peaceful habits? Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency He had understood that he was a runaway, kept on sufferance by the captain to please the second mate; but that was all, and it was not much. Little Miss Joy If a shepherd’s claim were doubtful, it might be settled either by his familiarity with its marks and ways, or by its familiarity with him, its sufferance of his hand, its answer to his voice. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I The habitual election of the successors from the same family was gradually transformed into hereditary succession, first by sufferance, then by claim, and finally by usurpation. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State On the contrary, his hopeful spirit seemed to rise under the pressure of each new sufferance, and he constantly cheered me by saying, "The tide must ebb soon." Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The ladies have a club of their very own to which, I believe, men are only allowed to come on sufferance. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In the outlying provinces they live almost on sufferance of the natives, and, were these to unite their forces and rise, they could annihilate the Dutch. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars The only guaranty for the world's smile is rank and genius; without one of these you do not escape from mediocrity and sufferance. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Besides, there was a steadily increasing number of foreign immigrants who were only protected by traditional sufferance. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State It is the general belief that she was a mere chattel, having no rights whatever, existing merely upon the sufferance of her husband, and in all ways a slave, a creature without rights or privileges. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) There are five public bridges over the river Wensum, besides one at the New Mills, generally used by sufferance, which is of wood; four of the others, viz.—Blackfriars’, A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811 She was in such good spirits at being home again, she had for the moment forgotten that she was only there on sufferance. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" He did not give any reason; there was no need to say that he did not choose to have his son make his first appearance among the common people admitted on sufferance. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine They held them by a precarious tenure, like that of chaplains; they were mere tenants at sufferance. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia In ancient times the inhabitants were either amphibious or lived at great sufferance from the floods. Eight days in New Orleans in February, 1847 It is an intolerable matter, beyond all possible sufferance, when religion is made to pander to sensuality and extortion. A Supplication for the Beggars Would the society in which I move be reminded that they accept me on sufferance? Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day You are here on sufferance, and you have only such rights as you can persuade us to give you. The Golden Skull But it has now so far accepted the doctrine that women who must labor if they would live honestly and independently need no longer do so under sufferance or suspicion. Maids Wives and Bachelors You never had any right in this house but the right of sufferance. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Reprisals to two of them, at least might prove awkward; and as for 'Master Albert,' he lives but on general sufferance. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The sufferance, which is the badge of the Jew, has made him, in these days, the ruler of the rulers of the earth. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse They have lived in fear, and under sufferance for so long, that it is difficult to rouse them even to defend themselves,—out here, anyhow. The Red Symbol A large number swell the crowds of day-labourers, who frequent the legal quays, the sufferance wharves, and the docks. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 They were so few as to be manifestly incapable of maintaining any separate political organization; or even of holding their slave property, except under the sufferance, toleration and protection of the non-slaveholders. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery All these cottages and allotments have only been held on sufferance, on good behaviour, and hence they have failed. The Hills and the Vale While the bordar, or cottager, was resident in the manor more or less on sufferance, the villein was there of right, and was in that sense the superior of the bordar. The Annals of Willenhall I have worked under sufferance, and, as it were, with both hands tied,” he said sadly. The Red Symbol There is only one white on Apemama, and he on sufferance, living far from court, and hearkening and watching his conduct like a mouse in a cat’s ear. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) But he now held possession only on sufferance, and it was distinctly understood that he might be called upon to vacate at any time on a few days' notice. Doubloons—and the Girl For, in the first place, let note be taken of a most important circumstance, which is that at the present time these cottages let on sufferance do not bring in one shilling to the landlord. The Hills and the Vale The control of matters of this kind was in the hands of the church by sufferance only. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Every point in Pierre's policy had dictated conciliation and sufferance; but now this was cast aside. The Blue Goose They were both only on sufferance in the house. Timar's Two Worlds With them nothing more remained to be done; his communications with the emperor at Constantinople were at the sufferance of the Mohammedan navies. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The system of employing men on sufferance, and keeping them, however mildly, under the thumb, is a system totally at variance with the tenets of our time. The Hills and the Vale Dr Buckland used to say that when he joined the Geological Society in 1813, 'it had a very landed manner, and only admitted the professors of geology in Oxford and Cambridge on sufferance.' The Coming of Evolution The Story of a Great Revolution in Science It was manifest by the whole strain of the court lawyers that no limitations on the King's authority could exist but by the King's sufferance. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Eliz. after so many years sufferance, there were laws made against recusants and seditious books.” Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 All else that he did was by sufferance, and often he could not even obtain sufferance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 “I do not wish to remain here on sufferance,” the boy continued. The Moving Finger “On your sufferance only, and so long as you shall please to be indulgent,” said the Baron. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) It shrank and drooped in its barren field, and seemed to cling only by sufferance to the edge of the splendid city. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales They felt that somehow they were there only on sufferance, a necessary evil to be pushed into the background, like any other domestic skeleton. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country They know that they exist by sufferance—by sufferance of a mightier than themselves. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 When he tolerantly discussed the peculiarities of ladies as a sex, he would endure to be laughed at, "for sufferance was the badge of all his tribe," and possibly he rather liked it. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse And deans as a rule are more sedentary, more quiescent, more given to sufferance even than bishops. Is He Popenjoy? The priesthood was completely despoiled of even their churches, which they now occupy only on sufferance, the legal fee in the same being vested in the government. Aztec Land Henceforth till we feed ourselves again, we live on sufferance, and dangle before all eyes the apple of discord. Another Sheaf We feel very anxious about here, for we feel that we are only staying on sufferance, and we have no confidence in the support of the present Government. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule In his own Rome the Pope lived and breathed on sufferance. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I In theory she was, so long as she acknowledged the suzerainty of the sultan, in the country merely on that ruler's sufferance. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources It stands in stubborn picturesqueness, at the receipt of sad-eyed contemplation and the sufferance of "sketches." The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index We are outlaws in the dear land that is ours; we dwell on sufferance where our fathers ruled! The Wild Geese We are only here on sufferance, and every person in the Colony knows it and feels it only too well. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule O, let me suffer, being at your beck, The imprison'd absence of your liberty; And patience, tame to sufferance, bide each check, Without accusing you of injury. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems When a lease is expired, and the tenant keeps possession without any new contract, he is deemed a tenant at sufferance. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families He realized now that he was permanently out of the company, a branch manager at his brother's sufferance, and the thought irritated him greatly. Jennie Gerhardt A Novel They treat the garrison of Sumpter as enemies on sufferance, and here their commissioners go about free, and glory in treason. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Remember, I am only here on sufferance; it is really all yours.” Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story One's instinct to retain life, to grasp at happiness, was so strong; and yet, again and again, one was taught that it was all on sufferance, and that one must count on nothing. Beside Still Waters The press had no foreign correspondence; India was six months away, and all the Europeans in it were either servants of the Company, or remained in it on the Company's sufferance. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 He had been allowed to live at The Grange on sufferance, barely tolerated by the proud girl who had been ignorant of his existence. Our Bessie Mr. Bascom owns the house, and you are staying here merely on sufferance.” Hepsey Burke Auxiliary derived from the idea of sufferance—let. A Handbook of the English Language In I, iii, 84, 'sufferance' is used in its ordinary modern sense. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar Only by its sufferance of the bargain counter and of sweat-shop-made goods has the nuisance existed as long as it has. The Battle with the Slum There are many native princes who govern states in India, as is the case at Jeypore; but they do so under sufferance, as it were, acknowledging their "subordinate dependence" to the British government. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months When it is said that God told the lying spirit to go and deceive Ahab, this is the mere drapery of the parable, and must be held as denoting sufferance, and not authoritative command. The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Upon what occasion hath heaven repaid me with this reward, by sufferance, to suffer me to perish? Mediaeval Tales She demands to be the custodian of her own affairs, and not to hold them by sufferance. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II While he was himself admitted to the high literary society which he frequented, on terms of sufferance chiefly, Boswell took every pains to disparage poor Goldsmith. Old New England Traits The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature The best you’ll get from me, young woman, is a most reluctant sufferance. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 There is war implanted in the very bosom of society—hatred, and the giving and the sufferance of pain. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 They sprang into being by accident, and they continue to live by the sufferance of circumstances. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II They felt themselves to be a Ministry on sufferance, and, according to the gossip of the hour, their watchword was ‘Anything for a quiet life.’ Lord John Russell For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature This film, or book, or song, is mine; anything you do with it, or to it, you do at my sufferance. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind But hitherto these had been there on sufferance, and it had been understood that they were to be kept far from the cattle range. Brand Blotters Literally she has no rights which man is bound to respect; and her civil privileges she holds only by sufferance. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Thus he sat, dejection and despair stamped on his homely face; haughty, yet a suppliant; a king, yet only by sufferance. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Since he was there on sufferance, so to speak, it was up to him to keep still and not interrupt Denny's play. The Raid on the Termites It is sufferance, not law, which enables the Indian Office to-day to administer its charge. The Indian Question (1874) If Turkey is allowed to remain in Europe at all it will be on sufferance. Pan-Islam Yet henceforth I made myself one of the party, admitted on sufferance with a very bad grace. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 In patience and sweet sufferance she lies, substance, nurse and genetrix of Life. The Masque of the Elements What are our woes and sufferance compared with these? The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy The self-government enjoyed by the Indian tribes under the Constitution of the United States, as under the European powers, has always been a government by sufferance, by toleration, by permission. The Indian Question (1874) Thus gradually the Babylonish woman became unseated, and fell from her position on the beast; and, instead of guiding and directing the civil power, now only exists by sufferance. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Toleration!" he exclaimed; "sufferance! pardon! clemency! ideas supremely unjust towards the Protestants, so long as it is true that difference of religion, that difference of opinion, is not a crime! The Huguenots in France We may say that it exists by sufferance at Pekin, and nowhere else in the Empire. The Life of Gordon, Volume II Many men seem to regard the sport as provided for them alone, and look upon my sex as being in the hunting field on sufferance. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. She had been reigning sovereign at Briarwood hitherto; henceforth she could only live there on sufferance. Vixen, Volume I. O, God's will! much better She ne'er had known pomp: though it be temporal, Yet if that quarrel, fortune, do divorce It from the bearer, 'tis a sufferance, panging As soul and body's severing. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical If the widow and children remain there one night, they remain there on sufferance. The Bertrams A custom-house document specifying the goods shipped by a coasting vessel, docketted with a sufferance for their discharge on arriving at the place of destination. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As for his job on the "Morning Telegraph," he was aware that he held it only on sufferance, drawing a momentary and precarious income. The Creators A Comedy It is not, with me, a matter of will, or trial, or sufferance, or good humour, or making the best of it, or making the worst of it, any longer. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete She wore a dark gown, with white collar and cuffs, and her manner was marked by the restraint of an upper servant of 131 some sort who sits at the family table by sufferance. The Madness of May The old rulers were taking a new partner of such power, that whatever authority was left to them might seem to be left on sufferance. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill She was there on sufferance,—dependent on her uncle's charity for her daily bread, let her uncle say what he might to the contrary. Ralph the Heir Here, Life existed only on sufferance, and all Nature frowned with a robber's demand to give it up. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland As the lawyers have the deed of transfer, and the purchase money has been paid, we’re only here on sufferance, and must soon yield possession. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea I am here on sufferance, here because you have been a friend to me. "The Pomp of Yesterday" These colonies we held, though we knew it not, on Boer sufferance. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back The husband only comes in on sufferance, to pay the bills, listen to complaints, and be a "man about the place," should a man be required. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Freight traffic was entirely suspended, and passenger trains were run only on sufferance of the strikers. Historical Essays Know you not—why do I ask? you do know that my house, my slaves, nay! that my very jewels and my garments, are mine but upon sufferance. The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 After sufferance of the rigours of northern winters, mind and body expanded under the sun of the genial south. Overbeck In any case the effect will be mortal or not mortal; if not mortal, reparable or irreparable injury when corporal, actual, or apprehended, sufferance when mental. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics It was a new position for Lady Charlotte to be anywhere on sufferance. Robert Elsmere A few strips along the African coast, tenuously held by sufferance of the great powers, and bits of territory at Goa, Daman, and Diu in India, are the twentieth century remnants of Portugal's colonial empire. A History of Sea Power I explained my feelings to the Preceptress with great earnestness and anxiety for their future, intimating that I believed their immunity from disaster had been owing to Divine sufferance. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch We cannot hold our rights by mere sufferance, and we will not; we do not ask you to hold yours136 in that way. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 The French Priests were also to be reminded that their residence in Canada was merely on sufferance, and that it was necessary for them to behave circumspectly, else even that indulgence would be withdrawn. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 England is a Christian State, he said; they are not Christians; they have no right in her except on sufferance. Robert Elsmere "You are here only on sufferance; either leave the room or be silent." The Justice of the King She has no objection to her as a daughter-in-law if Floyd must marry, but it is bitterly hard to be dethroned, to have nothing, to live on sufferance. Floyd Grandon's Honor Miss Panton murmured something about Wordsworth, obviously thinking that a more fitting topic to be discussed before a young person who was taking tea on sufferance with her betters. The Privet Hedge I would not be understood as inviting you here; for it is not, except upon sufferance, my room; and I have no inducement to offer. Deerbrook To the South this seemed to mean that in future, if it was to remain in the Union at all, it must be on sufferance. A History of the United States But he was a man used to disappointment, and he bore this with mild sufferance. Miss Mackenzie She cannot get over the feeling that she is merely on sufferance. Floyd Grandon's Honor Then she had been a social waif, received on sufferance. Jewel Weed “I am here, out of school hours, only upon sufferance,” replied Miss Young. Deerbrook Begone and enforce yourself to live, for methinketh indeed you do but sojourn here below upon sufferance, so peaked and scant o' wind you show to me. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Alexander, by Divine sufferance elect of York, to the Lady Basset of Drayton wisheth peace, health, and the blessing of God Almighty. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century One is, I shall never stay anywhere on sufferance. Janet's Love and Service He never lost the sense that he was an outsider, admitted on sufferance to see the happiness of others and allowed to pick up their crumbs. Jewel Weed It will be perceived, by an examination into the Constitution of the United States, that the States have reserved for themselves all the real power, and that the Federal Union exists but upon their sufferance. Diary in America, Series Two She had a good-natured expression, and she rather shrank back, as if she were there on sufferance only. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him Mistress Ford, your sorrow hath eaten up my sufferance. The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] We live here only on sufferance and must guard our tongues. The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country Still we must believe that, if the Testator did recover, he could only continue to govern his household by the sufferance of his Heir. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society It wasn't Abbot who endorsed him at all, except by silence and sufferance, you may say. A War-Time Wooing A Story It was provoking beyond sufferance; but with several strokes which I considered important, I bore it with saint-like patience. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy One of the extraordinary features of the American is his attitude toward the Chinese, who are taken on sufferance. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home The consciousness how wholly by sufferance it is that man exists at all on the earth is rather forcibly borne in upon the mind at such times. The Cold Snap 1898 As soon as a girl is married, she must make up her mind to pay her bridal visits, dance a few weeks upon sufferance and then fold up her party dresses. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death Not for an angel’s birthright! think’st thou I would deign to breathe on wretched sufferance? The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 This sufferance, she felt, had somehow affected, at the very outset, a degree of tacit intimacy between them which would not otherwise have occurred in a fortnight, perhaps never. Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport But since he has been cast out by a stronger than himself, and exists only on sufferance, his most potent bribes and lures, his most violent onsets, his most unscrupulous suggestions, must collapse. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. All remains in status quo through irregular, concurring sufferance. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 The British, he said, were usurpers and only there on sufferance. In the Forbidden Land Even this ground you hold only on the sufferance of the Earthmen. Giants on the Earth These proceedings, as may readily be believed, rendered him inexpressibly obnoxious to the Executive, and to the horde of myrmidons who held office at their sufferance. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion We are on sufferance, we are only understudies in the love drama, but fortunately the star seldom appears on the scene. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The poor little trembling King Charles dog in the cage of the lion, and who felt that he only lived on sufferance, was the type of them. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General For a while, blinded by his passion, Lord Elmwood encouraged and admired every new proof of her restored happiness; nor till sufferance had tempted her beyond her usual bounds, did he remonstrate. A Simple Story He believed that while in the company of any of the band, he existed only by sufferance and had reason to be grateful for each hour of life vouchsafed to him. Patsy She, as a woman, owed the other woman more sufferance than that. The Brentons The widow Lynch, being quite irrepressible except by physical force, and even by that with difficulty, was admitted on sufferance to the inner circle, and took part in the discussions. The Island Queen "This house—this farm—all of it—we have only by the sufferance of Eben's generosity, and yet I've heard men call him close." The Tyranny of Weakness "I remember reading somewhere—— 'The poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies.'" The Cockatoo's Story This road is only open to ordinary traffic on sufferance, and is liable to be closed at any time. The Kensington District The Fascination of London In 1868 he had been for ten months Prime Minister on sufferance, but now for the first time in his life he was in power. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography It cannot be that the mass of our race only touch the earth by the sufferance of those who claim to own it. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Since the Romans have gone, we submit to the supremacy of the council at Jerusalem, but it is only on sufferance. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem The chapter of Alpha Delta Phi held that their society existed at least by sufferance of the Faculty, and proceeded to initiate members, a fact that was not discovered until March, 1847. The University of Michigan However, as he felt that he only held his authority on sufferance, he judged it best, as in the present instance, to consult all hands before the formation of any fresh plan for proceeding. Peter the Whaler Whatever haps, by sufferance harm is done, What flies I follow, what follows me I shun. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) And somehow the child was considered as her private affair, into which others might not thrust themselves save on sufferance. Clayhanger Lastly, wherever he lived, he lived, as it were, on sufferance, no longer an object of respect as a statesman, or the source of help to others by his eloquence. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order I have been proud of you all your life—too proud, perhaps—it would be a bitter blow to me to see you married on sufferance. Flaming June Convulsions in the cabinet, murmurs in the lobbies, resistance from the opposite benches, all showed that a ministry existing on sufferance would not at that stage be allowed to settle the question. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 You forget, sir, that you are here on sufferance, and I desire to caution you that it may become necessary to dispense with your services, unless— I am speaking to you, Mr Armstrong.” Roger Ingleton, Minor I feel it is only my home now by sufferance,—not such a home as you would choose for me, I am sure. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 It was hard to realize that he could see Blent now only by another's will or sufferance. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House False Churches as such, however, inasmuch as theirs is a banner of rebellion in the kingdom of Christ, do not exist by God's approval, but merely by His sufferance. American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod Her part as yet was one of sufferance: to look handsome, languid with the excess of her burden of beauty; to smile slowly, to keep her eyes on her lap. Little Novels of Italy Gallatin's instructions to the young secretary were explicit as to the caution he should exercise in a country where he could consider himself as only on sufferance. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII It had never occurred to her that she might be placed in another dormitory, and that she only remained on sufferance in No. 3. For the Sake of the School Then your democracy's a farce, and the people are only free on sufferance. Space Viking They took possession of all the springs, and the natives lived on sufferance in their own country. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People He was a man belovéd, And his faith approvéd By suffering death on this holy day, Where he with gentle patience And a constant sufferance, Hath taught us all to heaven the ready way. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World She is much too afraid of offending her, being received at the Hotel de Courville herself on sufferance only because of her birth and family. Man and Maid Father, by your sufferance, It may not so: because of the ordinance, Long after this shall no grant chargeable Over pass. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies! Shakspere, Personal Recollections Levi grunted, and Bob, paying a visit to the room on sufferance, snarled resentfully. A Son of the Hills It was hard not to feel like guests on sufferance, and next morning, a Sunday, was wet. That Stick I have no notion of being your wife on sufferance, I assure you. The Great Amulet In the former era the double toll system was obliged to be suspended, and the no-toll system of this era is only a temporary sufferance. History of Steam on the Erie Canal That through this sufferance I might be forgiven,30 I have employed my penance to record How Salem's shrine was won, and how adored. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 I am his by sufferance—she, by love. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II They could hardly have been ignorant of "Robinson's," whose master was only received into the upper-class houses of the town on a species of sufferance. A Houseful of Girls You confess to me that we exist by sufferance. Tancred Or, The New Crusade “To whom were you engaged in default of my sufferance?” Louis' School Days A Story for Boys She will be in county society, the very thing which I have always desired for her; and she will enter it, not on sufferance, but as one of themselves. The Farringdons The man was a malicious creature and might well caricature what he was bound to idealise to the extreme limit of nature's sufferance. Quisanté The fisherman regarded Harvey with a smile of quiet and amused sufferance. Cape Cod Folks There was no sort of contract between us, nor any promise of remuneration; I only rode by sufferance in that company. Border and Bastille But it had been important for Lady Dauntrey's plans not to be received on sufferance. The Guests Of Hercules You cannot further tempt the sufferance of Englishmen. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel We are, I can assure you, only here on sufferance. Under Drake's Flag A Tale of the Spanish Main I could see that I was only allowed to come on sufferance, and that at the last moment they would have been willing to dispense with my presence. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers At first they had received him graciously for their boy's sake, but later this initial sufferance had been supplanted by an affectionate regard existing purely because of his own merits. Flood Tide He actually enquired of us whether we were tenants by right, or merely on sufferance. With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman Only by the sufferance of England can that idolatry prosper. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Long hath my sufferance laboured to enforce One pearl of pity from her pretty eyes, Whilst I with restless rivers of remorse, Have bathed the banks where my fair Phillis lies. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia We are, at present, little people living here on sufferance, among a lot of princes and powers who are enemies and rivals of each other. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire You must understand that we enjoy this status only on sufferance. The Mercenaries But you may rely upon it, the patience and long sufferance of this army are almost exhausted, and there never was so great a spirit of discontent as at this instant. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Florence really enjoyed dancing, and forgot for a time that she was only a guest on sufferance, as she moved with rhythmic grace about the handsome rooms. Adrift in New York Tom and Florence Braving the World In going to the hospital, she believed herself led to certain death, and to the sufferance of every evil which the known inhumanity of its attendants could inflict. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Then the people which were collected to behold the death of the saint, fearing that a like destruction might descend on themselves, escaped by flight, or rather by the sufferance of the divine mercy. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings Until a recent age, the French flag visited the ocean only at the sufferance of England. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 She would have a place, on sufferance, in other people's homes. The Land of Promise If there were an hell, and I were doomed to it, I should come an adept to the sufferance of its tortures—the act were easy, the speedy and certain end of my deplorable tragedy. The Last Man If I do not offend the noble lords, then," Coru-hin-Irigod said, "I beg their sufferance to depart. Time Crime Boy, where are your eyes not to have seen that every step we have taken this day has been but by sufferance of the Pottawattomies? When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country The fact that she was so, largely on masculine sufferance, had never been fully recognized by herself or others. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel For never let the thought arise That we are here on sufferance bare; Outcasts, asylumed 'neath these skies, And aliens without part or share. Fifty years & Other Poems Might not her mother take advantage of Adrian's absence to urge her beyond her sufferance, perhaps to entrap her? The Last Man When Margery was with me I was not ill-content to eat the bread of sufferance in her father's house, and angry pride had scanty footing. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady They are possible to the Supreme Being, and have taken place by His will or sufferance at certain perfectly historical periods; especially during the first century after the birth of Christ. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself My whole scheme would be a return to the practice of the Primitive Church, when priests were only allowed on sufferance inside abbeys p. 261at all. Masques & Phases The minority, regarding the adverse vote as an official sufferance of indifference on doctrinal matters, separated themselves from their brethren, and founded the "Union of the Evangelical Churches of France". Practical Essays No longer his own personal woes, but rather those of the nations of the earth are nearest his heart: What are our woes and sufferance? Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry Your language is figurative," returned De Valette, "and implies the sufferance of mental, rather than bodily pain. The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World It's just as well, David Ross, for you to remember," he said gruffly, "that you're here on sufferance. A People's Man To see every day the evidences of it while one lived on charitable sufferance on the crumbs which fell from the master's table was a galling enough thing, after all. Emily Fox-Seton Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The Methods of Lady Walderhurst" We have a right to stop it up, and our own safety obliges us to it; besides, this is not the King's highway, it is a way upon sufferance. History of the Plague in London He is denied all civil, religious, and social privileges, except such as he gets by mere sufferance, and so are we. The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States Out of some he taketh the whole people away, dispersing them for slaves among many sundry countries of his, very far from their own, without any sufferance of regress. Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens It seemed to her more than ordinarily apparent that she was present on sufferance, accepted as Mannering's wife, as an evil to be endured, and, so far as possible, ignored. A Lost Leader His alcohol-dulled brain told him that he had reached the limit of public sufferance. The Sheriff's Son Only slowly and on sufferance were they admitted to the province; but when once they were even covertly tolerated, they pressed steadily in, until, by the Revolution, they outnumbered the adherents of the established order. History of the United States It is not with me a matter of will, or trial, or sufferance, or good humour, or making the best of it, or making the worst of it, any longer. Life of Charles Dickens But the go-by seems to have been given to your proposition, and longer sufferance is necessary to force us to what is best. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 A quite recent writer, speaking of Spain before the war, said, that although Spain in extent holds the sixth place in the European states, "it really now subsists merely by the sufferance of stronger nations." The Colored Regulars in the United States Army What deafness, what stone-blind custom, what overgrown error you behold is there only by sufferance,—by your sufferance. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson These individual saloon-keepers are supposed to be in here on their own hook, on sufferance. Empire Builders The Scotch made it their own, though a few Dutch, English, and other foreigners were allowed to remain on sufferance. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege Not one jot would I overtax Thy bounty toward me beyond the sufferance of my devotion. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Living, as we were, on sufferance in a foreign land for commercial purposes, armed men were only required to guard the factories. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief He had no faith in any man, and no man—not even the emperor by whose sufferance he held the crown—had any faith in him. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ And it was about this time that the Grimaldi, driven out of Genoa, seized Monaco, which by the sufferance of Europe they hold to-day. Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition This so provoked him beyond the powers of sufferance, that in a rage he slew her: but the action displeased the senate, and drew after it the condemnation of the magistrate. Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. By Wm. C. Taylor. If father should die, mother and I would be here upon Harry's sufferance. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance For well the quarter-breed knew that his tenure of the Snare Lake diggings was a tenure wholly by sufferance of circumstances—over which he, Lapierre, had no control. The Gun-Brand Hitherto their kingdom had existed precariously, and as it were by sufferance. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The Babylonian Empire was in truth an empire upon sufferance. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. I'm not accepting ... any of you on sufferance. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India A Constitution on sufferance is a Constitution condemned. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) But, to return there as its master, on sufferance, liable to be expelled again at any moment—never! Verner's Pride Oh," said the young lieutenant, laughing at the home-thrust, "I am only admitted on sufferance, as a friend of Colonel Ross. Macleod of Dare Upon the exhaustion of his demerit by such sufferance, he regains the status of humanity. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 If one trusts another completely, he is said to live by the sufferance of the trusted person. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Infinitely high, infinitely potent sounded the imminent tumult of the invisible Powers of the night, on whose sufferance they moved, tiny, obscure, and unharmed. Success A Novel Gentlemen, the Consolidated Companies has been a one-man corporation in the past through your sufferance; from to-day, if it exist at all, it shall be a one-man corporation because of my will. The Lever A Novel They still possessed the earth on sufferance; since the Morlocks, subterranean for innumerable generations, had come at last to find the day-lit surface intolerable. H. G. Wells If an Indian wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge; if a Christian wrong an Indian, what should his sufferance be, by Christian example? why, revenge.' The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times These limited interests in land are divided into estates for life, estates for years, estates at will, and estates by sufferance. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. His whole aspect betokened such undisguised sufferance that Graeme could not repress a smile. Pearl of Pearl Island When his talk trespasses beyond sufferance, I chastise him. Lady Good-for-Nothing Free it is by sufferance, though not by law. The Awakening of China No! all the places of worship are built on leases of trust or 324 sufferance from the laity, easily broken, and often betrayed. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals An estate at sufferance is that which is acquired by a tenant who has come into lawful possession of land, but who holds over by wrong after his interest has ceased. The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. As well as the admiral, Mr. Chillingworth, and Marchdale, Jack Pringle, too, walked in, by the sufferance of his master, as if he considered he had a perfect right to do so. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood Tom would be there on sufferance and might be kept within bounds or kicked out. A Maid of the Silver Sea It possesses them for the convenience of business at the sufferance of the public. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People Compared with it, Babcock's clumsy ecstasy and her own sufferance of it had been a sham and a delusion. Unleavened Bread What are the rights of a landlord and a tenant by sufferance, respectively? The Government Class Book Designed for the Instruction of Youth in the Principles of Constitutional Government and the Rights and Duties of Citizens. Half an hour changes him from a mere thing alive on sufferance—too foolish to be worth bothering to kill—into the master of Rome. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 He was ready to prove that the ancestors of O'Cahan never enjoyed the premises at any time, but at the will and sufferance of O'Neill and his ancestors. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Still 'twas my way, and all to try your sufferance, And she denied the House. Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) At the end of the list, as though they had been invited on sufferance as a business necessity, were the Parsonses; but these were the only former associates of the Williamses. Unleavened Bread I would not have held office by sufferance for a week.... The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines All men knew by those tokens given and taken that Alfred was king indeed, and that Guthrum did but hold place by his sufferance. King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet Major Talbot-Lowry was unlike his daughter Judith in many things, and not least in his easy sufferance of those whom she, in youthful arrogance, called cads. Mount Music More tropes and figures, to abuse my sufferance, What cousin's this? Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) In other words, that the Indians are living upon them "on sufferance." The Old Franciscan Missions Of California Germany is up, France is down; Italy united, the pope existing on sufferance in the palace where erstwhile emperors did him homage. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Still in rich possession of beauty and health, she nevertheless looked forward to nothing but old age—an old age of solitude and sufferance. Leonora And so saying, under sufferance of being small, the plenipo was permitted to depart unmolested; for all his bravadoes, fobbing his credentials and affronts. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II He was there anyway only through sufferance, and an intimation was given him that if he were not willing to accept things as they existed, and as they were taught, he had better go elsewhere. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors It is only on sufferance; it is the freedom accorded to the child, because it asks for it so prettily or may scream if it is refused. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example?—Why, revenge. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant She on her part treated him with disdainful sufferance, much as she had treated Cinders in the old days. The Rocks of Valpre We have always occupied it on The Laird's sufferance, so I do not think, Mr. Daney," she explained, with a faint smile, "that I shall turn pirate and ingrate now. Kindred of the Dust She worked with the desperate zeal of the superseded who knows that she holds her post on sufferance, the terrified tenacity of the middle-aged who feels behind her the swift-footed rivalry of youth. Superseded Or if true—was I to remain beneath a roof where I was merely tolerated, and linger there on sufferance? Tales of a Traveller "His intentions are evidently honourable Let's take him in on sufferance," said Yan. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned Ecclesiastics existed only on sufferance, and any day the Certosa might be closed if its inmates offended the ruling powers. The Waters of Edera The sweetness of his sufferance sets him off, O Luce, but whither go I? Wit Without Money The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge: if a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? why, revenge. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England I had procured the day before a sufferance for the embarkation of myself and baggage. A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Dost thou not see that we poor English only hold our own by sufferance, and that any pretext upon which they could seize would be used ruthlessly against us? The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune Deriving his information from the Boers themselves, Livingstone learned that they had taken possession of nearly all the fountains, so that the natives lived in the country only by sufferance. The Personal Life of David Livingstone I am not asking your sufferance," said he, "nor would I eat where I am not welcome. The Rules of the Game Antonyms: unendurable, insufferable. endurance, n. permanence, continuance, persistence, abidance, continuation; sufferance, patience, fortitude, forbearance, resignation, toleration. endure, v. suffer, experience, undergo; stand, brook, tolerate, submit to, abide; sustain, support, bear; last, abide, continue, remain, persist. Putnam's Word Book And how long would he continue to give his sufferance scope? Broken to the Plow This karma matter sticking to the soul gradually ripens and exhausts itself in ordaining the sufferance of pains or the enjoyment of pleasures for the individual. A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 This bit of the war seen close at hand was beginning to suggest to her some new vast world, of which she was wholly ignorant, where she was the merest cypher on sufferance. Missing The sufferance of such a strange and unnecessary mixture of error seems rather like that "putting to confusion" of the human mind, which we feel sure the Great Teacher would never willingly perpetrate. Creation and Its Records The sun set, but set not his hope:— Stars rose, his faith was earlier up: Fixed on the enormous galaxy, Deeper and older seemed his eye, And matched his sufferance sublime The taciturnity of Time. Poems Household Edition IV On ocean where the embattled fleets repair, Man, suffering inflictor, sails on sufferance there. John Marr and Other Poems With Plymouth there could be no trouble; she had never had a charter, but had existed on sufferance from the outset. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty Whatever right he had to hold the office was derived from that original appointment and my own sufferance. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson Heaven alone knows how he had come to conceive their common bed as his own peculiar property in which the other three resided at night on sufferance. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He glanced with sufferance at the window, which offered a close-range view of a whitewashed wall. The Regent If any public good were attained, any high political object answered, by such laws, there might be some reason for counselling submission and sufferance to individuals. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style He shook off, with an effort that was less painful than the sufferance of the thought, both fears and prognostics. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 Every ministry must exist on the sufferance of its opponents, and in terror of the vagaries of the advanced section on its own side. Cavour If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge: If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example? why, revenge. Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A. A back street in London—going about in a cab—and occasional holidays on sufferance from Mrs. Poynsett.” The Three Brides She possessed a leading spirit, and loved to rule whether by right or sufferance. Miriam Monfort A Novel Though the tent-dweller might be hospitable to a guest, an alien had no rights except on sufferance. The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History The sufferance of her race is shown, And retrospect of life, Which now too late deliverance dawns upon; Yet is she not at strife. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War At Turin she held the Court of a Queen, to which the Prince was only admitted on sufferance. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe A letter could be placed in his hands stating that a political society had sentenced you to death, and that your life was only spared from day to day by the sufferance of your captors. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories "I wait your answer," she said, leaving her hands still in mine, but now, as it were, on sufferance. Red Axe All I desire Sir is, the patience and sufferance of a man, and good Sir be not mov'd more. The Scornful Lady Since he came back to his kingdoms on sufferance and as a convenient compromise between anarchy and despotism, he could hardly afford the luxury of wholesale proscription. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 They were accepted always on sufferance; they never "belonged." Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India It intends to be especially just, by holding that the Creator made North America for the exclusive use of savages, and that civilization can only exist here by sufferance of the proprietors. Half a Century Thus burdensome to myself and others, I form many schemes of employment which may make my life useful or agreeable, and exempt me from the ignominy of living by sufferance. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler The great ridges run hither and thither, having it all their own way, wild and untamable regions of rock or open grass or forest, at whose feet the valleys exist on sufferance. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice She is the claimant to his estates--estates he holds on sufferance! The Castle Inn In England it is indeed man's, the wild things live by sufferance, grow on lease, everywhere the roads, the fences, and absolute security runs. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Nominally sovereign and a member of the Concert of Europe, he was in reality a semi-neutralized dependant, existing, as an undischarged bankrupt, on sufferance of the powers. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey The one is ruler by sufferance; the other, by acclamation. Calvert of Strathore Those who look into Mr. Luttrell's collections, will at once see the extent of Dryden's sufferance, and the limited nature of his retaliation. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author They keep on their legs only by sufferance; if put to the test, they could not redeem their notes a day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 We are in this fairyland on sufferance; it is not for us to quarrel with the conditions under which we enjoy this wild vision of the world. All Things Considered It was an existence, of course, of sufferance, but one which grew better assured the longer it lasted. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Wherever they dwelt, they lived somewhat precariously upon the sufferance of the whites, and in a more or less palpable danger of losing their liberty. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime One by one they had turned their arms against the various nations, until, for a space of over a thousand square miles, none existed save by sufferance. The Refugees Suliman plainly considered me a rank outsider, only admitted into the game on sufferance. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace They exist by sufferance or superstition and not of necessity. What is Coming? Mama objected to him, anyhow, and he only came on sufferance. The Case of Jennie Brice Let the years between be those of struggle, of sufferance—of disillusion if you will; but let youth and age affirm the ecstasy of being. Ballads of a Bohemian No, Abigail; things past recovery Are hardly cur'd with exclamations: Be silent, daughter; sufferance breeds ease, And time may yield us an occasion, Which on the sudden cannot serve the turn. The Jew of Malta Any such consumption by others can take place only on a basis of sufferance. Theory of the Leisure Class He sleeps," she said; "nature exhausted by sufferance and the waste of spirits, his wearied frame embraces the first moment of temporary relaxation to sink into slumber. Ivanhoe He is free to a certain extent, even as the captives described by Cervantes; but his freedom is upon sufferance, and is brought to an end at any time at the pleasure of his seniors. Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author Before His day the child existed only by sufferance. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers No, Jew, like infidels; For through our sufferance of your hateful lives, Who stand accursed in the sight of heaven, These taxes and afflictions are befall'n, And therefore thus we are determined.— The Jew of Malta So ours shall be The sufferance, perishing in our native home, If for long season they beleaguer us. The Fall of Troy It is a bell with a crack; it draws its breath on sufferance and by an accident. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature You think you have found a lost woman to deal with, who lives here on sufferance, and who will do anything you ask for fear you may injure her in the opinions of the town's-people. The Woman in White But the place was theirs only by sufferance. The Mountains At the end of that time we will have another talk, but you are here now only on your good behavior and on my sufferance. Soldiers of Fortune But grim vengeance upon him Ere long the Goddess wreaked, repaying insult With mortal sufferance. The Fall of Troy Fair Lord and King, since, in your service, glad, I have endured sorrow and sufferance, Have fought in field, and victories have had. The Song of Roland Besides, this is not the king's highway; 'tis a way upon sufferance. A Journal of the Plague Year, written by a citizen who continued all the while in London ‘On your sufferance only, and so long as you shall please to be indulgent,’ said the Baron. Prince Otto, a Romance They still possessed the earth on sufferance: since the Morlocks, subterranean for innumerable generations, had come at last to find the daylit surface intolerable. The Time Machine His easy unswept hearth he lends From Labrador to Guadeloupe; Till, elbowed out by sloven friends, He camps, at sufferance, on the stoop. Verses 1889-1896 It was as though she were there on sufferance, indulgently tolerated by the unseen power which hovered over Evelina even in the absence of its minister. Bunner Sisters Yes, he was wounded past sufferance; it seemed to him he must die of it. The Certain Hour When last I was sent to Egypt to report, the blacks were clearly masters of the land, and our people lived there only on sufferance. The Lost Continent Him followed his next mate; Both glorying to have scaped the Stygian flood As gods, and by their own recovered strength, Not by the sufferance of supernal Power. Paradise Lost With a few settlers he was located at this place, on the frontier of the colony, and they were there on sufferance only from the natives. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue That "The poor beetle, which we tread upon, "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies." Northanger Abbey The young man felt wholesomely insignificant at these and other signs that he was taken on sufferance as a son and a grandson. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation No! all the places of worship are built on leases of trust or sufferance from the laity, easily broken, and often betrayed. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Though he was a naked savage, traveling through our land on sufferance, he could make us crawl in our hearts for the Tallegewi. The Trail Book The new ministry, which existed largely on sufferance, passed some good measures. The Grand Old Man I suppose I've got my full share of the American spirit, and I tell you I'm a bad hand at taking a back seat anywhere, or even a front one on sufferance. The Great Secret You were taken in here on sufferance and against my better judgment. Star-Dust I see I am abused too-too much, And too much sufferance is cause of this abuse: This high abuse of yours, as being such, Affords no cloak nor colour of excuse. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 When the Haitians assumed control in 1822 they considered the church edifices as the property of the state alone and religious services continued only by sufferance of the government. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future People are beginning to understand that the Conservatives cannot remain for ever on the sufferance of the Government. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. I had months of work before me, and I was tracked down, so that I could not have moved except on sufferance. The Great Secret The possessor had no rights against the State; he held on sufferance, and technically he might be supposed to be always waiting for his summons to ejectment. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate But they had a right to their name and place in the world!—and she was their nameless inferior, the child taken in out of pity, accepted on sufferance. The Case of Richard Meynell I shall be far more thankful to have any thing struck out on suspicion than remain on sufferance. The Vicar's Daughter In that case, the existence of the present ministry may be prolonged for some time, but it would be on sufferance and by Irish support. Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. It is a turmoil that surpasses mortal sufferance! Anna St. Ives He has no life of his own … he goes home on sufferance, and may be called up by his editor at any minute to go galloping off in search of a 'story.' The Foolish Lovers That was all very well when I was a freebooter," he said to himself, "only admitted on sufferance, and liable to have the door shut in my face any morning. Birds of Prey I know many houses in which the master and mistress are far more like the lodgers, on sufferance of their own servants. The Vicar's Daughter The red men have become aware that the street is no longer free to them, save by the sufferance and permission of the settlers. Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") At last Lord Fitz-Allen, after various hems and efforts, for he has some fear of me, or rather of what he supposes the derogatory sufferance of contradiction, addressed himself to me. Anna St. Ives Mr. Dunbar still protested against any offer of bail; he again declared that he would rather remain in prison than accept his liberty on sufferance, and go out into the world a suspected man. Henry Dunbar A Novel Then up through the wood we went like wild creatures, abstaining however from all shouting and mischief, aware that we were on sufferance only. Wilfrid Cumbermede Proud of being the wife of an artist, I resented the social injustice which I thought gave artists no place but one of sufferance. The Vicar's Daughter I would not remain an hour beneath this roof on sufferance. Run to Earth A Novel "Then my wife is to be received only on sufferance!" he cried. Weighed and Wanting I thank you, Mr. Balderby," he said, proudly; "but I will not accept my liberty on sufferance. Henry Dunbar A Novel Then, in a proud timidity—as one who feels herself an alien and on sufferance—she hangs again upon the incomparable scene. Eleanor For the mighty there is but one law—to get what they can, and to keep it; and the weak have no rights, except by the sufferance of the strong. Stories from Thucydides Was she verily his, to summon at his will?—his by the law of heaven and earth, and only enjoying her liberty by his sufferance? The Golden Calf All others, so far as she was concerned, existed only on the sufferance of remoteness. 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